![]() This song may have single-handedly bridged the genre gap between ‘Red’ and ‘1989,’ Swift’s first officially “pop” album. ‘Message in a Bottle’ definitely fits into the pop aspect of this album. The first time I heard this song I thought it was so fun it brought me so much serotonin. While a very catchy tune and a fun listen, “Babe” isn’t one that I crave to turn on when I get into the car or put on my headphones. “What a shame / Didn’t wanna be the one that got away, yeah / Big mistake, broke the sweetest promise / That you never should have made / I’m here on the kitchen floor / You call, but I won’t hear it / You said no one else, how could you do this, babe?” Swift sings to preface a familiar theme of a failed relationship. My favorite part of the song is the very first verse. It hurts to put any song in the last place, but “Babe” just doesn’t hold up to the other vault songs. Without further ado, Red (Taylor’s Version) “From the Vault” Songs, ranked. I don’t think it is a song that should be compared to her other songs or critiqued. “I remember the drive home / When the blind hope turned to crying and screaming “Why?” / Flowers pile up in the worst way, no one knows what to say / About a beautiful boy who died,” Swift sings. Swift recounts the story of a 4-year-old boy that she knew who lost his battle to cancer. Arguably the saddest song in her entire discography, “Ronan” is a truly devastating song in a different way than the rest of the album. It is notable that I am not including the first vault song, “Ronan,” in the ranking. ![]() The production strays further away from the 2012 version than Fearless (Taylor’s Version) did from its original, but in the best way.Īfter much consideration, I have determined my ranking for 9 of the 10 vault songs. This re-recording highlights a clearly matured voice-with huge vocal improvement in songs such as “I Knew You Were Trouble”-while still holding onto the innocent heartbreak of the 22-year-old that wrote it. The original album cover for “Red (2012)” The album, clearly written in the midst of heartbreak, fully embodies Swift’s lyrical genius. My appreciation for Red as a whole has skyrocketed in the three months between the announcement of its re-recording and now. This is Swift’s second re-recording that she has released, following Fearless (Taylor’s Version). With the goal of reclaiming ownership of her first six albums, Red (Taylor’s Version) features re-recordings of every song from Red (2012) plus 10 “from the vault” songs, or, songs she decided against releasing with the original album. On the same night, she broke the records for most-streamed album in a single day by a female on Spotify and for the most-streamed female in a day in the history of the platform. ![]() On Friday, Taylor Swift released Red (Taylor’s Version).
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