Taylor Swift to release new version of 'Speak Now' album
Taylor Swift's version of 'Speak Now' will include six extra songs.
Taylor Swift has new music coming up!
The 33-year-old announced that she will be re-releasing her 2010 album, 'Speak Now'.
The original album was released by Big Machine Records which Swift broke away from in 2018 after having joined the label in 2005. The album was nominated for a 'Best Country Album Grammy' and the single from the album, 'Mean', won the 'Best Country Solo Performance' and 'Best Country Song' Grammys. The album was also the first of Swift's work to reach one-million sales in its debut week, according to Billboard.
Taking to Twitter over the weekend, Swift announced that she will be releasing her version of the album.
She said the album will come out in July.
"It fills me with such pride and joy to announce that my version of Speak Now will be out July 7 (just in time for July 9th, iykyk )," she wrote on Twitter.
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She went on to explain how dear the album is to her.
"I first made Speak Now, completely self-written, between the ages of 18 and 20. The songs that came from this time in my life were marked by their brutal honesty, unfiltered diaristic confessions and wild wistfulness.
"I love this album because it tells a tale of growing up, flailing, flying and crashing… and living to speak about it," she wrote.
The 'Anti-Hero' hitmaker also announced that the album will have new songs.
"With six extra songs I’ve sprung loose from the vault, I absolutely cannot wait to celebrate Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) with you on July 7th," she wrote.
Swift's fans can't wait for the album. The tweet received a million likes.
It fills me with such pride and joy to announce that my version of Speak Now will be out July 7 (just in time for July 9th, iykyk 😆) I first made Speak Now, completely self-written, between the ages of 18 and 20. The songs that came from this time in my life were marked by their… pic.twitter.com/oa0Vs5kszr
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 6, 2023
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