By now, you should know that today, Taylor Swift released her re-recording of the Fearless album, titled Fearless (Taylor’s Version).
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The album, which was originally released in 2008, features iconic songs such as “Fifteen,” “Love Story,” and “You Belong With Me.”
Now, the reason Taylor re-recorded this album was to provide fans with a way to listen to the legendary album without Scooter Braun profiting. It’s a long story, but basically, Scooter bought the masters for Taylor’s first six albums in what Taylor called her “worst nightmare,” due to “the incessant, manipulative bullying” he’d put her through over the years.
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So, in addition to enjoying Tay’s more mature voice and her excellent never-before-released bonus tracks, the new album provides us a way to support Taylor as an artist rather than the man who has profited off her image without her consent, as well as sending a message to artists everywhere that they should be able to own their own music.
taylor swift didn’t lie when she said she’s going to devalue the old master of her albums. legend behavior iktr #FearlessTaylorsVersion ??
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BUT, this all does nothing if you continue to listen to the older versions of the songs. This is pretty easy if you’re just listening to Fearless (Taylor’s Version) on repeat like me, but it’s harder if you’re just shuffling Taylor Swift or listening casually. So, how do you hide the songs on Spotify? Twitter user @swifferupdates detailed how in a Twitter thread!
First, you’re obviously going to want to hide Fearless (Platinum Edition). Go to your Spotify, search for the album, and next to each and every song, click the three dots then the second option down, which is “hide.”
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According to @swifferupdates, this is the only version available in many countries, so you might be able to skip the next step!
If you’re an Apple Music user, delete the songs from your library, and then make sure to only search in your library when listening to Taylor. Otherwise, there doesn’t seem to be a way to “hide” the songs on the streaming side, but I’m not an Apple Music user, so let me know in the comments if you found a way!
Go forth, Swifties! Now you can listen to Taylor’s music in peace!
excited for all the albums to be re-released so i can listen to ethically sourced taylor swift songs
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