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Taylor Swift Announces Remake Of 'Fearless,' Due In April

The pop star's struggle to regain control of her master recordings has been long fought and documented. Swift continues with an announcement of the first rerecorded album, Fearless (Taylor's Version).
Taylor Swift has kept busy during quarantine with two new albums under her belt; today, the artist announces a return to her beginnings, with a new remake of her album <em>Fearless</em>.

has kept famously busy in pandemic times: On the heels of 2019's and a 2020 Netflix documentary, she's released two albums in the past seven months alone, all while fighting a public battle for control in April, titled . At midnight Friday, she'll drop its first single, "Love Story (Taylor's Version)." It's one of 26 songs slated for the remake, which will include re-recordings of not only the original album, but also ' many outtakes and bonus tracks. Six have never been released in any form. In a Twitter post Thursday morning, Swift provided some context for the new recordings.

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