Taylor Swift debuts 'Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor's Version)' in epic Handmaid's Tale episode

She's re-recorded the iconic track

Author: Amy ShephardPublished 21st May 2025
Last updated 21st May 2025

Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' stormed to the top of the charts when it was released back in 2017, and now the re-recorded 'Taylor's version' has debuted in an epic episode of The Handmaid's Tale. It's the biggest hint yet that 'Reputation' is the next album to be re-recorded by the megastar.

In scenes only aired over in the US so far, the iconic track played over the opening credits of season six, episode nine — which saw the Handmaids take matters into their own hands. And honestly, it was the perfect song for it! If you're avoiding spoilers, look away now...

Handmaid's Tale star and executive producer Elisabeth Moss — a self-confessed Swiftie — told Billboard it was 'an honour' to use one of Taylor's songs in the hit series: “I’ve been wanting to use a Taylor song for many years on the show and we finally found the perfect spot for a track from her, and I’m so glad we waited because there could not be a more perfect song for a more perfect moment.

“Taylor has been such an inspiration to me personally. As a Swiftie myself, it’s such an honour to be able to use her music in the final episodes of our show."

What happens in episode nine of The Handmaid's Tale?

SPOILER ALERT

The UK is a good few weeks behind the US, so fans on this side of the water have a while to wait before they will see episode nine in all its glory. But without giving away too much, the Handmaids stage a coup in the penultimate episode — attempting to overthrow Gilead once and for all. We'll see some pretty big characters go head-to-head — complemented by the VERY appropriate soundtrack of Taylor's Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do'.

When is The Handmaid's Tale on TV?

It's currently airing each Sunday nights at (usually) 10pm on Channel 4, with episode four dropping this weekend (25th May).

When will episode nine air in the UK?

Episode nine, featuring Taylor Swift's newly re-recorded song 'Look What You Made Me Do', will air on Channel 4 on Sunday 29th June.

When will Taylor re-release 'Look What You Made Me Do'?

There's no word yet on when 'Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor's Version)' will officially be released, but US fans got to hear it for the first time on 20th May 2025, in an episode of The Handmaid's Tale.

UK fans can hear it in the video above, which shows the opening scene of the episode.

Does this mean Taylor will release 'Reputation (Taylor's Version)' next?

There's already lots of evidence out there that 'Reputation' is next in line to be re-recorded, following a rights dispute with Scooter Braun. It would be the fifth album re-recorded by the 'Cruel Summer' singer, who has already shared Taylor's Versions of 'Fearless', 'Red', 'Speak Now' and '1989'.

Check out all the evidence that 'Reputation' will be the next album re-recorded.

Now take a look all the albums Taylor has already re-recorded...

'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 Platinum in the UK.

'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 2x Platinum in the UK.