Taylor Swift's re-recorded albums: Which has she released and which is next? 🎶

Let's look at the evidence 👀

Author: Anna Sky Magliola and Amy ShephardPublished 20th Feb 2025
Last updated 21st Feb 2025

Over the years, Taylor Swift has been working her way through re-recording her albums, following the rights dispute with Scooter Braun. Now, as the singer has finished her epic 'Eras' tour, fans have been speculating as to when she will be releasing new music, and which album she will be re-recording next.

Following on from 'Fearless', 'Red', 'Speak Now' and '1989', fans believe the next album to be re-recorded will be 'reputation'. Originally released in 2017, the album featured songs such as 'Look What You Made Me Do', 'End Game', and '...Ready for It?'. Let's take a deep-dive into clues on the next album — and look at all the albums she's re-released already...

Will Taylor Swift re-record 'reputation' next?

While Taylor could realistically re-record any of her albums, 'reputation' seems likely due to a number of fan theories. Let's take a look at the evidence...

The Lunar Year of the Snake

On 29th January it was the Lunar New Year, and this year just so happens to be the Year of the Snake. As fans will know, the snake is the symbol of her 'reputation' album, so this year being the Year of the Snake seems a pretty big indicator that 'reputation' could be the next to be released.

Several fans have noticed the connection, taking to X to share their thoughts.

Another also noticed that a previous Year of the Snake just so happened to be 1989, the year that Taylor was born.

Another commented: 'do you guys think Taylor Swift is gonna announce reputation Taylor’s version on chinese new year to commemorate the year of the snake 🐍 🐍 🐍'. (sic)

Fans spotted an Easter egg with her 'reputation' outfit on tour

For those eagle-eyed fans there was an Easter egg with Taylor's outfit during the 'reputation' era of her hugely popular 'Eras' tour. The singer regularly swapped out her outfits during the other eras, however it wasn't until around 18 months after she started her tour that she finally switched it up in the 'reputation' era.

For most of her tour, the singer could be seen wearing a red and black snake bodysuit, however in October 2024, Taylor wore a new gold and black version bodysuit with a cobra motif.

Many fans speculated that the king cobra motif looked like Karyn, the giant snake Taylor brought out for 'Look What You Made Me Do' during her 'reputation tour'.

One TikToker exclaimed at the new outfit saying: "There's literally a Karyn on your chest!"

'Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor's Version)' is registered on Shazam

In January 2025, according to a fan account, 'Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor's Version)' was registered on Shazam, which only artists can do. However, several other fans commented saying it had been there for a number of months. Only time will tell if this is an indicator that the song has been re-recorded.

It is the next chronologically

While it seems very obvious, 'reputation' is the next album chronologically after '1989' was released in 2014. Of her re-recorded albums '1989 (Taylor's Version)' was released most recently, so it does seem logically that 'reputation' would come next, however Taylor hasn't yet re-recorded her debut self-titled album 'Taylor Swift', which was originally released in 2006.

When will the next album be announced?

Taylor has not started officially teasing new music, or a new re-recorded album, despite many fans previously speculating that she may have planned announcement at the 2025 Grammys. Alas, the ceremony took place on Sunday 2nd February, and did not see an announcement from Taylor.

In 2024, Taylor used the acceptance speech for Best Pop Vocal Album for 'Midnights' to announce her 11th studio album, 'The Tortured Poets Department'.

Take a look through Taylor Swift's re-recorded albums:

'Fearless (Taylor's Version)'

Original release: 11th November 2008
Taylor's Version release: 9th April 2021

Originally recorded in 2008 'Fearless' was remastered and released in April 2021 as 'Fearless (Taylor's Version)' — containing six never-heard-before songs. In a post on Twitter at the time, Taylor wrote: 'Written when I was between the ages of 16 and 18, these were the songs that killed me to leave behind.'

The new tracks 'from the vault' were 'You All Over Me'. 'Mr Perfectly Fine', 'We Were Happy', 'That's When', 'Don't You' and 'Bye Bye Baby'. The album also included bonus track 'Love Story (Taylor's Version) Elvira Mix'.

Always keen to leave some sort of Easter egg lying around for fans, Taylor announced the album on Twitter in February 2021, and capitalised nine random letters amongst the text. Adding them up, her loyal fans soon worked out it was due out on the 9th April that year.

Then just a week before it was released, she posted again on Twitter, this time giving fans the chance to work out which new songs would make it on to the album. She wrote: 'The vault door is about to be as unhinged as you'll think I am after you watch this video. Level: Expert. Happy decoding!'
But of course the Swifties soon cracked the code, working out all the new track names within minutes.

On its release, the album went to Number 1 and has since been certified Gold.

'Red (Taylor's Version)'

Original release: 22nd October 2012
Taylor's Version release: 12th November 2021

The second album that Taylor re-recorded was 'Red', bringing out 'Red (Taylor's Version)' in November 2021. Originally released in October 2012, the new album contained a remastered version of each of the tracks, as well as nine new songs 'from the vault'.

The new songs included 'Better Man', 'Nothing New', 'Babe', 'Message In A Bottle', 'I Bet You Think About Me', 'Forever Winter', 'Run', 'The Very First Night' and 'All Too Well (10 Minute Version)'.

Of course, Taylor dropped a few Easter eggs before she announced the re-release, fully embracing her red-era with lots of red lipsticks, red writing on her tees and tweeting a series of red heart emojis. She also weaved song titles in to social posts and interviews.

Once it was released, 'Red (Taylor's Version)' went to Number 1 in the album chart and has since been certified Platinum.

'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)'

Original release: 25th October 2010
Taylor's Version release: 7th July 2023

Almost two years later, Taylor re-recorded and re-released her third album, 'Speak Now' - rescuing six more songs from 'the vault'.

'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)' was released in July 2023; 13 years after the original. The new tracks included 'When Emma Falls In Love', 'I Can See You', 'Castles Crumbling', 'Foolish One', 'Timeless' and a collaboration with Fall Out Boy called 'Electric Touch'.

Much like when she was teasing 'Red (Taylor's Version)', Taylor left a few clues lying around before she officially announced the release of 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)' — but this time, she was wearing purple! In her 'Bejeweled' music video, released a few months before the album, she dropped a few song titles and even part of the album name. She pressed a purple button in a lift in the vid — and wore a hairclip with the initials SN on.

In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, the singer previously said: "I like to plant Easter eggs in a video that will be like a lyric from a video, like lyric from unreleased music, or a little hint or little wink to what's coming in the future."

Following the release of 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)', it's now been certified Gold in the UK.

'1989 (Taylor's Version)'

Original release: 27th October 2014
Taylor's Version release: 27th October 2023

Taylor's most recently remastered album is '1989 (Taylor's Version)', released in October 2023, nine years to the day after the original. It contained five previously-unreleased songs 'from the vault'; 'I Loved You First', 'Ocean Blue featuring Lorde', 'Younger', 'Fourth of July featuring Dua Lipa', 'Daisy', 'You Me Forever' and 'September Crash' featuring Harry Styles.

But the release of the album came as no surprise to most Swifties, who had been out collecting Easter eggs for the best part of 2023. As we all know, the colour associated with this album was blue, so as soon as Tay started posting Insta pics with a strong blue theme, fans began to add up the clues. The singer soon shared a pic on Insta from Los Angeles, with 1989 printed down a lifeguard's hut. There were also various clues eluding to the date in a number of music videos.

Once the album was released, it landed straight on the Number 1 spot in the album chart, and has since been certified Platinum.