Has Taylor Swift already re-recorded her debut album — and is she planning to release it soon?

Taylor Swift revealed that she has re-recorded her debut album. The singer, in a message posted on her website, shared the news of how she’s been able to buy back the masters of all her original music from Shamrock Capital.

Shamrock Capital bought the rights to Swift’s first six albums from Scooter Braun, who purchased them in 2019. When the masters of her earlier music was purchased, the singer, in a bid to retain rights to her life’s work, began recording Taylor’s versions of all the albums earlier released.

So far, she has released "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" and "Red (Taylor's Version)" in 2021, and "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" and "1989 (Taylor's Version)" in 2023. The two albums that were yet to be re-released before she bought back her masters were her debut album, Taylor Swift and Reputation.

Whilst celebrating her latest acquisition, the superstar updated fans on the progress of the remaining “Taylor’s Version albums.”

“I’ve already completely re-recorded my debut album, and I love how it sounds now.”

On whether the re-recorded version of her first and self-titled album will be released in the coming weeks, Swift added:

“These two albums can still have their moments re-emerge when the time is right if that would be something you guys would be excited about. But if it happens, it won’t be from a place of sadness and longing for what I wish I could have; it will just be a celebration now."

Taylor Swift praised Shamrock Capital for being the first people to offer her the chance to acquire the masters of her six albums

The Wildest Dreams hitmaker celebrated acquiring the masters to all her initial music projects and thanked Shamrock Capital for making it happen:

“I will forever be grateful to everyone at Shamrock Capital for being the first people to ever offer this to me. The way they’ve handled every interaction we’ve had has been honest, fair and respectful."

She added:

“This was a business deal to them, but I really felt like they saw it for what it was to me: My memories and my sweat and my handwriting and my decades of dreams."

Taylor Swift, who has long been an advocate for artists owning full rights, shared that she was happy about the conversations that began as a result of her fight for her masters:

“I’m extremely heartened by the conversations this saga has reignited within the industry amongst artists and fans. Every time a new artist tells me they negotiated to own their master recordings in their record contract because of this fight, I'm reminded of how important it was for all of this to happen."

Taylor Swift ended her press statement by thanking fans for sticking with her through the ordeal of trying to acquire back her life’s work.

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