Still on the journey to reclaim her first six albums, Taylor Swift has re-released her iconic 2014 pop album “1989 (Taylor’s Version).” The re-recording was announced during the final Los Angeles concert of her Eras Tour on Aug. 9. The album includes 21 alluring tracks of which five are vault tracks.
Vault tracks are songs that Swift wrote during the time she originally wrote “1989,” but were left out of the track list. As a Swiftie, I find the vault tracks are my favorite part of the re-releases because it’s new music and new sounds. Swift also announced on Instagram that this re-recording is her favorite she’s done yet.
From start to finish, “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” constantly embodies the satisfaction of blocking out opinions from the provoking public to maintain a carefree and untroubled life. A track that incorporates this and my favorite song on the album is “Clean (Taylor’s Version).” This song uses many metaphors to describe the feeling of finally getting rid of a person or situation that brings you down. The lyrics imply the satisfaction of when you get a stressful weight off your shoulders, and when you do, it feels like you’re clean.
“Rain came pouring down,/ when I was drowning that’s when I could finally breathe,/ and by morning gone was any trace of you/ I think I am finally clean,” Swift sings in “Clean (Taylor’s Version).”
Swift has also spoken about her excitement and appreciation for the release of “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” on Instagram. She mentions the fact that “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” has “changed my life in countless ways.”
“This moment is a reflection of the woods we’ve walked through and all this love between us still glowing in the darkest dark,” Swift writes on Instagram.
As a fan, this is my favorite album in Swift’s discography, so my expectations were high. Without fail, Swift met my expectations, and listeners should take the time to value the amount of bliss and freedom “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” entails.
