Speak Now (Taylor's Version) 

I can’t wait for you to re-record all of your videos from the first 10 years of your career

It’s worth noting this album was written all by herself from ages 18-20. Her only record with no co writers.

ill give it to taylor for keeping her fanbase overfed with content. eras tour + TV + new album.

I’m a huge Taylor fan and if the vault tracks gave me something it’s that she’s come extremely far in her storytelling. Folklore and Evermore is an immense evolution in her storytelling. I’m so impressed with how far she’s come!

Better Than Revenge is about taking someone's actual boyfriend, not a crush. And she was young, so i don't really blame her for being upset.

I Can See You is a bop, we don't often get Taylor Swift in minor keys, and this one WORKS

My favorite re-recording of taylor's albums by far, breathes so much life into all the songs on here.

You know how people ask that question “If you could listen to one of your favorite albums again for the first time, what would it be?” I just keep thinking how LUCKY Taylor Swift fans are, because so many of them get to do just that. Speak Now is my favorite Taylor Swift album, and the album that pretty much instantly solidified her as one of my favorite songwriters of all time from the moment I heard “You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter” on the opening track like 13 years ago. Dear John is my favorite song she’s ever written and one of my favorite songs of all time in general. It’s one of my favorite albums… and we get to hear it for the first time all over again? How lucky are we? 💜 I’m sure any music nerd can appreciate how special of an opportunity that is regardless of what you think of her as an artist.

I sometimes think about being glad that the re-recorded her stuff cause she gained more listeners aside from her big fanbase. A lot of people were like “oh wow, I didn’t know that she was this good” when they heard the TVs

never grow up on the rerecord made me ugly cry. i think its her best rerecord yet

1:02 How Speak Now changed Taylor Swift’s career 1:50 Instrumental and performance quality on Fearless TV, Red TV and Speak Now TV 2:53 Haunted 2:57 Taylor Swift has lost her twang 4:20 Better than Revenge (and the lyric change) 6:23 Mean 6:31 Dear John 7:40 Electric Touch (From the Vault) 8:18 When Emma Falls in Love (From the Vault) 8:44 I Can See You (From the Vault) 8:57 Castles Crumbling (From the Vault) 9:35 Foolish One (From the Vault) 10:06 Timeless (From the Vault) 10:47 Conclusion

Speak Now is my favorite Taylor’s Version so far, it’s just so nostalgic

kinda wished you mentioned Enchanted, that one was one of fav Taylor songs ever, and the re-recording is even more magical imo

I don’t really listen to her music, but mad respect for managing to tour and record new material while also rerecording you old material. Holy shit that’s a lot of work and hopefully she remains healthy of mind and body through it. Scooter Braun can only win now if he gives her the rights after she does the last rerecording.

She's a machine... Not a huge pop fan, but a generational star for sure.

i personally can’t even stand taylor’s music (no hate like what you like) but you gotta hand it to her this girl is a MACHINE. i cannot imagine re-recording all of my albums and going on tour and collaborating with multiple artists in the same year! insane lady with a crazy work ethic honestly so inspiring to see

I agree her voice has matured so theres no way its going to sound exactly the same. Shes not the same person, singer, or songwriter that she was then. Its hard to recapture youth.

the chorus on speak now is fucking elite

melon sleeping hard on castles crumbling, its a fucking banger

The guy she was singing about in better than revenge is the guy she wrote Last kiss about it was definitely not just a crush 😭 also in the outro she sings "come show me how much better you are" because joe jonas released a song called Much better about her

Personally as someone who isn't the biggest country fan I did like the less "twang" in her voice. Overall despite being a re-recorded album the songs feel so fresh and I think that is partially due to how her voice has matured over the years.

Enchanted is probably my favorite early Taylor Swift song. Pretty funny that it’s about the guy from Owl City though.

Taylor Swift is the Resident Evil of pop music the way shes releasing something pretty much every year whether its a new album, an old album rerecording or bonus tracks, capcom is doing the exact same thing lol

Fun fact, When Emma Falls in Love has drumming from James Krivchenia from Big Thief!

if taylor can do all this then wtf has carti been doing the past three years???

Now I’m waiting for Speak Now (Melon’s Version)

I commend Taylor for defending the ownership or her music (whether I enjoy that muaic or not) and I am looking forward to hear Melon's thoughts on the rest of the Taylor's Version that are left... Well I don't think I need to hear about reputation again though

This album is great. I didn't even listen to it.

I was skeptical about this one as I didn't like the younger Speak Now album. But seeing how vastly she improved this album I'm really excited for 1989! Nothing motivated Taylor to outdo herself than a good break up, romantic or friendship.

