It’s been a long time coming, Spartans! “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” is almost here and to make a long story short, Michigan State Swifties are ecstatic about the release.
Willow Symons is excited for the night swifties everywhere are anticipating!
“Seeing how the songs have been changed and the new vault songs,” Symons said about what her excites her most.
Symons, a sophomore at Michigan State University, said that Taylor Swift was the first person she was ever a big fan of. She found “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” nostalgic when it was re-released and hopes for the same nostalgic feeling from “1989 (Taylor’s Version).”
Swift is re-recording and re-releasing her first six albums one by one because the management she was under, Big Machine Records, sold the rights to her songs without her knowledge.
“It’s not just about the money. It’s mainly to reclaim her songs.” Symons said, referring to Swift re-recording her albums.
On top of the re-recordings, she is also releasing “vault tracks,” which are songs that were written for the original album, but didn’t make the cut.
Kate Bassett, a freshman at MSU is looking forward to the vault track “Slut!”
“It’s kind of like her reclaiming that word. I have no idea what the song is going to be like,” Basset said.
Kasey Conklin, a sophomore at MSU, is excited for two songs. “Suburban Legends,” and “Slut!”
“I’m excited for all of them but mostly those two,” she said. “I’m excited to hear her reclaim that word especially after the media went after her when she was writing ‘1989,’ and how everyone kind of flipped on her and started calling her derogatory terms for being a 22-year-old woman. I’m excited for her to take that back.”
“1989 (Taylor’s Version)” will include re-recordings of singles like “Wildest Dreams,” “Style,” and “Bad Blood.”
Conklin is most excited about the release of “Style (Taylor’s Version).” She said, “I’m a ‘Style’ girl.”
“It’s a warm summer night you’re driving down the highway with the windows down and the music all the way up, you can vibe to it,” she said.
Other songs that will be included are “New Romantics,” “Clean,” “Wonderland” and more.
“’New Romantics’ sounds like it could have come out, like, yesterday,” said Symons. “Some of the songs are a bit dated, like you can tell it came out in 2014, but ‘New Romantics’ sounds like it could have released any time in 2023. So, I’m curious to see what they could have changed with that.”
“New Romantics” is a song Symons is anticipating.
While Swift was on her first leg of the “Eras Tour,” she surprised each city with two special songs that were not on the setlist.
Spencer Spray attended the tour on May 13. One of his surprise songs was “This Love” from “1989,” however, this is a track that Swift already has released as a (Taylor’s Version).
Spray, a sophomore at MSU, said that both of his surprise songs “This Love” and “Forever & Always” are two songs that are special in the Swiftie community.
“If someone says that their favorite songs are ‘This Love’ and ‘Forever & Always’ they’re great,” he said.
Spray has also seen Swift in concert for her “Reputation” tour. He lives every day showing his love for Swift with a tattoo on his thigh that says “golden.” This comes from Swift’s song “Dress.”
“Reputation” is an album that Swift is also planning on releasing as a (Taylor’s Version), however until then, Swift fans are treated with the release of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) at the end of the month.
“I’m super excited for it,” Conklin said. “I’ve been waiting since she started rerecording all of her albums for it. I’ve just been waiting for ‘1989’ because it is my album!”