At the final Eras Tour date,Taylor Swiftlet fans know that her final two re-recordings,Reputation(Taylor’s Version) andTaylor Swift(Taylor’s Version), are on the way. Swift even hinted at which rerecording will come first and which will be the last Taylor’s Version released, if you paid close enough attention.
It seems like just yesterday that the pop superstar kicked offthe Eras Tour to celebrate her 10 albums. She’d later releaseThe Tortured Poets Department,adding another record-breaking album to the setlist. While The Eras Tour representedSwift reclaiming her art, which was famously sold to Scooter Braun in 2019, two re-recordings remain locked away in Swift’s vault.
Before taking her 18 years of artistry on the road, the singer-songwritergave fans two Taylor’s Versions,FearlessandRed,in 2021. The next two came in the midst of the cultural phenomenon.Swift surprised audiences by announcingSpeak Nowand1989during her acoustic setsat her Nashville and Los Angeles shows. While Swift didn’t announce any new releases at her final show, she did leave easter eggs for the final albums.
Taylor Played “A Place In This World” As A Surprise Song
This Debut Track Is Connected To The Eras Tour
One ofthe biggest disappointments of the Eras Tourwas that Taylor Swift’s debut album didn’t get its own set. The acoustic surprise song set became the place where Swift often revisited her first album. For the final night of the Eras Tour,Swift surprised fans with her debut album’s 4th track, “A Place In This World.“Of all the debut tracks, this one has a special connection to the tour. In the original lyric booklet, the photo included for “A Place In This World” is the same photo used for the debut era on the Eras Tour poster.
Swift has proven that nothing she does is a coincidence, so this seems like a special hint thatTaylor Swift (Taylor’s Version)is coming soon. The pop star also mashed the song up with her1989single “New Romantics,” suggesting that debut might be the next re-recording to be released.Taylor Swift’s last released re-recording was1989, back in October 2023, and “New Romantics” is the final song on the original album, not including the added vault tracks. This could suggest thatTaylor Swiftwill be the next Taylor’s Version to come instead of the highly anticipatedReputation (Taylor’s Version.)
Taylor Played A Reputation Tour Mashup
Long Live/New Year’s Day Was First Played At Her Previous Tour
While Swift includedThe Tortured Poets Departmenttrack “The Manuscript” in herfinal Eras Tour surprise mashup, she also mashed up two other songs. The musician revisited her “Long Live” and “New Year’s Day” piano mashup, whichshe had only performed on her Reputation Stadium Tour. The songs perfectly sum up the experience Swift had with her fans on the Eras Tour. However, they also suggest thatReputation (Taylor’s Version)is on its way. There are two things Swift could be suggesting with her song choices.
Why Taylor Swift’s Next Taylor’s Version Re-Release Should Be Reputation, Not Debut
With only two Taylor’s Versions left to release, Taylor Swift has a tough choice in front of her, but she ought to choose Reputation over Debut.
Since she played the final track onTTPD, not including bonus songs orThe Anthologytracks, she could be hinting thatReputationis next. However, leavingthe Reputation Tourperformance as the final surprise mashup while performing a debut song first could also suggest thatReputation (Taylor’s Version)will be the final re-recording from Taylor Swift.
Since 2021,Taylor Swift has created a pattern of releasing two re-recorded albums every other year, with a brand-new album in between.Midnightswas released in 2022, whileThe Tortured Poets Departmentdropped in early 2024. It’s likely that bothTaylor Swift (Taylor’s Version)andReputation (Taylor’s Version)will be coming in 2025, and the recent surprise songs could confirm this. While there’s no confirmed release date in sight, and the release order is still unclear, the final Eras Tour show provedTaylor Swiftis ready to take back her name and her reputation.
