As a now 31-year-old woman, Taylor sounds like she’s talking to her past self in “Fifteen” rather than singing about her experience as the young girl walking into high school. Taylor’s laugh in “Hey Stephen,” which can be heard at the time stamp 2:54, sounds very different, less “school-girl” but is still lovable. This was her first transition of music genre seeing she now identifies as an “indie-pop” artist with the albums Folklore and Evermore compared to her old pop. She completely abandoned it with her release of 1989 in 2014. Taylor’s voice got lower as she aged, but she maintained her heart however, there’s a lack of “country” which Taylor moved away from in 2012 with the album Red. The guitar in the first release is “brighter/lighter” in tone while the latest one is deeper. Her hair still blows behind her, but now her arms are raised like wings spreading as if to say “I’m free” or “I’m over the past.”Įven though the lyrics remain the same, there are subtle differences in the instrumental and voice part of the songs as well as sonic quality. On the original cover, Taylor faces left with her hair flying and arms by her side, but in the new version, she faces right. Many similarities and differences appear between the two albums in sound, but the visuals of the album covers create an almost-near mirror image of each other. Fearless (Taylor’s Version) consists of the original 13 songs the earliest album Fearless released in 2008 (13 years ago) as well as the six additional songs from the platinum version, the single “Today was a Fairytale,” all re-recorded, and six completely new songs, never-before-heard labeled “From the Vault,” a total of 26 songs. It is an important day not because of any particular event, but the numbers of the date (4/9) add up to 13, Taylor’s self-proclaimed lucky number.
Singer/songwriter, activist, and actress, from time to time, Taylor Swift released her latest album on April 9.