‘Red’ is my favorite TS album, however ‘Speak Now’ is an incredible album!

taylor’s twang was absolutely EAR PIERCING in some songs. don’t hate her easing up on it ngl

Speak Now is the best Taylor record. It has energy and dance-ability and she had basically totally dropped any pretense of being a country artist at that point. It also puts her wordiness on display, which is one of my favorite qualities of her as a songwriter. Just listen to how many words she crams into the choruses all over this thing. I didn’t like when she started working with outside songwriters and doing simple pop choruses, Red had a few and 1989 was even worse. She’s not Katy Perry- I wish she’d bring back that overstuffed, overeager sort of desperation she used to have. Since she tried turning pop and transitioning from maximalism to minimalism it’s been such a mixed bag

Don't Speak (Gwen Stefani's version)

this is my favorite taylor album and so near to my heart and hearing you sing the woah oh on better than revenge cracked me up thanks for that also i think this vault is way stronger than fearless' at least, loved every song

We’ll see if Fantano changes his mind on reputation when the Taylor’s Version comes out

Melon, you can Speak Now. It’s okay. We are here for you. To wipe the melon juice off of your brows so you can start anew. We will be there when the Melon War takes your family to the Dungeons of Melonia and feeds them to the crusher. I will battle alongside you and make sure that you don’t feel shame. Thanks for everything, music’s busiest nerd. You are best.

Melon: Speak Now is not one of the more highly-anticipated records of this series-- Me: EXCUSE ME HOW DARE YOU Melon: -- for me. Me: oh okay that's fine to each their own

The lack of the twang on the new versions of her country songs and making them sound more "smoothed out" and more poppy is spot on. The way I see these country album re-recordings is more for the newer and younger fans who didn't listen to or have heard the original versions and don't know or care about the lack of more country sounding vocals like the ones who heard those songs back in the day. I'm in the camp of having heard them back then and not liking the lack of twang on the new versions vocals, so they haven't really been for me and are kinda disappointing.

Mean is my favorite Taylor song and I really need the twang of it. Good for her for changing those lyrics, because she grew as an artist and had the opportunity.

I do have to say about Timeless, as a woman in a relationship with a woman, I still managed to see my relationship in the song despite the obvious gender differences. Mostly the sentiment that “the story started when you said hello” and that feeling of being so immensely drawn to someone it’s magnetic and the timing of everything doesn’t matter

I think this is an awesome undertaking. Taylor is industrious, generous and an incredible workhorse as an artist. However.. the music suffers here from losing a lot of its county flavor. The contrast of her sharp, observational lyrics and deceptively complex song structures against the confines of the country “twang” gives the music an edge that makes it quietly, almost politely subversive. Which is to say.. I love that Taylor did this, and I look forward to whatever other projects she has in mind like this. But Speak Now was my entrance into her little - now humongous- world, and I’ll never lose my connection to that first time I heard “Mine” and it knocked me down a flight of stairs emotionally. You can replace a lot of things, but even Taylor can’t replace that aching feeling her original chords stirred in my soul.

I love how some songs are better, such as Haunted, Girl At Home and Eyes Open, but i think that all the best songs, especially singles, sound a bit worse, like : We Are Never Getting Back Together, I knew you were trouble., Enchanted, Speak Now, 22, Better Than Revenge. But that is good, bc i will listen to these as original releases, not TV, and i can now add more songs with TVs, so it's a + anyway Vault tracks are some of my favs of each, such as Message in a Bottle, I Can See You and the underrated Electric Touch (even tho Fall Out Boy ruins it...)

I like the original BTR and how it really encapsulates the teenage girl experience that’s part of the album overall, she was mad as hell and I loved it at the time. It was also a pretty natural progression from the YBWN video and way most of us young fans at the time had identified with her. However, I feel like Taylor needed to change it to avoid the thinkpieces about her being a slut shaming antifeminist etc given how much scrutiny she’s under right now. I don’t blame her and I think I’d also be embarrassed to look back on it as a grown woman now. Anyway, I agree that as a huge swiftie this really showcased how much she’s grown now as songs on Evermore for example feel like night and day regarding the maturity and lyrical quality. I liked the album (I’m a huge swiftie) but relistening with this really showed me how much *I’ve* grown up as it felt a bit like listening to Olivia Rodrigo’s very black and white, “cool guy” “teenage dream” etc stuff is just not fully for me at my grown age. And that’s okay.

Can’t wait to hear this while shopping for groceries again

Really looking forward to this, so excited following the announcement of Speak Now (Melon's version)

I like the juxtaposition between castles crumbling and brick by boring brick

I think I want more of the country elements. What exactly does Anthony mean by the country elements though bc I thought I might have confused that with the bass idk

i'm glad you still covered this

I Can See You is one of the best songs of the year

When she re-records 'reputation' PLEASE review it formally. We want to know if your opinion changes.

i am personally hyped for flower boy (tylers version)

Fantano's new album is "Speak All the Damn Time."

