‘Better Than Revenge’ Gets a Lyric Change on Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

Just as expected, Taylor Swift is back at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart, this time with her new album Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift is setting some high chart benchmarks with the release of her “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” album. Not only has it debuted at No. 1 with the biggest numbers of the year so far for any release, but it’s one of four albums she now has in the top 10 of the album chart. According to Billboard, that’s the first time a woman has done that in the entire six-decade history of there being an album chart — and she’s one of only three artists to ever accomplish the feat. Swift also set a record for the female artist with the most No. 1 albums in history: She now has a dozen, moving ahead of Barbra Streisand, with whom she was formerly tied with 11 each.

Taylor Swift has scored her 10th UK Number One album with ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’, outselling the rest of the Top 10 combined.The album was released last week (July 7) as the latest in Swift’s ambitious re-recording project.Along with the full re-recorded original album, a host of ‘From The Vault’ tracks were also shared, featuring collaborations with Fall Out Boy and Paramore’s Hayley Williams.Elsewhere this week’s charts, Wham! picked up a Number Two album with compilation record ‘The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven’, while Gabriels came in at Number Three with ‘Angels & Queens’.We can see you…at the top of the Official Albums Chart

Taylor Swift‘s ‘Eras Tour’ hit Denver this week – watch her debut ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ track ‘Timeless’ live below.At the first of two gigs in the city on Friday night (July 14), she played two rarities in the ‘surprise’ segment of the show.After giving a debut to ‘Timeless’, one of a host of ‘from the vault’ tracks released as part of her latest re-recording project this week, she also then played debut album cut ‘Picture To Burn’ for the first time in 13 years.‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ also features collaborations with Fall Out Boy and Paramore’s Hayley Williams.Watch the live debuts and rare performances from the first Denver ‘Eras Tour’ show below.Swift will bring her highly praised ‘Eras’ tour to international venues following extensive shows across North America. The UK and Europe leg of the tour kicks off on May 9, 2024 in Paris and wraps on August 17, 2024 in London.Last week the singer announced the addition of 14 new ‘Eras’ tour dates in the UK and EU, with Paramore serving as support.

There was a surprising issue with Taylor Swift‘s latest vinyl release.

Thania Garcia Upon receiving their vinyl records for Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),” a select number of Swifties were treated to the sounds of British electronica instead of the country-pop flair of Taylor Swift. A mis-pressed version of the vinyl was brought to light by a viral TikTok posted by user @myschief_marauder. “Does anyone else’s ‘Speak Now’ vinyl not have Taylor Swift on it?” she asks in her video before proceeding to spin the record’s “Side A.” Instead of hearing “Taylor’s Version,” Cabaret Voltaire’s “Soul Vine (70 Billion People)” plays. On Wednesday, Universal Music Group (home to Swift’s label Republic Records) confirmed an “extremely limited” number of “Speak Now” vinyl copies had been mis-pressed and directed fans to contact their retailer for replacements.

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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” is not just a one-day streaming wonder. Yes, it did hit the highest single-day numbers for Spotify so far this year when it came out Friday. But as of Monday evening, not quite 96 hours into the new album’s release, Swift is so thoroughly dominating the streaming world that she holds 23 of the top 50 slots on the Spotify U.S. Top 50. That includes all 22 of the newly released songs, plus the resurgent “Cruel Summer.” Her domination is nearly that complete globally, too. On Spotify’s Global Top 50 at the same hour Monday night, Swift held down a third of that chart’s 50 spots, with 17 songs represented.

Taylor Swift's newly released "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" has brought back her fan favorite hit "Dear John" and resurfaced her alleged romance with musician John Mayer. Swift re-recorded her 2010 album at the age of 32, and revisited some of the emotions she felt back then.The much anticipated re-record was released on July 7, and has fans buzzing about her romantic link to the "Gravity" crooner, who is rumored to be her inspiration for the album's fifth track.

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Taylor Swift has had some time to stand in the corner and think about what she did — and it resulted in a major change!

Taylor Swift is offering an olive branch with one telling lyric from . With the release of her latest re-recorded album, Swift made a subtle tweak to one of the infamous lines from her fiery breakup track, «Better Than Revenge.» While scorning a former boyfriend's new lover, Swift sang in her 2010 release, «She's better known for the things that she does on the mattress.»  Now, in her 2023 version, she declares, «He was a moth to the flame, she was holding the matches.»While unconfirmed by Swift herself, fans have long speculated that the song was inspired by Swift's split from Joe Jonas and his subsequent romance with Camilla Belle. Jonas and Swift briefly dated in 2008 and split during what Swift has described as a 25-second phone call. ‼️ | @TaylorSwift13 changed the lyrics of “Better Than Revenge” in “Taylor's Version”! pic.twitter.com/a7wGFm1bGhFor their part, Swift and Jonas have mended fences in recent years. The Jonas Brothers singer even made a lyrical change to the band's 2009 song, «Much Better,» during a 2022 performance for their Las Vegas Residency. «I got a rep for breaking hearts / Now I’m done with superstars and all the tears on her guitar,» Jonas sang on the tune's original, seemingly referencing Swift's debut album track, «Teardrops on My Guitar.» In his update, Jonas crooned, «Now I’m cool with superstars and all the tears on her guitar,» prompting cheers from the audience. A reminder during the Better Than Revenge discourse that Joe Jonas changed the lyrics to Much Better to ‘Cool with superstars’ ✨#SpeakNowTaylorsVersionpic.twitter.com/IVF7hPn8XIBut back in 2016, Belle appeared to throw fuel on the fire of Swift's high-profile feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian.

"Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" has one big change that has left Taylor Swift fans feeling conflicted.  "Better Than Revenge" features a new lyric, as the pop star removed a line that some say was slut-shaming.The original lyric was: "She’s better known for the things that she does on the mattress." However, in "Taylor's Version," the lyric is now: "He was a moth to the flame, she was holding the matches." Fans were not surprised by the revision, with some wishing it had not happened. "if Paramore can perform misery business in the year 2023 then taylor swift can keep the lyrics to better than revenge the same," one user wrote on Twitter. "We just have to bully her into releasing Better Than Revenge (Taylor's Version) (Slut Shaming Version) like she did with lana and snow on the beach," another wrote, referring to Swift's decision to release a track on "Midnights" again with more vocals from Lana Del Rey.

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It’s officially 2010 again for Swifties as Taylor Swift dropped Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) on Friday, July 7.

Taylor Swift has re-written a problematic lyric on ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’.The pop star released the re-recording of her 2010 third album today (July 7) as she continues to recreate her first six records after the controversial sales of her masters in recent years.It follows on from ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ and ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’, both of which came out in 2021.On the track ‘Better Than Revenge (Taylor’s Version)’, the singer has changed a line from the original song that had been interpreted by some as being “anti-feminist” and having a slut-shaming message.“She’s an actress, whoa/ She’s better known for the things that she does on the mattress, whoa,” Swift sings on the 2010 version of the song. However, the updated ‘Better Than Revenge’ lyric goes: “She’s an actress, whoa/ He was a moth to the flame, she was holding the matches.”The track is rumoured to have been inspired by Swift’s ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas and his post-Swift girlfriend, actress Camilla Belle.