The newest re-record of Taylor Swift’s music catalog drops Friday, October 27 with 1989 (Taylor’s Version). The mega pop star has been re-releasing her first six albums after her masters were purchased by Scooter Braun and Big Machine Records. So far, Swift has released Fearless (Taylor’s Version), Red (Taylor’s Version) and Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).
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Theories flew around when Swift would announce this upcoming re-release, using clues to deduce it would be at her Eras Tour show on August 9 (8/9). With 1989 (Taylor’s Version) going live, all that is left for Swift to reclaim is her name (Taylor Swift) and reputation (Reputation).
But as is always the case with the queen of Easter eggs, there may be more to this album release. Some fans are convinced that 1989 (Taylor’s Version) may actually be a double album. Let’s get into the hints.
@swiftheorist Here are all the major easter eggs pointing towards a double album release of 1989. Whether the second album is solely vault tracks, all features, or Karma, no one knows. What we do know is, 1989 is just around the corner, and it might not be arriving alone. 🤍🖤 P.S. Please forgive for me for not finishing the tokumentary, life got in the way AND my original theory has changed a bit. I might make a brief episode summarising what the finale was going to be, so you have some Closure. 💔 #swifties #taylorswift #eras #erastour #erastourtaylorswift #swiftok #swiftietok #taylorsversion #taylornation #taylorswiftedit #swifttok #swiftie #doublealbum #doublealbumtheory #1989taylorsversion #1989 #theories
The Shania Twain shirt
Recently, Swift stepped out wearing a Shania Twain t-shirt that referenced the country singer’s hit “Any Man of Mine.” While it would usually be just a fashion choice, that’s never the case when Swifties are involved. Could this be hinting at a double (or triple??) album like Twain released?
HEAR ME OUT
Shania crossed over to pop & when she did she dropped a triple album in these colors. Also, last September Taylor dueted Shania’s video on TT. These are the colors of her surprise song dresses and uno cards ! Taylor’s shirt today as well HELLO
DOUBLE DROP INCOMING pic.twitter.com/xGhTjoHEqm
— SL🩵T!¹⁹⁸⁹ᵗᵛ (@stitchswift13) October 4, 2023
The Instagram lyrics (?)
Over the past three days, Swift has posted to her Instagram stories:
Taylor Swift via Instagram Story:
“1989 (MY VERSION) IN 3 DAYS!!! 🩵” pic.twitter.com/e8iDrkgRsP
— Taylor Swift Web (@tayswiftdotcom) October 24, 2023
Taylor Swift via Instagram Story:
“2 DAYS TIL 1989 (MY VERSION) 🩵” pic.twitter.com/5owxuSl32j
— Taylor Swift Web (@tayswiftdotcom) October 25, 2023
Taylor Swift via Instagram Story:
“13 HOURS TIL 1989 (MY VERSION) 🩵” pic.twitter.com/RHLbWs26r5
— Taylor Swift Web (@tayswiftdotcom) October 26, 2023
If you notice, the first and third look similar. They are on similar paper, written in similar handwriting and with black pen. The post from two (or in other words… double) days out, there are differing fonts and ink colors.
Theories abound that the second scrap of paper could be song titles rather than lyrics. Since none of those titles are on the album or the shared vault tracks, could they be bonus tracks?
The black and white 1989s
There are a few instances where we have seen 1989 written in black and white. The most obvious instance is the original and Taylor’s Version album covers. For 2014’s initial release, it’s a polaroid with black sharpie writing. For 2023’s re-release, we have a lighter aesthetic that includes white writing.
Original album cover and re-recorded album cover for ‘1989’ by Taylor Swift. pic.twitter.com/TnCxlSKwuf
— Pop Base (@PopBase) August 10, 2023
This brings back memories of the subway wall in the music video from “The Man” off of 2020’s Lover album. In the scene, you can see 1989 written twice, once in white and once in black (upper left, half off-screen).
The glitch
Reminder that nothing is an accident or mistake for Taylor Swift, so this “glitch” on the website is absolutely trying to tell us something.
@toris.intel #greenscreenvideo I THINK THERE’S BEEN A GLITCH?!!!🏴🖤🖤🖤 #1989taylorsversion #reputationtv #swifttok #popculture
Where are the features?
When Taylor Swift toured for 1989, multiple guests joined her on stage that ranged from Lorde to the United States Women’s National Soccer Team to The Weeknd. Because of that, fans thought we’d see a lot of vault tracks with featured artists. Instead, we got none. Zero.
Contrast that with the last Taylor’s Version album — Speak Now — that had features from Fall Out Boy and Paramore’s Hayley Williams.
Could the bonus album be all the features we expected? Will that Harry Styles collaboration on “Style” become a reality?
The Bejeweled music video
There are a couple tidbits in the video for “Bejeweled” that indicate this double album could have legs. For one, Swift gets off on the fifth floor — 1989 was her fifth studio album — and finds duplicates of everything, including these two martini glasses.
As you can see, one glass is lighter and one is darker, and brunette Dita Von Teese is a perfect contrast to Swift’s blond hair.
