On the final date of the Eras Tour Taylor Swift let fans know that your final two re-recordings, Reputation (Taylor's version) and Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version), are on the way. Swift even hinted at which re-recording will come first and which will be Taylor's last version released, if you pay close enough attention.
It seems like yesterday that the pop star kicked off the Eras Tour to celebrate her 10 albums. She would later release The Department of Tortured Poets, adding another record-breaking album to the setlist. While The Eras Tour represented Swift reclaiming her art, which was sold to Scooter Braun in 2019, two re-recordings remain locked in Swift's vault.
Before taking her 18 years of artistic talent on the road, the singer-songwriter gave fans two versions of Taylor Fearless and Red, in 2021. The next two came in the midst of the cultural phenomenon. Swift surprised the public by announcing speak Now and 1989 during their acoustic sets at his shows in Nashville and Los Angeles. Although Swift didn't announce any new releases at her final show, she did leave Easter eggs for the final albums.
Taylor performed “A Place In This World” as a surprise song
This debut track is connected to the Eras tour
One of the biggest disappointments of the Eras Tour was that Taylor Swift's debut album didn't have its own set. The surprise acoustic set of songs became the place where Swift frequently revisited her debut album. For the last night of the Eras Tour, Swift surprised fans with the fourth track from her debut album, “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 in “A Place In This World” is the same one used in the debut era on the Eras Tour poster.
Swift has proven that nothing she does is a coincidence, so this feels like a special hint that Taylor Swift (Taylor's version) is coming soon. The pop star also mixed the song with her 1989 single “New Romantics”, suggesting that the debut could be the next re-recording to be released. Taylor Swift's last released re-recording was 1989in October 2023, and “New Romantics” is the final song on the original album, not including the added vault tracks. This could suggest that Taylor Swift will be the next version of Taylor to come, instead of the long-awaited Reputation (Taylor's version).
Taylor played a Reputation Tour mashup
Long Live/New Year's Day was first performed on their previous tour
Although Swift includes Department of Tortured Poets track “The Manuscript” on her surprise final Eras Tour mashup, she also mixed in two other songs. The musician revisited her piano mashup “Long Live” and “New Year's Day,” which she 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 that Reputation (Taylor's version) is on the way. There are two things Swift could suggest in her song choices.
Since she played the final track in PTPDwithout including bonus songs or The Anthology tracks, she could be implying that Reputation is next. However, leaving the Reputation Tour performance as the final surprise mashup while playing a debut song first could also suggest that Reputation (Taylor's version) will be Taylor Swift's final re-recording.
Since 2021, Taylor Swift created a pattern of releasing two re-recorded albums every two yearswith a new album in between. Midnight was released in 2022, while Department of Tortured Poets fell in early 2024. It is likely that both Taylor Swift (Taylor's version) and Reputation (Taylor's version) will arrive in 2025, and recent surprise songs may confirm this. Although there is no confirmed release date and the release order is still unclear, the final show of the Eras Tour proved Taylor Swift is ready to reclaim its name and reputation.