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Taylor Swift bumps up 'Red (Taylor's Version)' release

By Megan Armstrong | Last updated Sep 30, 2021 2:14 PM ET

The 31-year-old megastar surprised fans (yet again) Thursday by announcing that Red (Taylor's Version) is arriving Nov. 12—a week earlier than planned:

Got some news that I think you’re gonna like - My version of Red will be out a week earlier than scheduled (including the 4 disc vinyl) on November 12th ! Can’t wait to celebrate the 13th with you and our new/old autumn heartbreak album https://t.co/FVp6xizaOG
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) September 30, 2021

Swift originally revealed Red, her fourth solo studio album from 2012, was next in line on her quest to re-record all of her since-sold Big Machine catalog and reclaim her masters in June:

The next album that I’ll be releasing is my version of Red, which will be out on November 19. This will be the first time you hear all 30 songs that were meant to go on Red. And hey, one of them is even ten minutes long https://t.co/FOBLS5aHpS pic.twitter.com/6zWa64Owgp
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 18, 2021

In the meantime, the 11-time Grammy winner dropped her re-recorded version of her 2014 single "Wildest Dreams" earlier this month:

Hi! Saw you guys got Wildest Dreams trending on tiktok, thought you should have my version https://t.co/dZSBbSCcxV pic.twitter.com/MecFvUPNJb
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) September 17, 2021

Swift first released Fearless (Taylor's Version) on April 9, and the re-recorded version of her sophomore studio album performed just as well as it did in 2008—peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, her ninth No. 1 album.

Megan Armstrong

Megan Armstrong (@megankarmstrong) is a writer whose work has appeared in places such as Billboard, GQ, Esquire, Bleacher Report, Uproxx, and others. Megan has also produced various podcasts and hosted a daily radio show at Mizzou. She grew up obsessed with sports — impressing adults by memorizing NFL statistics as a kindergartner — and grew into an obsession with music

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