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Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

Speak Now (Taylor's Version) is the third re-recorded album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on July 7, 2023, by Republic Records. It is a re-recording of Swift's third studio album, Speak Now (2010), part of Swift's counteraction to a 2019 masters dispute regarding the ownership of her back catalog. The album was announced on May 5, 2023, at the first Nashville show of her Eras Tour.

This article is about the re-recorded album by Taylor Swift. For the song, see Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (song).

Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

July 7, 2023 (2023-07-07)

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Republic

Swift wrote all 22 tracks on the album by herself; the album contains re-recorded versions of 16 songs from Speak Now's deluxe edition, produced by Swift and Christopher Rowe; and six previously unreleased "From the Vault" tracks, produced by Swift, Aaron Dessner, and Jack Antonoff. The American rock musicians Fall Out Boy and Hayley Williams featured on two vault tracks. Strongly influenced by rock styles, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) is an incorporation of country pop and pop rock, with styles of emo, pop-punk, and gothic rock. Its dynamic compositions consist of acoustic instruments alongside electric guitars, drums, and strings. Lyrically, it is a loose concept album about unspoken confessions that document the volatile emotions of Swift's adolescence.


The album received acclaim from music critics, who complimented the vocals and emotionally engaging songwriting. Some critics nonetheless debated the lyrical change on the re-recording of "Better than Revenge" with mixed opinions. Commercially, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) reached number one on albums charts of Australia, Canada, Belgian Flanders, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, it marked Swift's 12th album to top the Billboard 200 chart, breaking Barbra Streisand's all-time record for the most number-one albums by a female artist. All 22 of its tracks debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, with "I Can See You" as its highest charting song at number five.

On July 10, the branch of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a mock Speak Now (Taylor's Version) back cover encouraging social media users to submit tips regarding possible criminal activity, replacing track titles with offenses such as terrorism, cybercrime, counterintelligence, civil rights, public corruption, weapons of mass destruction, organized crime, violent crime and white-collar crime.[70]

Washington, D.C.

To honor a record six sold-out shows of the Eras Tour at the , the Grammy Museum at L.A. Live hosted a pop-up exhibit from August 2 to September 18, 2023, displaying 11 of Swift's costumes and two of her music instruments from the "I Can See You" music video.[71]

SoFi Stadium

At the , Swift received 20 nominations, including Top Country Album for Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Top Country Artist and Top Country Female Artist.[72]

2023 Billboard Music Awards

Tracks 1–22 are subtitled "Taylor's Version"; and tracks 17–22 are additionally subtitled "From the Vault".

The album's CD package consists of two discs; one containing tracks 1–16, and the other with tracks 17–22.

"If This Was a Movie", a track on the deluxe edition of the original album, is not present in the re-recording due to the song having a co-writer, but instead was included on the The More Fearless (Taylor's Version) Chapter as well as a single on digital platforms.

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