Taylor Swift recently announced Taylor’s Version of 1989, out October 27. Swifties from all over are getting pumped up about this album! This is one of Taylor’s favorite albums. She posted: “The 1989 album changed in countless ways, and it fills me with such excitement to announce, my version of it will be out October 27. To be perfectly honest, this is my  FAVORITE re-record I’ve ever done because the 5 ‘From the The Vault’ tracks are so insane.”

You may be wondering why Taylor is redoing her old albums but adding in the words “Taylor’s Version.” She is re-recording them because this will allow her to own her own masters, her original recordings. She signed a contract when she was 16 with Big Machine Records that they would have the ownership of her first six studio albums. This was heartbreaking to Taylor, who had to go through with the contract.

Facts about 1989:

This album is fun and catchy and gets its name from the year Taylor Swift was born.

Taylor wrote over 150 songs for this album.

Taylor’s actual heartbeat is in the beginning of Wildest Dreams.

1989 was Taylor Swift’s first official pop album!

Taylor was very close to not going through with 1989; it was risky because she was moving away from the genre that people knew her with.

At the 58th Grammy Awards in 2016, 1989 won best album of the year and best pop vocal album!

Most of the album was written with Max Martin and Schellback. The album was co-written with Imogen Heap.  

You can listen to 1989 on Apple Music or Spotify! Go to taylorswift.com to buy merchandise and learn more about Taylor’s Version of 1989! 

Maryrose Mahoney ’29

29mmahoney@montroseschool.org