What is "Taylor's Version"
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Taylor Swift is re-recording her first six albums in order to regain control of her music after the rights to her original recordings were sold without her permission. She co-wrote every single song she's ever released, yet she does not own the songs on her first six records, which means that she has no say in how and where the music is used.
After more failed attempts to buy back the masters from Scooter Braun and Shamrock Holdings, Swift decided to begin re-recording her first six albums - releasing them under their original names and the parenthesis “Taylor's version”.
Taylor's decision to re-record her albums comes down to the simple fact that she wants to own the rights to the music that she wrote and recorded 1. She hopes that by re-recording her songs, she can override those archival works with these new versions.