Taylor Swift updates problematic lyrics on ‘Speak Now’ re-record

A re-recording of “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” from Taylor Swift’s third studio album will be released this Friday (7/7). The disc originally debuted in 2010 and the lyrics of the song “Better Than Revenge” became problematically outdated and therefore, the artist decided to replace it with his new version.

Now, the album’s booklet is already circulating on social networks and fans have noticed that the lyrics have been changed to: “She was a moth to the flame, she was holding matches)”.

The singer’s fans say the song was made for Joe Jonas, who broke up with actress Camilla Belle over the phone to be with her.

It is noteworthy that Taylor also changed the lyrics of the song “Picture to Burn” from the first studio album, released in 2006. Earlier, he sang “Go and tell your friends that I’m obsessed and crazy, it’s okay”; I will state my point that you are gay. Be careful if I say, and anyway.”

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Taylor continues on a “mission” to re-record his old albums in order to keep the rights to his works, in conflict with the record company that bought them. After “Red” and “Fearless”, as in “Taylor’s Version”, this Friday (7/7) it’s time for “Speak Now”.

The singer began her career in music at a very young age and signed a contract with Big Machine Records at the age of 13. On the label, between 2006 and 2017, she released six albums: “Taylor Swift” (2006), “Fearless” (2008), “Speak Now” (2010), “Red” (2012), “1989” (2014) ) and ‘Reputation’ (2017).

At the end of the contract, the label offered Taylor the possibility of purchasing the masters of her songs in order to retain control over her own work. Despite this, the same offer was made to Scooter Braun, a businessman known for managing the careers of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande. The result displeased the artist, as he had acquired the rights to the songs and created all the controversy.

Therefore, the artist decided to re-record the albums with his own version in order to regain the rights to his work and, with the help of his fans, “boycott” those responsible for depriving him of sales. Could In an interview on Late Night With Seth Meyers, the singer explained the situation.

“Ever since I started making my own songs, I always wanted to own my songs. You probably don’t know this, but most of your favorite artists don’t have their own job,” he said.

“Something happened a few years ago when I made it clear that I wanted to buy my songs. This opportunity was not given to me and sold to someone else. So I thought since I was the one who made these songs in the first place, I might as well make it again. When it has something in parentheses (Taylor’s version) next to it, it means I have it and it’s exciting,” she celebrated.