Speak Now (about Taylor's versions)
Taylor Swift is currently the most streamed artist in the world as she\u2019s commandeered the media as she embarks on her Eras tour around the globe. It's likely to be the highest grossing tour of all time, crossing $1B in sales. What\u2019s more, she\u2019s just released her 6th studio album since 2020, and her 3rd re-recording of her older material called Taylor\u2019s Versions. She famously got in a spat with the new owner of her master recordings. She decided to take back control with her own hands and voice, creating mostly true-to-the-original updates alongside a smorgasbord of bonus material.\n\nFirst there was Fearless from 2008, then Red from 2012 and now Speak Now the last of her more country leaning albums having originally arrived in 2010. Switched On Pop listens to Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version) for whats is and isn\u2019t working musically, how the re-recordings are fairing, and where this ambitious project may go next.\n\nJoining the conversation is Lauren Michele Jackson American cultural critic, assistant professor of English and African American studies at Northwestern, author of White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue ... and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation and a contributing writer to the New Yorker in her review of Taylor Swift\u2019s midnights said \u201cI\u2019ve always maintained that Swift is incapable of writing a bad song.\u201d\n\nMORE\nPop Pantheon: Checking in on Taylor Swift's Re-Recordings So Far (with Charlie Harding, Larisha Paul & Nora Princiotti)\n\nSONGS DISCUSSED\nTaylor Swift - Fearless, Red, Speak Now, Never Grow Up, The Story Of Us, Sparks Fly, Mine, Mean, Superman, Karma, Better than Revenge, Electric Touch, Castles Crumbling, When Emma Falls in Love, I Can See You, Back, To December, Last Kiss\nDef Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me\nGloria Gaynor - I Will Survive\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices