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Rerecord Battle: What (Taylor’s Version) Songs Missed The Mark? (Patreon)

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Hi Friends!! This Video has been scheduled ahead of time as we will be on a holiday as you are reading this ☺️ We hear a lot of swifties with opinions on this topic and we want to flesh it out a little, just a reminder that we think the rerecords are PERFECTION.... but we also can admit that maybe some songs aren't quite the same. In this video we react to your opinions and discuss the differences in the songs. Hope you guys enjoy this video and find our discussion interesting and entertaining. LOVE you all!

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Ava Jeffs

today in the court of fathoming we seek justice for girl at home (OG version) and the shaky breath 🙏

Sebastian

Love you chickens! 🩷

Christine Leong

For me it’s Holy Ground. It just doesn’t have the same magical feeling for me personally

Mira Darling

Yayyyyy just what I needed for my Saturday evening!!!

Momo

An entire hour of the chickens. God bless. 🐥💜🐥💜

sebastián

i haven’t really listened to the stolen versions at all either and as a red era swiftie listening to the wanegbt that i listened to as a 15 year old just did something to me omfg i felt that deep in my soul

Paul

Yes, justice for We Are Never og, this tv of this was way more botched than anything on 1989tv imo, and it’s not even just the “we”s that sound strange it’s the levels of drums to guitar and bass or something too, it’s not balanced properly, and I think it’s kinda sad that fans who joined during eras prob don’t get this song as a hit because a lot of them have never even heard the original so this TV being bad has damaged the legacy of both the original and the TV imo cause streams of both are down

James M

When the stems for the OG Style found their way on to the internet, I made my own version using the vocals from Style TV. Since I didn’t buy/stream the OG version to make this, I didn’t feel guilty about it lol https://youtu.be/8ngtLast4UQ?si=4VypPMPS87oFObS6

Mly

Wow I never realized how different some sounds are in wanegbt 🤯

Saskia 🩶🤎🖤🤍

For me the biggest misses are: Style, Shake it off, Haunted, Better than Revenge, WANGBT

Mly

That happens to me too, I feel like some songs are too flat, like they don't show frustration or anger or happiness. But it's ok

Geneva

This was SUCH a refreshing video, aaahhhhh. Thank you for your candidness about it! It almost feels like gaslighting sometimes from this community that no one's allowed to prefer the stolen versions.

alex

i love all the videos at the moment 🥹 Thank you for treating us while you guys Travel the world 🥰

Izzy

My biggest disappointment was 1989, Taylor’s version isn’t as ‘crisp’ and clear as the old one was. My main critiques were the ‘ah, ah, ah aha ah’ is New Romantics - it sounds more like school children shouting in Taylor’s version and I don’t like it and I also hate that in out of the woods the first chorus after the bridge there’s a way she sings ‘in the clear yet - goo-yed’ that really scratches my brain in the best way and in the new version she doesn’t really do that at least I can’t hear that she does.

Ava Jeffs

God I am so sorry to say that we are never ever getting back together OG version HIT

Heidi Muller

Chickens! Things are happening!!! And you are in Europe again!!

Carol Wells

Well I don’t think even if they were the exact same people are older and it’s not going to be the same anymore sorry most of the ones people are complaining about. I can’t even tell the difference.

desperadek

Haven't listened to any stolen versions and I try as hard as possible not to listen to debut and rep before they get their "rights", I remember being suuuper excited about red tv, especially after getting folklore and evermore (albums where she literally mastered singing in a duet, thinking how GOOD 'the last time' and 'everything has changed' will be and then red tv came out, I listened for a week straight to get used to those two songs and I just can't. I dont know what changed but something did and I'm not mad- just dissapointed. From being my top on the album went straight to "I love you but I will skip you when u start playing". I really try not to hate I think she did a great job with Red, the vault tracks really make up for those "changed" songs but all i can think about is rep getting the same treatment. 'The moment i knew" ,shaky breath, we lose some we win some. Hope u guys are having a fab weekend<33 Love from Warsaw

Anna K

Not “lab grown meat.” 🤣🤣🤣 The most savage thing I’ve ever heard you say. 😆😆😆

Katie

As someone who also hasn't listened to stolen versions since TV was released, the OG WANGBT just blew my mind.... Took me back in time, so nostalgic!!

Christin

Whaaaaat is happening?

Cooler Fan

I don't think anyone should be disparaged from listening to the stolen versions. Taylor never said we can't do that - she just wanted to own her songs.

alessia

My qualm with style is really in the outro/chorus which is my favourite part of the entire thing it’s like she reversed which vocal layer is at the forefront, idk how to explain it lol but I can’t listen to TV version because my favourite part of it is no longer present in the way it was before. I think this video also helped me realize that some of the rerecordings are definitely not as bad as people make them out to be. I do miss her younger voice though, especially in speak now🥹

Sean

I noticed while watching that some of the Taylor's Versions, like, hurt my ears? Like there's something about New Romantics that feels too harsh compared to the original? Idk, I don't know much about mixing

Ella

i actually really enjoy when you guys are a bit more critical! obviously never hateful or in bad faith as we all love taylor (and you guys are just the sweetest so that would feel odd) but i think thats totally been erased from the swiftie communtity and constructive criticism should always be allowed!

Heidi Muller

Look what you made me do tv on Handmaid's Tale

Maggie

I definitely don't hate the rerecordings whatsoever there are many that I truly love and don't mind if they sound a bit different because the essence of the song is still there. However I do feel, especially for Speak Now and 1989 for some reason, there are songs I just don't go back to that used to be songs I listen to all the time because something is missing from the rerecord. Not to the point where i stream OGs, the rerecords of those songs just become skips more often than not. For me and this could be controversial 🫣, once Taylor has rerecorded all of her first 6 albums, I may swap out a few new songs for the old version when streaming. I am also trying to get a hard copy of the OGs to keep away from streaming them but i figure she still gets paid from the OGs and if it's a song where me listening to the OG gives me something the new version can't then I'm okay with that. It would likely be one maybe two songs from each album, except fearless and probably Debut... I mean fearless TV was done very well in my opinion, which makes sense with the enhanced vocals and it being more instrumental than later albums. I have also noticed and agree that Max Martin and Shellback not being on the songs they originally were part of has lost the essence in some songs and it's unfortunate they did not come back and help out with the project. They both went to the Eras Tour so I'm not sure what the deal is with them not coming back. Need a documentary about the process! Also, while I am not worried about Rep TV I do feel the some of the songs Max and Shellback were part of may not hit the way the OGs do. Really love this video and this channel. There are definitely ways to be critical about the rerecords without hating on Taylor. The she can do no wrong is also too much at times so I love the balance here. I have so much respect and awe for her tackling this project to reclaim her music. It's definitely not easy to accomplish and some people giving so much hate about some songs is wild. None of the rerecords sound as bad as some people bitch about. Sorry for the long winded response! I've been waiting for the girls to do a video like this so I needed to chime in!

Kiki

My main issue are swifties being so casually cruel about not liking Taylor's Versions ... There's nothing wrong with not liking a re-recording, I also have songs where I prefer the OG version, but some fans are just fucking rude about it. They are turning disliking songs into downright hating/dragging them AND Taylor. I get so defensive when I see someone talking about how she 'botched' or 'ruined' the TV

Heidi Muller

And....people are clowning that taylor has a cameo in the episode!

Linnea H

lol she did not

Ethan Nguyen

the discussion w the guitar in i wish u would tv was sooo validating god damn

Maryn

that ticking in new romantics is gonna haunt me forever now

Heidi Muller

They are clowning that the third figure coming out the truck could be Taylor...u never know...

Lindsey Metcalfe

Some of the differences, particularly with things like vocal clarity, might just be that she's using a different recording setup than she did back in the day. Different microphones can make your voice sound super different even if you just used two different ones to record the exact same take of a vocal line. Combined with someone who isn't Max Martin doing the the mixing and production is going to make things sound different. Wehther that's better or worse or indifferent.

Aubrey McMichael

agreed. much of 1989 tv just feels harsher? louder?

Jenny

Haven't watched this yet but loving the thumbnail hahaha

Ellen Blair

I think this is a super common critique and, imo, mostly comes down to the fact that when it comes to pop albums, Max Martin probably can’t be replicated.

Abbi Clark

I think I liked the chaos of the OG sparks fly. But I do think the rest of Speak Now TV was such an improvement!

Ellen Blair

Also if I had waited a hot second, they actually say this in the video. Lol.

Aubrey McMichael

i hope one day we can get an explanation on who christopher rowe is and why taylor chose him for the project

Mia Gregorio

sparks fly is so much better in taylor’s version.. the only problem for me is wangbt

Alana1989xox

Thank you! I really liked this video! As a starting point, this is just a showcase of how SUPERIOR Taylor's songs are. It was so fun just listening to every single little detail in both versions - chefs kiss. Honestly, if you make a video just appreciating your favourite Taylor Swift songs on shuffle, I'd love it lol. 💃 I'm a newer swiftie so the little details in the stolen versions are new to me. This made me understand the Max Martin of it all. Is there a trend in how, when there are differences, it has to do with the guitar? My favourite part was listening to Sparks Fly - the stolen version was like "oh wow!" but Taylor's Version is *pure magic*. Cheers! 🫶

sarah

agreed.. you can barely hear "take me home" over the production

Maggie

Totally agree. The saying she ruined the song is so unnecessary! Like if we're were just getting these versions and had never heard the OGs people would be like "this is the best thing I've ever heard."

Kiki

Exactly! I think nostalgia and attachment plays a big role (understandably). But it's no excuse to be so mean

Cathrine Ahm

Here I was having convinced myself that I used to skip WANEGBT as much as I do now. Turns out the TV was the problem 🫣 I got the exact same feeling as you when you played the stolen version - goosebumps all over! I haven’t listened to it since before TV, so I’m actually blown away by the difference. I suddenly remember how much I loved it in 2012 and it took me right back to those days 🙈🥹

sarah

I feel like 1989 T.V. as a whole gets bad rep because she repackaged the entire album (e.g. the OG polaroid NYC theme -> regular photo at the beach) P.S. y'all didn't get to shake it off but please listen for the terrible clicking in T.V. on your own time!

Leah Dorling

I definitely enjoy this conversation it’s an intriguing one. Although I personally haven’t analysed differences between the OG’s and TV’s. An interesting thought I had was maybe when she re-recorded them also should be factored into to how she’s “emoting” the songs. Like if a lot was going on personally she might have just disconnected a little and that may be where some lack the feeling of the OG’s? I would also just like to say the biggest song I listen to MORE since TV is Wonderland! Holy hell the re-record just HIT 💥

Maggie

There definitely are production differences that just cannot be recaptured based on the tech used and with tech advancing so much over the last decade. For example, you could have two of the same guitar pedals that have the same modulation but they could sound not exactly the same, even if they are the exact make and model, wear and tear can have an effect too.

Maggie

I feel this with wildest dreams and out if the woods (i love out if the woods tv btw, and i like wildest dreams tv). But the layers for both are different from the OGs and the richness/fullness from the layering is different and absent. Especially when you listen to the instrumental versions, it's a bit more apparent

lana del gay

I don't know if this will be controversial, but sometimes i prefer taylor's older vocals on songs to her new vocals. obviously they're objectively much better, but i find sometimes the charm of an older song is missing on the TV's because she sounds perfect now when maybe she didn't before. the song that's coming to mind is The Story of Us TV. i will never listen to the stolen version again (outside of CD/Vinyl) but the TV has never done a lot for me :( i feel this way abouy Holy Ground and I Wish You would too. its so random i know.

Hayley 🫶🏻✨

I’m not sure why people hate on SNTV so much, I think it’s perfection, but it is my stan album so… 💜 the only stolen version I held on to for ages was IKYWT as the re-recorded version just doesn’t do it for me ❤️

Christin

I loved Bonnys passion in describing the intro of style 😁❤️

David

I love the Taylor's version project and think 95% of the rerecordings are better or as good as the original. That said, songs like WANEGBT, New Romantics and Style fall into the 5% of songs that just don't hit the same. I don't feel bad listening to the OG versions for these as I feel like listening to the majority of the rerecorded songs is still supporting her and her work to reclaim her masters

Ellen Blair

I’m from the South and one thing I’ve noticed about the re-records (not a critique just observation), is her vocals have much more of a country twang in the original early albums. It’s super noticeable on Speak Now, and I’d be curious to know if other people born and/or raised in the Southeast US notice it.

DemiMarie🤍🖤

I would honestly give anything for Haunted (Piano Version) TV and You're Not Sorry (CSI Remix) TV haha I will die on this hill 🤣🫶🏻

Maggie

I totally agree Geneva! People saying you're not a swifite for liking an original more than the rerecord and that you're somehow a terrible person is just stupid. The amount of hate within the community for such things is gross and it always seems to be a specific group of people who just want to hate.

Hayley 🫶🏻✨

I just compared Girl At Home and am speechless at how I didn’t realise how big the change was before. It’s been so long since I’ve heard it. OG is so good, the new one is a bit cheesy for me, I don’t know 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🧀

Maggie

I personally love better than revenge tv. I think she sounds so much more angsty.

Maggie

We need a documentary about the process! 🙏

Aubrey McMichael

i think fearless and speak now are the best re recordings in terms of being true to the original

DemiMarie🤍🖤

Its gotta be so hard to pull the emotions she had in those old versions (they were done at a time when the emotions were full frontal)... I love all the rerecordings but I miss that emotional feel on a lot of the TV's 🫶🏻

Maryn

I haaaaate the shake it off tv clicking in the second verse and chorus. I thought I was the only one!!

David

I'm still shocked that the clicking noise and static in New Romantics was never picked up on during the recording/mastering process. It seems like a fairly large oversight considering how hugely successful and important 1989 is to her

Katie LaFave

my overall opinion is that people need to remember that it’s actually so hard 100% re-create every song!! i think sometimes people put so much pressure on every song sounding exactly the same and there being no differences, but that is an impossible expectation to have!! true swifties like everyone here know that Taylor works as hard as she can on these re-records and takes the time to replicate the originals as best she and the producers can! yes sometimes it’s not exact but that’s just how this process goes and people need to accept that! when it comes to the emotional aspect, I think it is asking too much of Taylor to try to put herself in that same state that she was in 10+ years ago when she originally recorded the sad songs like last kiss! for the most part, Taylor has moved on from the songs emotionally and that’s just another aspect of this process that people need to recognize and accept

Ally ❤️

The day she owns her old masters will be a DAY!!!!

Julia

i am the biggest fan of new romantics and i fully agree with emily. i have no problems with it and actually love the production on taylors version. there’s also a new beat in the chorus that i really like.

Katie LaFave

I think another thing people don’t think about is if Max Martin had come back for his albums that doesn’t necessarily mean that he could’ve perfectly re-created his own songs! as we know with welcome to New York that sounds slightly different even though Ryan Tedder worked on both versions

Jenny MacRunnel

I personally love the rerecording of Speak Now, its sooo phenomenal, the instruments are so clear and it just sounds SO BEAUTIFUL! Back to December, Last Kiss, Dear John, Haunted, The Story of Us...those are all perfection! I've actually never loved We Are Never, its actually in the bottom for me, so I don't care if its different, but it was fun to compare them. Style is way overhated, I heard the small differences the first time it came out, but I've completely gotten used to them, and it hits just as hard for me now. I Knew Your Trouble is interesting. I like the Taylor's version more. I think it might be the beat drops, they are perfection in the rerecord. I think the big thing for me is I NEVER listen to the stolen versions. When your brain hears the same thing over and over, and then its a bit different, your brain will reject it. BUT if you constantly listen to the new versions, over time, your brain will refathom it and you will like the new ones more. Generally, I think this is true. Its like retraining your brain.

Annika

I feel sometimes the songs have to be slightly different to fit the TV albums because they are evolved and different. A song on it’s own might be different to the OG but they do fit in to the whole album

Annika

It’s so funny to me seeing people having a problem with songs like holy ground because I only loved it since TV. That’s the magic of Taylors Versions.. everyone finds new songs for themselves 🫶🏻

Ally ❤️

💯 (born in Memphis, raised in Virginia, NC, and TN

Maggie

100% Katie! We also don't know the specifics of her contract regarding the rerecords. Minor things may have to be different even if slightly. We're all very lucky to relive her early discography, especially if we were not a huge fan back in the day. It sucks there are a lot of people who get so mad and almost ruin it for everyone else.

Enzo Reis

For me it's always gonna be WANEGBT, IKYWT, New Romantics, Welcome New York, Style, I Wish You Would, You Are In Love. For me they don't work I think the changes and the fact that the vocals are more prominent didn't work for me. I think the changes with the fact that this songs that I mentioned they (Taylor and the producers) modernized the instrumentals for what it's current nowadays. For example: IKYWT the original version is havily influenced by Dubstep a genre that was in it's peak in 2012/13. But nowadays kinda dissapeared, so I understand that she felt that she had to make it sounds more current and less dubstep-y possible but the thing that do for me with IKYWT it is that sound. Also I don't think the mix in IKYWT TV hits. The high note gets overwhelmed by the instrumental and you can't hear it proporly. So yeah, I definetly don't listen to the tv version. However songs like Red TV, The Last Time Tv, SBT TV, This Love tv, Out Of The Woods tv or Clean. ARE SO SUPPERIOR THAT I MUST LISTEN ONLY THE TAYLOR'S VERSION.

Ellen Blair

NC here! It’s super noticeable to me

eeeee

I think that with 1989 it's actually too clear. With the OGs, because it's muddier some of the sounds are blended together to create this harmonious like song, but some the TVs, especially the chorus of New Romantics, the sounds are too clear and separated from eachother. Instead of this nice cloud of noise to walk into, I find it quite jarring to hear the separation quite clearly

MarkH

Part of the problem here is that you are starting with the old one, so you are assuming that is the canonical version, and seeing differences from the original as negative. If you started with the rerecorded version, then listened to the old one, your perspective would shift somewhat. For example, in New Romantics in the rerecord, she says "battle" like a normal person, but in the old version she says bat-TTle with a very hard T. It is a matter of taste which you prefer, of course,. Also, the drums are deeper in the rerecorded version; there is more space around them. Again, you don't have to see this as an improvement, but I do. That said, of course it is true that she was a different person when she did the re-records than she was when she did the originals, so they are never going to be the same. One is probably best off thinking of them as just different, just as live versions are different. Exile long pond is different from exile, but neither of them has to be better or worse than the other.

Ellen Blair

This is a really good point. A lot of it is probably tied to canonical nostalgia.

K

Sometimes, advancements in technologies like production techniques do not actually make things better but make them lose their organic and authentic feel. Clapping of real hands will always sound better than any computer generated clap sound because of its human element

Katie LaFave

it’s just so funny because I don’t notice the high-pitched “weeees” at all anymore!! I think I did with the first few listen of the Taylor‘s version but I just don’t anymore 😂 I also totally disagree i feel like she has the same amount of sass

Enzo Reis

Also I want to comment a tip here: I have SnapTube downloaded in my phone it's a free app that allows you to download videos and audios from YouTube. So I downloaded the old versions of IKYWT e WANEGBT in my phone. And since Spotify allows you to listen the downloads that you have on your phone. I do playlists mixing the tvs with the og versions. Anyway it's a tip in case you want to listen the og versions in your phone without giving any type of money to Scotter.

Katie LaFave

again it’s so funny because I think Taylor does the talking part of the bridge of we are never ever getting back together absolutely perfectly

Katie LaFave

I mean, I think Taylor’s been done with reputation for a long time and has been done with debut for a little while so I don’t think peoples criticism is being taken into account

Ally ❤️

Oh no… the click track being present in the mix on New Romantics 😢 I cannot unhear it

Katie LaFave

i’m also listening with my headphones like you guys said to do and I don’t hear any clicking or “sand” noise at the beginning of new romantics 😂

Katie LaFave

i’m with you emily i don’t hear anything wrong with the ahhhhs in new romantics

Lizzie Page

My hot take about the big differences you guys noticed between the old versions and Taylor’s versions (the main difference being that the old versions were more dynamic and Taylor’s versions were more “one note) is actually a commentary on the direction that music production is taking these days. Cause she still sounds just as dynamic when performing all these songs live. But I think all songs for at least the past 3-5 years production-wise have gotten incredibly bland and one-note.

Enzo Reis

I understand Emilly with Fearless tv and Speak Now tv for me there's not one single tv in those re-recordings that I'm like I need the og version. Sometimes I listen to Breathe or Haunted og but just for the nostalgia of her younger voice. Red tv for me it's only IKYWT and WANEGBT. 1989 tv it's the most that I have problems with. 😂😂😂

Jamie

YES. exactly. too sterile. ... it lacks feeling on a lot of songs. and I think life is too short to not listen to songs that move you and make you feel. you can still support her, but for crying out loud, its also OUR lives. if you wanna listen to certain older songs, then do.. that's my opinion. you can't RECAPTURE ✨M a G I C ✨

Katie LaFave

it’s funny I know I commented on the intro of the Taylor’s version of sparks fly before, but now hearing it again I don’t notice that big of a difference!! that’s why I just feel like people need to just listen to the Taylor’s versions more because you get used to them! of course they’re gonna sound so different on the first few listens because you’ve been hearing the original version for 10+ years

Katie LaFave

I totally agree with you Bonny about mindset I feel like if you go into the re-records wanting to critique things instead of just enjoying the new versions you’re going to find more stuff you don’t like and it could lead to a more negative experience for you

Katie LaFave

yes something I love about the Taylor‘s version is that the backing vocals and ad libs are louder!!!

Jamie

with New Romantics my problem is I notice the noises more than her voice and the feeling. it instruments take over too much

Gemma

I think in general with the original versions of the songs, the music seems so loud and kinda overpowering Taylor’s voice. Whereas the Taylor’s version, the music is slightly quieter and allows Taylor’s voice to be clearer and more present

Katie LaFave

I actually think holy ground is a perfect re-recording I have no notes

Darian

I can’t believe you guys didn’t analyze haunted Taylor version 🫣🤮

Summer

Loved this we need a part 2!!!

Katie LaFave

The only thing to me that’s really that different about style is the intro, but the intro is not nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be

Katie LaFave

well, we all know that Bonny prefers the Taylor’s version & honestly I do too

Amanda Saul

Great video! Have fun chickens!

Katie LaFave

with girl at home I actually always wondered if Taylor really wanted it to always have that poppy production but because of Scott she wasn’t allowed to and now with the Taylor’s version she’s like I’m making it the pop version I always wanted it to be

Katie K

“Lab grown meat” 😂😂

zachy

if pt 2 is in the works, PLEASE talk about Style. OG version intro is immaculate, but TV sounds a little flat. might just be a preference thing, but something to consider :)

Taylah Louise

I feel like a lot of the differences you didn’t like are the result of the changes in studios that allow a cleaner sound to be recorded. So it’s almost like the exact same thing was done to the instrument, but the way it sounded in the actual room has changed.

Vanessa

I didn't really hear any difference in any of the songs but I do feel like I listen to songs less becasue of streaming the eras tour for 2 years straight... But that's just me

Katie K

Loved this! Just an hour of jamming out with you basically 😂 Glad you’re good with Speak Now because personally, that’s my favourite re-record so far, it feels so special to me and still holds the magic. It was always my favourite of her earliest albums anyway. The only thing I miss is the raw emotion in Last Kiss. Other than that the only re-record I actually have a bit of an issue is is the guitar in the Taylor’s Version of Style. I noticed it on first listen and it just sounds off to me.

Katie K

It’s been a while since I’ve heard the phrase “pop, drop and lock” Bonny 🤣

Katariina Blom

Same, in Sparks Fly it’s nothing I can pinpoint exactly like the ”aaaah” in New Romantics for example - nothing about the re-recording is bad at all, but something about it doesn’t HIT like the old one did, especially the chorus. But overall, I really think she nailed SNTV 💜

sebastián

was about to comment this exactly same thing lol you typed it out for. that’s exactly how i feel

sebastián

the secret sauce comment is perfect bc some of the rerecordings simply have the same feeling as when you cook something your mom taught you how to cook and it’s great, it tastes amazing too, but it’s just not the same as when she makes it. i feel like that about some of them wether it’s her voice, the production, the feeling, whatever. but in general im super content and happy to listen to taylor’s versions bc i simply think she has done amazing so far 🙂‍↕️

Katryna Schuster

I'm only about 15mins into this video. Though I wanted to mention that, I think it's okay to prefer the older version. There's alot more support in the swifty community with listening to the older versions. And I think it's okay to admit that taylor swift got it wrong with someone these songs. One of the reasons I love her music is for her emotion behind her lyrics (like how em was getting goose bumps). I feel there's alot of pressure trying to be the perfect fan for taylor, though its okay that we have opinions and maybe not enjoying everything taylor makes. That's human. I will not judge anyone who will listen to a older taylor swift song. I feel the swiftoligist video on this topic really opened my eyes to this. I love the video so far and it's super interesting to her the songs back to back

sebastián

i agree with this so it just makes me think that it was a stylistic choice made on purpose. i don’t prefer it either and i wish it wasn’t there but honestly i think they wanted by it that way 🫠

Louise

howww it’s so staticky to me even with just one airpod in

Katie LaFave

I don’t know I don’t hear any of that 🤣

Katariina Blom

I think the reason why people react so strongly to the re-recordings of songs like Style is because it is so well-known and one of her biggest hits ever. The beginning of Style (and a few other 1989 songs like I wish you would and Welcome to New York) used to REALLY bother me, but I’ve since gotten used to it, and realised now with what the girls said that it sometimes really is just the start of the song that is ”the main issue”

Pippa

overall I've found I feel strongest about the songs that used to be my favourite and I suspect it's 90% nostalgia. But some songs have risen so much higher in my ranking since the rerecord!

Bria Bowen

I think for Speak Now, the biggest ones might be Better than Revenge and Last Kiss. I feel a difference in Mean but I think it definitely depends on which were your faves bc you automatically can tell a difference when you know a song really really well

Bria Bowen

I agree Sparks Fly got an upgrade!

Nessa.

for me it's the echoes on Haunted, omg got me a while to get used to them hahahaha I have the STRONGEST reaction to that out of all the rerecords but nobody seems to have a "problem" with them hahahah so i gues its just me in this train hahaha stil LOVE haunted

Courtney

the little dance at 49:01 is so cute 😂

Erin Corey

I never heard the clicking sounds in the tv version of New Romantics until right now and now I’m scarred for life

Victoria

My main criticism of Sparks Fly TV is that the drop into the chorus doesn't hit the same! It's not as punchy as the OG. But her vocals sound soo good and that makes me still listen to the TV lol

Elle

Loved this! It will be fun to fathom the ones that people think are improved by Taylor’s version

Lynny Smith

This affected me too!! I have grown to love it though and now see it as an enhancement but can agree on first listen it was very jarring! I was so surprised when Emily didn’t mention anything!

Lynny Smith

So interesting how different people can hear things!! I personally feel that Speak Now as a whole is the most superior re-record!! It’s strengthened my relationship with the album so much with its rockier sound and her vocals - I’ve been a fan since debut so had a strong attachment already! Interesting that people feel like it’s the weakest

Astoria

For We are Never Getting Back Together, I think the difference it the stolen version sounds like a full produced song, TV sounds like they walked into a bar and captured a good live performance without that production

Nagehan1

I love how casually Bonny slide back when Taylor say “you took a step back” 😂😂

Aleksandra Mazurek

Amazing video, girls ❤️ regarding the rerecords (coming from Swifty since Midnights, so pretty fresh one), Taylor herself said that it's super personal project, and she have never forced anybody to listen only to hers version of the recordings. I thinks it's amazing that we support her in this, by steaming and buying the records, but, honestly, nobody will die if you will listen to the OG version from time to time, or more often. She won't even know that you have been listening it 😂 and who knows maybe one day she will own all the versions :)

Marcelo Gouveia

No hate, of course! But I think I’m part of the group of Swifties who don’t handle any kind of criticism against Taylor very well, especially against the TV project. I watched the whole video with a frown on my face, but it’s all good, really. Lol Love you guys

superscarf

Did anyone else go back to their Red TV reaction video on YouTube? I’m only just on WANEGBT and Em said “identical” when it first started, Bon said “perfection” many times and Em said the ad libs were all identical. 🤣

Amanda

As someone that was in band and choir in high school, I personally feel like I can tell when the guitars and/or their petals are different. Like with style I feel like the strumming pattern and melody are the same, but I’d wager that the main difference is that it could’ve been played of a different guitar and petals. I noticed that difference in all the songs that y’all listened to in the video. I would love to know with Jack songs if he did used the same instruments as the og for the tv. Just something’s to think about. 🤔

Diamond

I am mostly satisfied with the Taylor’s versions. The only song for me that feels truly unlistenable is WANEGBT but I still don’t listen to the stolen version. It just doesn’t feel right to me. However I was surprised to hear the differences throughout this video because I never noticed most of them

Elizabeth

The stolen versions sometimes Hit different imo, because it feels more like a real guitar or real drums being recorded, versus Taylor’s version sometimes sounds like Jack in garage band and tweaking them. It gives them that tinny/robotic sound at times. This doesn’t happen all the time, but sometimes.

Wendy Davis

What I'm hearing so far, is that it's the OG MIX's have a bit more treble and therefore more depth, energy and SPARKLE.. The re records seem to be MIXED in a slightly more "COMPRESSED" or "muffled" way which is why the treble energy/SPARKLE gets lost. An extreme example of this, is in the production of SLUT. It is a favorite of mine, but the production is SO COMPRESSED that is loses the depth and sparkle that is inherently overflowing in this amazing song. Would love your response to this!

Lily Mason

I adored this video! I love how you actually played the sv and tv in full back to back instead of just talking about both songs. I wanted to put my two cents in about Style. It's the rerecording I have the most issues with i think bc it used to be in my top 3 taylor songs ever before evermore came out lol. I mean the problems with lead guitar has been discussed at length, but also for me the "take me home" in the bridge is too far back in the mix. It also just lacks the same energy for me as well as when she sings the chorus, she sounds a little bit bored. The "out of style" backing vocals at the end of each chorus also sounds more flat and machiney to me, in the sv it sounds more choirly and light. Ik you girls dont have an issue with it which I totally respect and I'm only being this nit picky bc it's my one absolute fav songs. I fully love and support the re recordings and i dont see huggggeeee problems with 99.9% of songs and happily make the switch but Style is my baby so i struggle a little with the change.

claudia jones

Loved this video… it was so so intriguing to watch !!! I personally loooove speak now TV something just hits with TV 💜 buttttt I will say the beginning of style TV is lacking but once I’m in the song i’m living and loving every second 🩵

inesrg

my personal picks for this would be SHAKE IT OFF (there’s a mysterious ticking noise in the background, as i like to call it, that starts in the second verse and i just feel it inside by brain in the most annoying way possible… i can never finish the song) and DEAR JOHN (only the “never” in the bridge, it feels like she kinda missed the note, i noticed it the first time i heard it and it makes me so sad). Also, in 1989 in general, everything sounded lighter and sharper in the stolen version, and the sounds are more “merged”? and much heavier in the new one, but i love the rerecordings so much anyway 🫶🏼🫶🏼😊 and as a new romantics stan, i love the new version, but i have realized that it used to be my favorite on the album and i don’t listen to it as much anymore… i thought it was because i overplayed it a little but maybe it’s the new version idk🗽💕 i also miss the country accent in the “around” in sparks fly haha

Darya 🤍

This is probably my biggest quip tbh!!

Christine Violet

While there are parts of I knew you were trouble that I prefer on the original, in Taylor’s version I also love the outro so much more… not because of the vocals but because the piano/keyboard is so so much more prominent and i love it

Madison

love the honesty because me too! it can be hard for me to hear taylor criticism sometimes because so much of it (mostly outside the community) is bad faith and intentionally overblown. i think i’m getting better with it in this community because we wouldn’t be here if we didn’t have a deep love for taylor already. so grateful for this safe space.

Christine Violet

I completely agree… imo there would be no other reason to completely change the production unless this is what she originally wanted to do!

dotty

max come home the kids miss you

Lefty

I fully agree with Emily about Style, it's nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be. The guitar sounds a bit different, ok - does it sound worlds different or awful in and of itself? Er...no. I'm surprised so many people said SNTV was the worst one because I think it's the best by far. It keeps its identity while also sounding so clean and crisp. I've been obsessed with Mine TV for weeks on end now, might have become my #1 Taylor song

subtle reads

Thank you for doing this! I think it’s important to be able to have these kinds of conversations about things that may be scary or controversial regarding Taylor because let’s face it, she’s human and can make mistakes too, even if it’s something as simple as a bit of magic lost in a Taylor’s Version. Constructive criticism can be a good thing and I loved how you still kept things respectful and kind regarding everyone’s opinions!

Darya 🤍

I feel like I’m the only person in the world for whom Style TV hits harder than Style OG! The OG feels like it sits in my upper belly and doesn’t take me up, but TV flows all the way into my heart and throat

Marisa

Similar to the unpopular opinions post, I went into this a little hesitant and unsure whether I wanted to watch it. But just like the unpopular opinions post, I came out of it feeling very positive and comforted. Maybe one day I'll learn not to doubt the vibe of you two. ❤️

Shaun

I'm realizing the best way I can describe what disturbs me about New Romantics is the original is "ah" and TV is "æh"

Cam Stokes

The way my mind has worked it out is that some of the re-records sound like demos. Like not fully finished or something. The stolen versions just feel more polished/mastered. They have fullness that the newer versions just don’t.. I dunno how else to explain it

katie whomst

im so surprised that people don't like wanegbt, i've never felt any huge difference in how i listen to taylors version and i listen to it pretty semi-regularly

Victoria

Yes I heard that too!

Lexa

With I Knew You Were Trouble the “lab version” sound to me comes from her breaths in the chorus being cut out! It sounds stitched together verses a continuous take!

Teri M

True. Because when Bonnie said that Sad Beautiful Tragic was better, I was like, "absolutely not!" LOL. When I heard TV, I was so disappointed in it because it's so different to me.

Ali ❤️‍🔥

With WANEGBT I think the guitar sounds like it has a different kind of strings. I think those kind of differences are the ones that are hard to put your finger on but you FEEL it

Laurie

The little noises at the beginning of New Romantics always felt like the noise a record player makes before the music starts playing, so it never really bothered me ☺️

Megan Winton

I feel like nostalgia is a major factor here on the 're-record misses' are they perfect, no but they are pretty good!

Tess7

Loved this video! I have loved all the re-recorded songs but there are a couple I think fell a little flat - All You Had To Do Was Stay is one, but I still listen to it lol. I like the changes to I Know Places. I really think Clean was a big improvement so I don’t get it being on one of the worst list lol. I understand the division over Style. I compared them over and over but in the end, I can listen to the TV one but sometimes I pull out the cd and blast it. I only notice a huge difference in Style when I had to turn the volume down in my car as it came on to talk to someone. With the volume lower, I noticed a big difference in the bass line . TV is not as strong on the driving bass as the original. Style needs that driving bass. Funny that I noticed it on low volume, rather than with my headphones 😊 I’m just waiting on adult voice Taylor singing debut songs. Did you see that Taylor was offered her masters back…for a ton of money? I don’t think she will buy them, but if she does, I still want the TV of Rep and debut.

anna

new romantics has always been my fav on 1989 and there is def something off in its energy. to me, the ahh ahhs in the og are more like an "ahhhhh" while in tv therye like "aeeeyyeeahh" and less layered. also in the intro she has a different inflection in her voice that makes the overall feeling really different for me idk

Jennie 🐍🖤

It all comes down to nobody can replicate max Martin production. It just is what it is lol. I’m DYING for a documentary where they discuss the process of the re-recordings. I fear we never get it

Annika 📍Melb, AU

Help. Why am I sobbing and dancing in my lounge room to the stolen versions 😭😭😭

Jessica

Yesss!!! Thank you for pointing out the clicking sounds in New Romantics! I thought I was going crazy the first time I heard it! That sound is awful and drives me nuts 😩😭

Sam

Great video! I have to respectfully disagree about Style though, that re-record hurts my soul. It’s so jarringly off to me, I almost never listen anymore, which is wild because it was always a fave. I agree though that overall the re-records are great. Not everything is perfect, but I think it is such a mammoth task to try and recreate the sound and feeling of all these songs - and by in large she has pulled this off exquisitely. I simply must applaud.

Annika 📍Melb, AU

“Pop, lock, and drop” 🤣🤣🤣 Bonny you’re such a funny chicken! 😂

hauntedwillow27

i think even the misses in certain songs are met with things that make it even better (for example in style i agree with the guitar issues but the prechorus the way she says “cause i” and “but i” are SOOOOO offensive in the rerecording). the only one i struggle with is enchanted but then again her vocals make up for it

Jenna Bolmgren

It is crazy how listening with headphones is SUCH a different experience 🤯

✨Bri✨

Sparks Fly being one that people don’t like shocked me! Back in the day it didn’t stand out as a favorite for me on the original speak now. But the TV one is my number 2 song on speak now TV. I hear the beginning notes and can neverrrr skip sparks fly. It’s perfect in my opinion.

Ottie Rose

Unpopular opinion… I like Taylor’s version of Girl at Home more than the original😅 I loved the original when it came out but I do like what the re-record production adds to it. I want to dance listening to TV rather than just vibe with the original one and I appreciate that change. It was jarring at first though so I completely understand if most people couldn’t get passed that.

Karen Valentino

I want to applaud your willingness to both take a critical look at the OGs vs TVs, and still opt to support the versions she owns. I don’t judge either way. I was kind of sad though to hear some of the originals because I haven’t listened to them for a long time now, and the examples you presented seemed to have more verve, more sparkle. More magic.

Lynny Smith

Yeah exactly!!! I guess it really is a different experience for everyone!!

Tasha

Is it just me that thought fearless doesn't hit the same?? I realllly miss the OG you belong with me

superscarf

I narrowed down my issue with Style to basically just one part. It’s when she sings “I heard”. She sings it so differently in TV, but I will just listen to the CD if I really need to hear the SV lol. Other than that the song is still great. Hoping for a happier video next time bc these 2 back to back highly critical ones were too much. 😞

Mex

current taylor's vocal ability is so much more effortless now and i sometimes think the effort to push out sound in the stolen versions is read as more emotion. there's a smoothness and clarity of enunciation that may make her vocals feel like they don't have as much character, but it doesn't ever make me think that the tv versions are bad. and yes, it's noticeable that she isn't still a young girl crushed by jake gyllenhaal. it was not possible for her and the production team and musicians to just rubber stamp the songs. did they miss the mark sometimes? maybe, but the way that people treat it like a personal insult is a bit dramatic. it's strange to me how the same people who cheered every night for her vocal change from the recorded version of the 1 on the eras tour feel the need to bash her for her vocal delivery in the recorded tv versions of some songs. thank you for the brief return to OG 1989 songs. i haven't heard them in so long and i appreciate them so much

Mex

emily's encyclopedic knowledge of every ad lib and backing vocal is a wildly impressive thing to watch. and also, you girls sing beautifully in this video

Ryan

I think it’s 100% ok to listen to the old versions. I think if Taylor really hated this she wouldn’t be taking her time to release the re-records. She has said that she didn’t expect fans to care about the re-records, she’s only doing it for herself to own her music. And I don’t even really listen to the stolen versions because I mostly listen to the newer albums anyway so this take isn’t just trying to absolve myself lol. Love that everyone is so loyal and the sentiment behind supporting Taylor’s Versions, no shade intended. Just wanted to share as a different opinion for anyone feeling guilty for listening to/streaming the old versions.

Faiz Rizza

hey girls, immediately needs to jump in. style was n still is my religion since October 27th 2014. and what made we as a collective style stan think that the TV’s is a worst rerecord of an OG song is simply because the MASTERPIECE OF A POP ART that the OG is. It was engraved in my mind even before the TV’s release that “how could she even topped this”, and it really happen the first 0.5 second of that guitar intro started. Immediately Disappointed. You could say that maybe i was putting up so high of expectation, or i wasn’t opening up my mind to receive the TV’s, but i just don’t know what else to say other than it just simply impossible to recreate the magic that she did with Max. IT IS a good record however. It’s not unlistenable as WANEGBT TV (or IKYWT TV in my case). Okey maybe here’s a thing : Style TV is a GOOD song n record, if the OG was never even exist. *On a more positive note, i got A LONG LIST of the TV’s that r better than the OG, so much so that i could easily replace it. **and please, I LOVE THIS KINDA VIDEO girls. For me it is fun to express our own opinion wheter it’s positive or negative (or more like a constructive critique) to Taylor. Don’t ever feel guilty by doing so, we know u n we r a HARDCORE swiftie, how many critiques that we had for her, it is coming from a loving place to the most ICONIC n TALENTED human ever. 🤍

Mary 🫶🏻🇨🇦

New Romantics is in exile 😂 the clicking is so offensive! I never realized the clicks till I put my earbuds in with you girls 💀

Jenna C

Bonny - I think we are listening to songs less as we just have sooo many more now!! 🤣

Faiz Rizza

see, for me it’s the instrumental interlude before the bridge that just electrically vibing with it 😅

Faiz Rizza

i find my person 🩵

Faiz Rizza

(idk if the better rerecord video was already filmed or not but) THESE r easily replaced the OG : 1. Out of The Woods Jack’s is FUCKING IT UP HARD 2. All You Had To Do Was Stay that STAYYY! shut up 3. Clean it’s def different, but the more instruments that added to build up to pre-chorus n chorus is magic 4. Sad Beautiful Tragic idk, somehow the timing was just fits right with the Red TV’s. It felt like the song should’ve been recorded in Taylor mature voice since day 1 5. Hey Stephen & Tell Me Why (i know they r 2 songs, but) if u told me that the OG Ver of these would be in my Top 5 for the Fearless TV, I wouldn’t beleve u) 6. Innocent more BASS to punch a little more deeper 7. Better Than Revenge okay HAYLEY WILLIAMS. or AMY LEE of Evanescence. 🤘🏻 8. I Know Places (i wanna throw a chair)

Yasmin

Bonny changing her opinion when Emily talks about hers is sooo real 😭😭

Jaime McKee

Did you guys notice the audible squeaking/sliding of the guitar strings in the opening of Sparks Fly stolen version? I love both versions and agree that SNTV is pretty much flawless, I just think it's a fun difference! Wondering how the squeaky piano pedals of New Year's Day are going to fare on Rep TV!

Josh

I really appreciate how you guys have started being a bit more balanced in your opinions on Taylor. Obviously we all absolutely love her here, but that doesn't mean we can't have different views on things. Makes commentary more interesting and insightful!!! love you guys xxx

Laurent D

you two are so good at noticing differences ! I study music production and I can tell you those differences between WANEGBT versions, are because Max Martin and Christopher are just not the same producers with the same taste, and when you say in the bridge, the drum and the bass guitar need to be further away, you are RIGHT! Christopher uses more of a tool called "compression" which means there are less dynamics/differences between the quiet and loud parts. I also much prefer how Max Martin mixes. The same goes for the 1989 songs, Max can make synthpop songs hit hard while still sounding soft/creamy and the same time, Christopher over-produces and does his "mastering" too loud, with too much "compression". I will admit I love most Taylor's versions but I still stream the OG Red singles and the whole OG 1989 album because I am free to do so, and there is nothing wrong with that if it gives you that special feeling. Also that clicking sound in New Romantics is absolutely a mistake, and it would be considered unprofessionnal.

Lillian Dudzienski

This video idea is so creative!!! I loved being able to listen to the OG versions as well. I miss them so much, and like you all said, have so much childhood/early teen nostalgia attached to them. It brought tears to my eyes hearing her baby voice again, after so long. Love yall!!!

尔杰 铁

Wonderland is a better re-record!!!

Jenny M

In my opinion i don't see any problem with the rerecords, it's just her reclaiming her music, and i do agree with both you with girl at home original is superior and better.

Lucie S

I looove the Taylor's version of Speak Now, I think everything just sounds better and I actually feel like she really got into the emotion, without forcing it either (like she didn't do the last kiss breath cause it would have been not real maybe) so it sounds genuin I also loove 1989 TV and don't understand the hate (though I agree that it is different) I think for me it's red that I am a little sad about, I just loove the original red, her voice, her emotion, the production... I have the og CD so I think I will add it to my Apple Music that way, to be able to listen without streaming ☺️ I had a great time with you guys as always, thanks for those interesting and fun conversations !! ❤️

Annika 📍Melb, AU

They really need to get Swifties into the studio when they were producing Taylor’s Versions! 🤣 The guitar “opening up” in the stolen version of Style is an example. I just don’t think the producer heard that nuance 🥲

Annika 📍Melb, AU

I’m shocked some people thought Clean was worse than the original 😭 TV is clearly superior. What do you mean!? I can hear all of the superior sounds soooo vividly!

Lindsay

I get that maybe we don’t listen to the classics as much, like trouble, wanegbt, etc… but is it because of the re-recordings, or is it because we now just have sooooo many more superior songs in our lives from the vault, folklore, evermore, midnights and ttpd that we just want to skip and get to our new faves? That’s the case for me anyway! 😄

chel

help ive never heard the clicking in the new romantics intro before and I fear I will think about it for the rest of time 😭😭😭

Hannah

That’s kinda insane to me though - a producer lives and breathes the nuances of music production, they should be able to hear it instantly I feel.

Hannah

Shit, on the contrary this exercise made me realise just how much better the OGs of these songs are 😅 I really appreciate the re-recording project either way as it’s obv about something completely different than just replicating music.

Hannah

I fully agree. I think she is in awe of the support from Swifties in only listening to TV because of the power it has given to the project. However I do think she might think it’s sad for you to completely stop listening to some of your favourite songs because you can’t do with the TV.

Hannah

Love, they are basically spending the most of the video saying it’s just not that bad and they think the critique for TV is overstated.

Amy

I might be the only person that really doesn't like the original version of New Romantics 🫣 something about the pitch always felt off to me, like she was singing a bit too flat (as in key) for the music? Taylor's version actually made me like the song so it will always be better in my mind - never noticed the clicking though, yikes 😅

alex

Immediately crying to the OG version of WANEGBT because of the nostalgia 🥲 I feel Emily so deeply in this video!

Zosia Dabrowski

I'm probably heavily in the minority, but having been a Swiftie only since Reputation (and previous to this really not liking country or heavily produced radio pop), I didn't go back and listen to her older albums for my first couple years, and then once I heard of the stolen music and re-recording project I decided I would not listen to the pre-Rep stolen albums at all until just before the re-records came out so I could know what they sounded like at least, but not overplay them. I did this with Fearless and Red, only listened to Speak Now and 1989 a few months before TV releases, although I have gone and listened to Debut a decent number of times (though it's my least fav). So I don't have the deep connections with most of her older songs and didn't have them as the soundtrack to my life (other than Love Story and You Belong With Me in year 8). My true test will come with Rep TV. I do get however how lots of the songs from her teens/early 20s don't have the same energy, not just because of her current separation from the emotions of the time, but also because with stronger and more mature and controlled vocals, she would find a lot of things easier to sing than when she wrote them, so she doesn't sound like she's really having to work hard to achieve certain notes. There's just an energy and emotional quality that comes when you're having to put your absolute all into singing, compared to when you're more skilled and not having to push as hard.

khushi04

CLEAN IS SO MUCH BETTER I WILL NEVER AGREE THAT ITS WORSE

Thad

Bonny/Emily - good job on an entertaining video of a challenging question. I suspect most everyone will have both some OG and some TV versions they prefer. I think Em hit the bullseye with her comments on “Holy Ground” - most people will be swayed by how much they initially liked the song. I prefer the OG version but can easily accept the TV version. Ultimately it’s all enjoyable music whether it is different just a little or a lot. Case in point with Holy Ground, the BBC Lounge live performance is completely different from either recorded version, but just as compelling.

Linnea H

why whould she do that? it would completely ruin and take over the show?

Esther Michaut

I feel like I am in the minority but like with every album she has re-recorded i just make a playlist of that album with the mix of the OG that i prefer and the new one that i prefer. Like if she wants us to streams those songs they better be good . I support her re-records and for the most part i think i love them but when a song is clearly not the same well i’m not going to force myself to listen to it !!! we are not in a cult we have free will 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

Josh

and Red!!!

lana del gay

I've always noticed that clicking sound in New Romantics tv intro, it's not ever been enough for me to listen to the og over tv but it has always really bugged me.

Swiftie_triomixer

Maybe I’m in a minority here… but whenever I prepare for a new re-record, my intention is not to nitpick the worst parts of the TVs just so that I can feel more «justified» in preferring the nostalgia of the original… that seems to be what it boils down to for a lot of what people point out, that «it doesn’t hit the same» or «her 30 something year old voice doesn’t sound the same as her teenager/early to mid 20 year old voice»… like genuinely, do you guys think people’s opinions be as nostalgia biased of the OGs if, Taylor’s Versions was the original version all along, and what actually is the original ones were to be the re-recordings?

Scarlet Woodland

I think age will probably play a big factor here. I heard the clicking once they mentioned it but have never noticed before (and New Romantics is my baby lol). Can't hear the sand at all. At 42 I think my ears are ageing out of hearing those frequencies.

Swiftie_triomixer

Idk if anyone pointed out this specific detail about «shake it off» in this way but there’s a light tapping sound in the background of the choruses that I only can compare to how «popping candy» sounds like from inside your mouth… maybe that’s just me though

Abigail Collins

to me, we are never and style are by far the worst re-recorded songs

Ash2205

The ticking in shake it off tv is much much worse

Abigail Collins

the vocal production on the style chorus is so wrong. it’s like they layered multiple layers of her voice together in TV when in the original her main vocal is so prominent. its unlistenable to me. i’m sorry that just how i feel and genuinely wish i didn’t feel that way. 😢

Esther Newman

Thank you for this, I really appreciate how you tackled a somewhat controversial topic in the fandom - though I agree, it shouldn't be. I think it's totally valid for people to feel this way about certain re-records. For example, I do not know who I will be once we have Debut Taylor's Version. To hear Tim McGraw or A Place In This World or Our Song without the same youthful energy?!!! Though, also, we also gain so much from the re-records - I feel the same as you and whole heartedly support them. The power, confidence and quality in Taylor's voice is unmatched, and so is her better pronunciation and breath control which I think helps you understand and appreciate her lyrics better! According to the Every Single Album podcast, in early Taylor albums they toyed with the production and layered her vocals occasionally with Nathan Chapman's vocals to 'boost' her voice as it wasn't as strong as it becomes after touring and vocal lessons. Now she does have that strength and resilience with her voice, they don't need to do that (also I wonder whether she now has the confidence in her voice and the expertise to want to play more with the harmonies etc? Go back and tweak/'improve' things from her perspective? Ahhh how we desperately need a re-recording documentary to answer all these questions and give us an insight into her thought process!). Anyway, what I would love to hear you talk about is the live versions of certain songs that you think are superior. For example, ever since the Eras Tour, I can't stop thinking about the electric guitar solo on Don't Blame Me, the live drums on LWYMMD, IKYWT and Wildest Dreams! <3

Erica Robinson

There’s so many distracting sounds in 1989 TV. But I love this video and you guys should do another like this.

c

I definitely feel like New Romantics sounds pretty different like the chorus sounds more overwhelming? There’s like an added beat

anntallogy

26:10 i`m obsessed than you both have 2completely different breakdowns! Feel you Bonny for the whole video

Linds K

I’m scared for Bonny’s attachment to Rep and how the re-record is gonna hit! The changes in LWYMMD TV that we’ve heard are so noticeable, like the “do”s and the “wheeaaat?” and idk how I feel about it yet.

Shanna

Really appreciate this video! There's no shame in loving an original version more, so glad you opened this convo up :). Also I'm curious, how do you all go about it then, do you just listen to the OG freely, or maybe listen to it on cd/lp? I can really be overly conscientious, but that can sometimes take away my own joy 🤍

Talia Houssami

im surprised u guys didn't mention ootw... the last GOOOD in every chorus bothers me SO MUCHHHHH

Ran

You know that Bonny and Emily are TV girlies no matter what when they’re only now hearing the ticking in New Romantics🤣🤣🤣

Bobhog

Omg the smiling in holy ground!!! Thats it! The og makes me smile straight away, TV does not.

Nessa.

YEAH exactly, so surpirsed that Em didn't mention it. Now I can almost not hear them any more but at first listen ugggh still not in love with them but can get on with it

Nessa.

I think this (and obviously Girl At Home, bc I used to love that song and now I don't listen to it like at all) is the only problems I have with the rerecords

Amanda

Am I the only one that views these subtle differences as Taylor simply covering her ass to ensure she can’t get sued by Scooter?? Like you know he’s chomping at the bit to make Taylor’s Version disappear so the OGs retain their value.

Anna Mehrbilder

I am ten years older than taylor and a fan only for a few years - for me the real fascination of taylor is not that she was able to write fantastic songs at a young age (even though this is crazy impressive) but more that she is so fully embracing her young-self' songs, not only performing but also rerecording them. the whole "girls feelings matter" is enhanced for me, because they still matter. I can with 40+ years be moved by enchanted and high school romance and the need to fantasize a happy end for romeo and juliet. so her mature voice is for me what makes it really emotional. for young taylor voice I watch her tours. the changes in production are for me less noticable maybe? or I dont care as much? I am a melody first person.

Mads

I completelyyy agree! We can support the re-records while also still choosing to stream some of the old versions if we prefer them. She still also gets some payment when we listen to the old versions due to her writing credits. She's also doing fine financially so I don't feel bad streaming the old versions at all haha

libby

I NEEEED A PART 2 OF THIS!!! the same clicking sound is in shake it off too. it makes it unlistenable to me😭

Carlee Unger

You Are in Love is the only re-record flop for me..the simplicity in the original production is what made it so magical! Thoughts after watching this..I feel like the OG albums were more for blasting them in the car and on vinyl through speakers with the depth of the sound, and the re-records might have been made more with headphones in mind. They’re so much smoother and “easier” listens

libby

in taylor’s version of “How You Get The Girl”, the backing vocal are SO QUIET like when she says “worse or for better” “ever and ever”, and “i want you forever and ever” after the bridge, ITS LIKE NOT EVEN THERE😭😭

Emelie

Yeah good point!! It needs to be a little different that’s the whole point of being able to re-record

TiffK83

I so appreciate the approach taken here. It is possible to compare with a positive attitude and in good faith. I share you girls’ spirit about being grateful for whatever we get from Taylor. The nastiness I’ve seen from others is so off putting to me. Don’t even get me started on those already calling LWYMMD botched. Another phenomenon I think is that we have spent the last 2 years listening to the live versions over and over and there are differences there too. For example, I knew id miss the extremely dirty electric guitar from the live version of lwymmd. I already know that is superior to me, but album version to album version is a different conversation.

plum toby

I genuinely cannot think of any original version I prefer enough to ever listen to it over the tv.

libby

i think the issue with 1989 tv is that the night time city vibe isn’t there anymore and some songs are sounding more bubble gum pop because of the rebrand of 1989 being a beach album. i’m guessing it’s thrown some people off and therefore they prefer the vibes of the original album better

Dorka

Wow there is so much I didn't notice in new romantics and wanegbt tv!! stlye tv pisses me off with the lack of guitar that I can't listen to it. same with sparks fly tv

Shed

I am so glad you're doing a video on such a touchy subject, I've been struggling with some of these but I can't always pinpoint the 'why' of it, and although I haven't had years and years with the old versions like some of you, I still find that I prefer some of the OG tracks. Actually strangely you helped me solidify this opinion even though you don't feel wholely the same haha. But I'll agree that it truly isn't as bad as some people make it out to be, overall I love the re-recordings, but I'll hold on (to the memories) to just a select few OG tracks if listening to them makes me happier

Shed

I've done the same, it's not exactly about how similar or different it sounds to me, I just want to listen to the version that I enjoy more, whatever the reason may be. Whether I can pinpoint it to either the production, vocals, or whether I can't and it's just a 'gut feeling'. Ultimately I just want the best listening experience that makes me vibe the most, so I made my own mix as well

Luke Price

exactly. also nowhere did taylor say “if you listen to the old versions you don’t support me”. i honestly don’t think she has a problem with the stolen versions getting streams. she knows people have nostalgia for them and those exact versions are what made her famous in the first place.

Luke Price

i disagree because i still turn up state of grace, treacherous, and i almost do REGULARLY. and those are all superior re-records

Ran

Just for the sake of it, sharing here some notes about what is it that’s missing for all of us in Style because Emily said she doesn’t hear it so: If you listen to the choruses back to back you’ll notice those few things- On SV the sound is overall deeper therefore sounds bigger and wider, while in TV there’s a very present high sparkly synth that’s being played throughout the whole thing making it more flat and narrow. The drums in SV are strong heavy and big, “DUM. DFF. DUM. DFF” while the drums in TV are weak and more in the background of it all. “tum, ti, tum, ti” If you listen with headphones you’ll hear how only in SV the drums really take over the sound and lead the chorus beat, but in TV the drums are weaker behind that sparkly synth sounds. The vocals on SV are more excited, alive, have more nuance, expression, punch, articulations- for example “we NEVAGO Out-Ovvv-STAAAYLEE🫦👄” while on TV more flat, and what people call “bored” like- “we ne-ver-go out, of, style,🙂👍” The backing vocals on SV have so much reverb and echo, they sound like they’re coming at us from further away in a big room, “OUHT OHF STAHYLE!🔊🔊🔊” and in TV they’re a bit more shallow like “out, of, styleee” and sound like she’s standing much closer to us in a smaller room and like doesn’t have the room or the excitement to really scream it. On SV the clap before each drop is super massive and has a long loud reverb (echo) that sounds like “CLAAHHHPPPP👏🔊🔊💨💨💨” while on TV super flat and quick: “clp👏.” You can hear it super clearly in the “take me homeee” the clap is completely clicky and shallow and weak in the TV and it leaves no impact at all for the beat, it’s like they’re literally kidding us with this drop. When you hear all these things lacking so much life and color, the whole song completely loses its spark and strength. With all of that being said, I still always stream TV because I support her and also I think overall it’s not that bad, but since you just couldn’t understand what we’re hearing so much🤣 Love you to and always glad to watch a new video from you guys🩵🩵🩵 already prepared my answers for best re-recorded songs…

Lindsay

this is true, treacherous is a never-skip

Katie LaFave

another important thing to remember too is taylor cannot make everyone happy!! for example, some people might’ve loved how well you can hear the guitar in OG holy ground - especially in the bridge! however, some people might’ve thought it was too overpowering and now love how well it blends with the other instruments/production! same goes with haunted!! Bonny didn’t love that in the OG, the violin was so loud and overpowering, but now that it blends in a little more, she likes it a lot better, but I bet some people probably loved how powerful the violin was in the OG and don’t like how well it blends in the Taylor’s version!!

Anna

Thank you for this video. Hearing the two versions back to back is really interesting. You're totally right about Speak Now and her voice. It is integral to the album. Maybe it didn't really fit in this video, but the song I think about the most is ATW. The original sounded like rock, and I love rock. I feel like the rock-y sounds and the crispiness of the electric guitar is what I miss the most. The OG has an amazing build, I like the backing vocals, and, as always, her young passionate voice back then. The new short version is more...defeated and sad. It has more 'surround sound' I guess but I preferred the crispy instruments and the passionate rock-feel of the old one. I think in your first reaction to ATW10MV Emily assumed that the long version would have the new sound and the short version would sound more like the original. I would‘ve loved that as well.

Anna

I’ve LOVED Speak Now ever since it was released, I listened to it soooo much as a teenager! A hugely important album for me personally. And when Speak Now TV came out, I was just obsessed!! I listened to it on repeat all summer and honestly grew to love the album even more, something I didn’t think possible! It took me back to feeling like a teenager, but somehow the added maturity of Taylor’s voice allowed me to relate even more to the songs as a late 20s girlie. Never reach for the old album now, because I feel like SN TV is just perfection 💜

boliaam

honestly i really do not understand the hate on style, it was not even close to being on my top5 on the 1989 OG, but when i heard the TV, i was blown away, the guitar drove me to heaven and it is now on my top5 of 1989. i don't understand at all why people don't like it. the ONLY song i agree on this list is WANEGT, cause the "we"s do annoy me, but all the rest? i prefer so much to the OG versions, all of them.

Christine

They definitely have to be different legally but I think some of it is stylistic production choices by Taylor and Jack

Sam

The guitar just isn’t right either

Sam

So glad you said this! I have recently started doing that with the playlists and it brought me SO much joy to listen to some of the originals that are just better after listening to TV only for a long time. And some of the originals are just far and away better and I think there’s no shame in admitting that! And I think the TV project was also way more about licensing music not streams.

C

It's the metronome that producers use when building out a track, and the friggin' left it in 😭

C

I agree with a lot of what's being said here and I also wanna add, I think the point of the re-recordings for Taylor has always been to own her work. Not to ensure that fans never listen to her original work ever again. She wanted to own her work and prove a point, and she's doing that. She's often said she didn't want this to feel like your dog ate your homework and now you have to redo, but I think that metaphor came up for her because it probably did feel like that, at least at the start.

Hayden Brice

Sometimes I feel like the only style tv stan - I overwhelmingly prefer tv most the time. I grew up with the ogs too. But I never listen to the ogs and never bothered doing side by sides. So maybe it's that The only song I've ever struggled with is Wonderland. So it goes

Takara

New Romantics TV actually made me like the song more. I do hear the difference in the beginning but 🤷‍♀️ I have no issue with the re-records same as y’all. Taylor is definitely in control of the whole project so if there are differences she ultimately approved of them and I don’t think she’s doing that lightly. Debut is gonna be the absolute wildest to compare bc her voice is the most different 🥲

C

I loved this video, especially when y'all played them back to back to really hear the differences. There are only a few re-recorded songs that I listen to consistently. I find it weird how harsh some people can do toward fans who listen to the original work, because this project is really about Taylor owning her work. It's been such a fun experience reliving these album releases but a lot of the re-recordings sound like they've gone through a wormhole haha I was so surprised when Em said she didn't mind Holy Ground or Style or New Romantics because to me I do hear all those differences and they're unpleasant in my ears. Like I just can't get on board with that. But to each their own! I think everyone should listen to what they want and everyone just needs to stop caring what other people do. Excited to see the next episode of this <3

C

Imagine Taylor having to re-record folklore and evermore. Those albums are now gone, and according to the fandom rules you can't go back and listen to the originals unless you're listening on a CD. Oh and Aaron Dessner didn't come back to re-record the songs he did, someone else produced them.....doesn't feel good, doesn't feel right in the soul lol I wish more people would drop the notion that fans who don't immediately discard the original work when the TV's come out aren't supportive of Taylor. The original work was still ~her work~. We lived with that music. We brought it into our lives. All those sounds and all those decisions that made that music sound exactly how it sounded when the album first came ~matters~. All these albums were a moment in time, and some of us lived through all of it.... I feel like it's hard to express the sadness that comes with the re-recordings. It's a joyous thing for Taylor to own her work, but for me I feel a lot of sadness with how her original work gets disregarded. It hurts me deep in the soul lol it's like that shot of Taylor at the end of the I Can See You music video I know I said this in an earlier comment but thank you for posting this video and crating a space where it feels like we can share the full experience of feelings around the re-recordings, even the ones that aren't just glowingly positive and upbeat <3

Alyssa Malecha

I left a comment saying that I prefer the og Sparks Fly and I'm realizing from watching this video that it really is just the guitar intro on the original that I prefer. The original just sounds so much more like an electric guitar to me vs the tv version sounds more acoustic. That being said, the rest of Sparks Fly tv is actually superior especially the drums! But since the intro is what sounds so different to me, I often skip Sparks Fly tv because it doesn't hook me like it used to

Lily

IMO the OG Style has more of a haziness to it vs the TV everything is more defined…give me the muddy Style 😂

Veronica Key

I think the only criticism I have with sparks fly tv is when she sings “wrong enough to make it feel right”. On “right” it sounds like something weird happened in mixing her vocals with the track or something. Idk how to describe it but every time I listen to it takes me out of the song. I haven’t seen anyone else notice this though, so maybe it just me.

Melanie Whybrow

First time I've realised that I'm upset and miss the OG versions.. thanks girls 😂

Laura

this video made me realize that I will immediately be replacing style tv with the og one in my playlist of her discography. Idk how to describe it, but the og one sounds so much like the perfect soundtrack for a nighttime drive and the re-record does not even compare to evoking that same feeling or ability to put me right in the driver's seat. I think everyone should be able to have some og songs that they prefer and still listen to but also give respect to the meaning behind why she re-recorded and the fact that she put in so much effort to make it special for us by giving us the vault tracks!

Eve

I love Taylor’s Versions - feel like a proud mum & so grateful for how much she gives us!! They also make me listen to the older albums so much more - I love her mature voice it just feels so nice on the ears

Lynny Smith

Love this analogy 🧑🏻‍🍳

nina

🤣🤣🤣

nina

Completely agree! I became a fan after rep era (other than loving White Horse) and so the rerecords have given me the opportunity to enjoy her earlier albums as I found her voice to be so much easier to listen to. I tried to listen to speak now before tv came out and couldn’t! So it’s been great to have the opportunity to enjoy albums i otherwise wouldn’t have

Bellibel

If you wanna listen to the OG because you are so attached to them then go listen to them. What people are saying is don’t use the streaming services for that because we don’t want to give those ratty men any streams. Use the CD’s and upload the music onto iTunes if you’re using Apple. And that way they won’t get any streaming numbers up. The old school way you know. ☺️

Bellibel

Oh, I’m jealous because I so wanted this experience for myself too, speak now was always my favourite Taylor album it’s what got me into her music. On TV something is just missing for me and now it’s not my favourite album anymore. It’s not even my top five and I’m kind of sad about it. I still listen to TV though. I don’t have the cd’s or record’s for the stolen versions because I used to just buy the iTunes downloads. I’m regretting that now 😅😅

Feride Eron

agree w every single one of them. i still strongly believe dear john tv should've been included there:') the guitar in the beginning hurts my soul it's so wrong

Chloe H

I always see Girl at Home as a bit of a protest like maybe that’s how she WANTED it to sound but the label was like ‘no too many pop songs, make it acoustic’. Bc why else would she change it?

Cheese King of Denmark

That's what I think too. We know she wanted to do more pop-y stuff around that time but her label would only allow a limited amount. Girl at Home might have been intended to be a pop song but she wasn't allowed, hence the generally simple acoustic sound of the original. On rerecording, Girl at Home got its revenge.

Cassy

luckily, spotify and apple music are not the only ways to listen to our favourite songs! i highly encourage those of you do prefer og versions to keep an eye out for second hand vinyls, cds. however i understand that is not an option for everyone. another way, if you have an iphone is to download the songs off itunes. that’s how i listen to debut and reputation and definitely puts my mind at ease that im not putting any more money into the hands of those frightful men.

Cheese King of Denmark

I think it's interesting to see how being used to a sound can impact your enjoyment. For example, I never knew the original Holy Ground and having now heard the OG, I still prefer the TV. Because I didn't know the more guitar based original, I've never seen Holy Ground as a particularly guitar based song, I see it more as a drum based song, because that's how the Taylor's Version is.

Val Flores

I love that you guys did this. I've been wanting to but can't bring myself to listen to the stolen versions. This was a great way to scratch that itch!

Val Flores

If we're going to talk about PERFECT rerecordings, I need to bring in Change. The extra long note near the end?? Omg. And the Other Side of the Door. I feel like she kept the country twang despite not having the accent and its perfect. Also, Stay Stay Stay, Haunted, Ours, and Mean. AND SWEETER THAN FICTION EVEN THOUGH ITS NOT IN STREAMING BUT THE TAYLORS VERSION IS SUPERIOR

Miss T

The same for me but with We Are Never, that’s going on my playlist right now haha

Toriannexoxo

I am shocked people are mad about Clean… I think clean sounds SOOOOOO much better re-recorded!

Raven Patzner 🇨🇦🫶🏻

I’d be so curious if you listened to the Taylor’s version first and then the original second if you (and also me) would feel the same. Def on a mission to get all the OG cds and records secondhand!!

Charlie Athanas

I’d be so interested in an Ad-Lib ranking! I LOVE your comments whenever you talk about her SUPERIOR adlibs and would be fun to see her best/worst.

Erica

Agreed! I think she needed the re-records so she could play her songs live without the people who stole them controlling when and how she can use them. So now when she performs them she can just say “oh I’m performing shake it off TV!”. I don’t think she made the TVs to get us to stop listening to the old ones. I think there was a larger point behind it, and future freedom to performing her songs when and how she wants to!

Erica

Wish I could retweet this!!

Erica

Stop listening to those people.. they aren’t Swiftie’s. A Swiftie is not going to drag her. But we can give her a hard time or agree it’s not as good as the original.

Erica

I will gladly wait as long as needed to get Max Martin to come back for Reputation TV!! There is a genius in that man’s work that cannot be replicated.

Brianna Fox

I had this experience with Girl At Home! I never heard the original and heard Taylor’s Version first, so I actually prefer Taylor’s Version! But I can totally see why mostly everyone prefers the original because it is a completely different song

Brianna Fox

I agree 100%! I’m shocked to hear people don’t prefer Style TV the most because WANGBT is the most different in my opinion

Erica

I apologize if someone already said this (a lot of comments to go through lol) but I'm wondering if Taylor had to made changes, especially to the "hits" to keep from being sued. Like there had to be differences from the originals. The easiest way to do that was in production. She definitely couldn't change lyrics and fans know the ab libs so well. Easier to make changes in the production/instrument sounds. I can see Scooter in a dark corner listening to see if it sounded exactly the same and accusing her of just copying/paste.

Anna Miotello

This was a great video idea, ladies! I love whenever you talk about difficult topics because I can trust you to have a nuanced perspective on it. Personally, I can hear the difference in a few of these songs, but I also tend to just "choose" the rerecording songs. Although this video definitely made me miss the old "Red" and the old "1989". haha... I think I will still listen to the old ones from time to time but if I am generally too lazy to pick and choose them when I listen to a record as a whole.

Katie LaFave

i’m 21 & even after they mentioned it, I still didn’t hear anything

Renata

i really appreciated this vid as a newer stan who didn’t have as much of an attachment to the og’s, this was certainly enlightening with the side by side listening experience! i can totally see why some people have their preference and want to stick with it, even though ultimately i think the tv’s are fantastic and were especially good at drawing in new fans. i think people tend to lose sight of the fact that taylor’s versions really only exist for one major reason and that is: the og’s no longer belong to her, and she still wanted the right to be in charge of her own music licensing. whenever people bring up how the og’s are sooooo much better, taylor’s probably sitting off to the side going YEAH i made those albums with my heart, soul and tears and am incredibly proud of them so thanks ! they’re just not mine anymore 🙃 i always think of her comparing this to redoing your book report that’s been destroyed and like, this was a real labor of love for her just to have ownership, but it was also a huge inconvenience and probably daunting for her and i wonder if that’s some of the lackluster-ness that people pick up on. that’s why i think the vaults are so important, it’s like her own way of breathing new life into having to redo them.

Kate Reinwald

The OG WANEGBT sounds like she is singing over an actual house party. That is why the sounds feel distant and then like she joins the party for the chorus, so it feels like a party. WANEGBT TV sounds like she is singing karaoke at the party. Way different. But we love her anyways WEEEEEEEEEE. 🤣💕 Idk if this post even made sense.

Kate Reinwald

Ad lib ranking is Crazy superior

Kate Reinwald

You know what, this made me empathize with Tay even more. When Bonny said “I’m so upset I’m so upset” I just thought about how Taylor felt when she heard the news and she knew she lost the MAGIC in some of her songs that simply CANNOT be replicated. Like some sounds were probably born of a random idea or comment and those things get lost 10 years later. Our favorite songs are born from the magic that occurred when they were first recorded. That is DEVASTATING.

Lindsay

It's that sparkly synth!! For me it just overpowers the instrumental and style is and will always be an electric guitar song to me. LOVE a synth, I think it really works on midnights, for example, but not here 😂 I don't HATE style TV, it was in my top 5 songs on Spotify last year but I'm always going to prefer the OG.

Lindsay

I wonder if it's because Christopher is a sound engineer/mixer first? Also he specializes in country and, at least to me, that's evident in how much better the Fearless and Speak Now TVs are compared to Red and 1989. Max just has a magic that cannot be replicated.

Benjamin Turpin

This is super interesting to me because as a new swiftie (joined y'all in 2024) the Taylor's versions are just how the songs sound to me as I've never listened to the stolen one's except for hearing a few hits on the radio etc.

alex

Completely agree!! I was shocked to the core with all the hate it got

alex

I will defend Style tv with my life because what do you mean this is not the superior version?

Ellen Jarrett

I don't really care about the difference between the versions, apart from WANEEGBT, however it so lovely to listen to old taylor. I missed her younger voice so much.

natis_georce13

I think people exaggerate the sounds, and people dissect them to the core that they can't even enjoy them. Personally, I actually prefer style TV, I love the slightly more bassy sound and in all the rerecords I love her deeper more mature voice. Whatever your opinion is, as a swiftie, it's always going to be Taylors Version.

khushi04

i think the style problem for me is that the original makes me ascend into heaven the moment it starts but the tv take a while to get there. either way, style is my ascension song

Roni Regev

That is actually crazy I think now listening to OG holy ground I actually got this song for the first time

E ✨🩷

The only one I really don't think is the same is Holy Ground. All the others I'm pretty happy with and some of them sound a lot fuller and bigger which I LOVE. But yeah, Holy Ground doesn't scratch the itch at all.

Gianluca

i hope the best rerecords video comes today haha i neeeeeed it so bad

Nicole

Need the “better” re-records video!

Luli Swiftie

Taylor’s contract does not allow for the re-record to be identical so when she cover her onw songs she has to make some changes… I think they made an amazing job whith that rule in place

Antonia

Please do more of these!!

Seth & Brent

I feel so validated that you guys understand the difference in Holy Ground.

Seth & Brent

Do you have a source for this? I don't think that's true

Grace Tapulgo

I think New Romantics Ahh part is like pulled way back, and maybe not as blended. The OG is AHHHHAHAHAHHH! and the TV is ahhhahahhhah! If that makes sense haha

Sarah Vp

I'm surprised there's nothing about better than revenge in this video

Bee

do you think she should buy back her originals owned by Shamrock?

skizzo

the Style botch isnt as bad as people say, however the guitar on the original is immaculate and TV doesnt hit as hard

skizzo

the guitar on the original is so much better

Juliana Martinez

it’ll be in the better re-records video :)))

Momin Masood

EMILY PLEASE - I need your attention on this haha! Please listen to Begin Again (TV) vs. the original. It's one of my favourite Red tracks and I know you love it too. The TV loses the countryness. :((( The country instruments are so weak on TV. Please validate this for me haha.

Anna

Oh no that’s so sad! Hope you manage to fathom TV eventually 🙏 Or at least work out how to get the iTunes versions on your phone 😅

CarmenK

You forget everything has changed, the original version is so much better than the Taylors version. I can’t😭

Marina Lozano

The sparks fly one for me, is the way she says "drop everything now" in the TV doesn't evoke anything at all, like the energy is not there :( I remember being very disappointed when I first heard it because it doesn't hit. I still love it and listen to it frequently, just not as frequently as I did the original version

Corinne Karch

You may have done this already but if you're listening on spotify make sure you disable audio normalization in your settings!! It makes the TV versions especially speak now sound more 1D when it's on!!

Victoria

I definitely can hear the differences when you put them side by side, but they are so subtle that it does not bother me for 99% of the songs. I've found that the same songs I liked before I still like now, and the songs I did not love before, I still mostly do not love now. I think, as her vocals have changed so much, she can't copy and paste the production as it does not necessarily complement her richer voice now. Like I listen way more to the way she sings songs than I used to with older albums (don't get me wrong, I still love her younger voice, but she has just given it her all to get where she is now). I also think, considering she is not using all the same producers (contract or not, or if she can copy and paste), it would be disrespectful to them to just make it sound the same without them.

Victoria

Like the whole point of the rerecordings is owning her work, and I don't think she would want to copy someone else's work, especially in the case of Max or Nathan, where they have some distinct sounds to their work.

Grace Tapulgo

The way I view it is TV have every instrument next to a mic so they’re very clear and defined, but a lot of the originals are more blended/less defined like the band was playing together in the room

Isabel Victoria

There’s this high pitched buzzing song that happens in a lot of speak now & 1989 TV songs that absolutely bothers my ears. I think maybe it’s just a frequency I’m sensitive to that isn’t present in the OGs

GemGem

I’ve been thinking lately that there could be a possibility that the rumours about Shamrock Holdings wanting to sell their TS masters is true and the reason Taylor hasn’t released the last 2 re-records is that she is in the process of buying them back and is unsure how to move forward with the whole re-record process

Genna Kopelman

love that there were no fearless songs on here because fearless is BY FAR the best re-recording. it made me love that album so much more as its always been at the bottom of my album ranking. would love to see a favorite re-recording video with a side by side comparison!! such a good video gals❤️❤️❤️

Saray Checo

Looooooved this video so much and going through this exercise! I hadn’t realize the subtle differences. Could we get another video analyzing more of the songs we talked about like girl at home, last kiss, etc. love you

Meghan Carty

There's a lot of info on Christopher Rowe online. He's mostly worked with country artist and before the re-records, he only worked with Taylor when it came to producing her live recordings she'd done. He'd never really produced pop music before. Really strange choice to have him work on her popier re-records.

Meghan Carty

I think that so many of the comments that point out differences are about the mixing, more than the straight production of the re-records. Many of the re-records are mixed better, but these ones in particular are mixed in a way where the instruments meld together or sounds that should be way in the back are too far forward, etc. It’s interesting too, because I just looked up the credits and at least 1 or 2 of the original 1989 mixing engineers returned for the re-records. Maybe mixing technology has changed for the worse in someways? Like how modern movies are all so poorly colored/lit? Lol idk what I’m talking about.

Nina 🤎🇳🇱

I think SN tv and 1989 tv may have ‘missed the mark’ because she maybe rushed more with them. I mean she re-recorded them WHILST ON TOUR!! So that would be a good explanation

Kellie Mahoney

I think part of the issue is actually the mixing which is “flattening” the song. I also think that the Spatial Audio thing plays a factor. It’s pushing the audio in different areas of the room instead of everywhere

Kellie Mahoney

I hear the metronome in both versions of New Romantics. I’ve never been a New Romantics girly, but I think the new version is better 🤷🏻‍♀️ I skip it less now

Laura Carrillo

i listen to i knew you were trouble taylor’s version 100x more than i ever did the old one. it’s so much better and like emily said the outro harmonies, ugh the best!

peachysxnrise

this video was so interesting, esp as someone who became a swiftie later so never heard the original version of fearless red and speak now! please do more videos like this 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Rose Ellen

I think a lot of people want the rerecords to sound identical and if they don't then it's bad - I love hearing all the SUBTLE changes.

Rose Ellen

I listen to Girl At Home TV so much more now

Carla

lowkey going to come back to this video when i want to experience the og versions so i can listen without streaming heheheheh thanks girlies

E ✨🩷

omg the timing of this and now Taylor’s post 😂🩷

Leander

Guys!! Void this video, Taylor owns all her masters.

Courtney

Omg girlies they’re now both Taylor’s version! ✨✨✨

kuma

Guys you can listen to the original version of WANEGBT without any guilt now LOL

Erin M

Now that we have the OG options, I am planning on going through and creating my own “every Taylor Swift song” playlist and picking which version I prefer (like I prefer the OG WANEGBT to the Taylor’s version, but prefer the Taylor’s Version of I Know Places to the OG)

Madison Sturdevant

Dang y'all really got this video turned in RIGHT in time hahahaha

Katrina

For me the worst are Red TV (the song) and Blank Space. The vocals on Red og are so smooth and in the TV her voice vibrates like a robot. Something in the chorus on Blank Space makes my spine tighten up like when you hear nails on a chalkboard.

🦈 Ali F 🦈

Well…you were definitely on to something 😂

Becca C

Some of the re records are done well but just the emotional essence is missing (last kiss and forever and always I would say are a great example of that ) it’s not bad or sounding weird but it’s missing something probably the rawness of her feelings

Rebecca Scott

And now we can listen to them ALLLLLLL

Heidi

that is exactly what I felt, when I was listening to it for the first time, I just went oh, this is wrong 😅

Laura

I am watching this after Taylor owning her master and I am just thinking once you pin point what is off you can't ignore it anymore and thank God you did this a few weeks before Taylor owning everything and this apply to me as well haha because in the video of your reaction of the news I said I prefer the TV's albums but looking at this now you are right there are songs that didn't hit the mark because the lack of emotional connection of the situation she is singing about but what I also realize is how much I LOVE!!!!! her voice right now!! OMG she always sounds great but today her voice do things to meeeeeeeee!!!!

Laura

I agree with Emily I don't have a problem with the production with New romantics I see how is different but my opinion is that the production of the original was perfect for the voice of Taylor at that time but I think that the change in the production of TV is was needed to match the voice of Taylor now it sooth her perfectly!!! Commenting as I go with the video it feel like a conversation to me the three of us haha 😄

Laura

I think that with Speak Now there is like a craftiness with the original and it may feel more noisy and it takes me back to Green Day kind of vibe like there is a band playing at the studio I don't know, and TV is more polished and it reduces the noise that in my opinion is unnecessary and that I think it helps for her vocals to stand out more and of course her vocals today are mind blowing

Laura

I think that the thing with the original is the craftiness of it, like Emily said there is a live band playing in one of the original I don't remember I think was I Knew You Were Trouble you could hear the sound that makes the guitar when the hand moves from one chord to another and if it is like that having a live band playing at the studio make the instrumental part more present or upfront in the song, but I agree with you TV the difference are not that bad ( except for We are not getting back together) haha

PoeticRainbow

I think a lot of the balancing issues could be a difference issue in the production process. When making a song, the Recording Artist and the Producer work to make the tracks and put it all together. Once that is done, it gets sent off to a Mixer who usually works on all the tracks on the album to make sure the volumes are even and consistent. Potentially the Mixer has messed with a lot of the guitar levels and made them more muted.

Gabi

I only ever listened to Sparks Fly TV on the evening it came out, but it's not necessarily because I think it's bad--it's because Sparks Fly is my fav taylor song and i am way too attached to the og version

dgchvz

Taylor watched this video and put her masters in her cart. Also IWYW is missing so many synths from the OG after the first verse

Lander Devos

I think what throws Style tv off completely is that there is a huge crash sound in the og prechorus to chorus, and in the tv there is just a dry clap, which takes away from the hugeness of that chorus, and makes it a lot less dynamic.

Gabriela

The problem with style for me, is that in the original intro the production works like in a movie openning, where a radio is playing and than becomes a soundtrack full song, in the rerecord there’s no movie feel, making it sound flat and there’s no magic to it. The intro feeling then cares for the entire song.

Tayler Sale

Just watching this now after the news about the masters and wow it’s fun knowing we can all now listen to them all guilt free 🤩. Didn’t know how much I missed her OG voice til now.

Sandra Hayslette

I saw someone comment on a video on TikTok (I wish I could find the video/person who said it) 1989 OG sounds like driving through the city at night and 1989 TV sounds like driving through the suburbs at night, and I can’t think of a better way to describe it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Emma

The clicking on shake it off tv drives me so insane I can’t listen

Thomas Thoburn

Im so shocked you guys didnt find any issues with Sparks Fly TV!! Sparks Fly is my favorite from Speak Now so maybe thats why, but I think top to bottom it is a downgrade. Like how you guys talked about the balance between the volume of the music and her voice, and lack of layers, I think both apply to sparks fly TV. And with style TV i think her voice in the chorus is really tinny/robot/AI sounding where as in the original its just layered, and they really flopped in that recreation

pearcemcmahon13

this is so crazy to watch after the masters news!!!

Sam

farah abed

Bonny I agree about ‘New Romantics’ I have also always been a huge huge stan of the OG (it’s the crux of 1989 in my opinion) but the second I heard Taylor’s version I knew something wasn’t quite right but I didn’t know how to place my finger on it and I don’t listen to Taylor’s version as much at all anymore🥲 I think I always felt like the production of the chorus threw me off tbh, but it doesn’t matter now cause we can all stream the OG too now 😭😭😭😭😭

Brandon N

The clicking is in so many 1989 tv tracks

Shawn

but it's when you use headphones that you can hear the most clearly of what's different from the original

Hanna Kulla

how could you guys not bring up last kiss and it’s missing shaky breath?!

Hanna Kulla

this love is also a big one for me

Cleo

Watching this now makes me so incredibly giddy that Taylor owns all versions of her music and we can all just listen to everything and not give that awful man any money from the listens 🥰🤩

Paweł

I don’t agree style OG takes me to an other universe and is so good I’m Going to cry and TV it’s good but it’s not the OG

Dswiftie

Even though I think style is different. I only listened to Taylors version. But now we can listen to either one. It's great how everyone has been listening to her albums ever since she announced that she bought her masters. Have you been hearing the numbers? Emily I see you struggling a little bit. I hope you were able to enjoy your vacation. I love you guys so much.

kenna🪽

as a speak now stan since 2010 i really don’t understand the criticism taylor’s version gets, i agree with you bonny and emily i think she sounds great, the production is great etc. the only thing that is meh is the lyric change in better than revenge but even that doesn’t bother me as much as it does with everyone else. now with new romantics i have also been a stan since it came out and it just doesn’t have that same punch feeling as the original to me at least but nonetheless i still listen to both now. with style, taylors version just isn’t it for me, there’s so much depth and thought and punch in the original that i just can’t bother with taylor’s version. i appreciate it for what it is but it’s probably the only taylor’s version song i refuse to listen to now that she owns everything! that and we are never ever getting back together for sure

Sara _

Omg I love this. I genuinely love both versions even though I do recognise the differences in sound. I see where that comment came from. Now 1989 og brings me back to being a teenager on the bus on the way to school, earphones on at an alarmingly loud volume, staring out the window and making the world around me disappear

Lg

I know I’m a month late but i think one of the more interesting aspects of the TV project is how difficult it is to catch lightning in a bottle twice and how difficult it is to make a truly great record. It’s not just about recreating the same sounds from the same instruments or synths, or hitting the same notes vocally, so much more goes into it. The size of the room, the objects of the room, the acoustics, the humidity, how any of the musicians/taylor/producers were feeling in the moment when they recorded. That cannot be replicated and it really puts into perspective how perfect they got it the first time. Now that we can ethically listen to both the originals and TVs, it’s fun to think about all of the little changes that impact the re-recording. Maybe the mic stand was in a different position from the original recording and its proximity to another instrument in the room caused the reverb to change the energy of a song. It is so fascinating! I hope one day we get some sort of documentary following not just the emotional journey of re-recording these albums, but the production side of it as well. Great video!

Roxyy

I know I am late, but I think it is the fact that the TV is driven by the wummering bass sound, it sounds very "tight", the original is driven by the fast drums and sounds very wide, big and metallic

farah abed

Hiiii roxyy !!!💗💗 no you aren’t late at all haha, i can’t sleep so thought i would respond to you now before i forget 😂 that’s actually such a good observation and you make a really good point !! Yeah New Romantics TV never really clicked with me unfortunately 😭 there’s truly nothing like the OG and THANK THE HEAVENSSS they’re back with her my god 😭😭😭😭