This melon never ages

This one grows on you. It’s worth a few more listens. It’s grown into my favorite album. Every song is perfect

I just love this version. It's much clearer, it's beautiful and mature. I really don't like her young voice. It's amazing what she's doing and yeah, she's the music industry

Do My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Fantano’s version)

wake me up when its 1989 TV

Who knew that Kanye would end up being the artist I wanna forget and Taylor the artist who's grind I'm a fan of?

was introduced to taylor by a wholehearted swiftie, taylor has taken a bigger spotlight in my mind and i’m not a crazy fan, there’s a lot i still need to listen to, but i have my favorites.

If it was named Speak Now (Melons Version) you would’ve given it a 10

7:45 Hopsin’s vocals were in the mix and you just brushed right over it?!

With "Speak Now" being my favorite Taylor album, I was highly anticipating Taylor's version, and it did not disappoint! My favorite song (and of Taylor's, overall) is "Mean". I think it's a great country/bluegrass number with a great message about bullying/criticizing someone, no matter who you are. As for "Better Than Revenge", it's always been my least favorite track on the album, so I skip it on this version, too. Other highlights include "Mine", "Sparks Fly", "Back to December" and even "Innocent", which was written in response to Kanye's infamous interruption at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. Overall, "Speak Now (TV)" showcases some of Taylor's best songwriting, as well as the maturity in her voice, and I really wish she'd go back to singing country again, because it's my favorite era of hers (her self-titled album to her "Red" album).

I was looking forward to Speak Now. I love this album. Wrong again Melon. luv u tho :*

Why on earth did this not get a proper review on the main channel like the other two Taylor’s versions? Someone pls explain

>Taylor Swift writes Enchanted about meeting Owl City >Owl City makes a cover in response >Taylor ghosts him >It's never mentioned again

Did you wear purple for speak now?

Valid and Facts baby!

I do like the lyric change in BTR. Brings the focus more on the other girl's ability to manipulate than to seduce. I'm curious how the self-titled record will turn out.

Speak now is fine but we’re all waiting for The New CALassic (Cal’s Version)

I honestly have to say at first I was very much disappointed in the rerecord mostly because i held it to such a high standard since it is my favorite album of hers, but also because i was on 2 hours of sleep so i was feeling very excited but also super grumpy. Now that it sat with me for a while i love it. The songs i never cared for haven't changed much, unfortunately one of my favorite songs "haunted" feels a lot less agressive and filled with a lot less drama. "I can see you" is by far my favorite vault track of hers, it feels so sexy, secretive and smooth. Overall, it's the least "Note for note" rerecord so far, but the vocal improvement especially in the highnotes and vocals runs fills me with joy. Could she have done "better" and been more faithful to the originals? Yes, of course, but i am overall very very pleased with how everything went down. The last step to swiftie fullfillment is to secure tickets in tomorrows presale to see her next year in germany, wish me luck

what is your most anticipated re-recording?

blowing my mind man.

Does this mean it’s not getting a video on theneedledrop?

@fantano I personally thought there was less bass + band then her original. I thought Haunted was the only one where the production sounded better if not very similar to the OG.

Kendrick Lamarr- To Pimp A Butterfly (Album review) - Anthony's version Glad you own a version of the video now, stick it to youtube!

It's not better than Red TV in terms of vault tracks and production, but it's still great considering how busy she's been (new album, eras tour, directing MVs..).

Nice review Anthony but i didn’t think it was necessary to say absolutely nothing in the entire video. After all the name of the album is “speak now”

Would’ve been better with a ice spice feature tbh

As a big fan of Taylor and Speak Now being one of my favorite albums, I was not SUPER happy with the production. I did find that having Volume Normalization turned on in Spotify muted a lot of the sound and it was improved after hearing it, but I still wish her voice was not so much louder than the instrumentals. I did love the vault tracks, tho

dude just did a whole needledrop album review

“This whole song is kind of an embarrassment.” As Fantano goes on to sing the “Whoa” just like Taylor does. 😂😅

speak now is my fave taylor album, so i'm kind of sad to see you not like it as much. then again, i understand why it wouldn't hit for someone who isn't a hopeless romantic. sad about no mention of last kiss, mine, or the story of us tho!

haunted tv bugs me SOO MUCH…idk why but in the first verse, there’s this echo that persists the entire time and it doesn’t fit at all… also, by putting more emphasis on the bass and drums during throughout the song, she’s removing the chorus’ punch which is what made the original song so great

Mine is the greatest Taylor song

Can't wait for thatistheplan (Melon's version)

Reputation (Taylor's Version) is gonna be interesting

next album: "Speak Later (fantano's Version)"

Timeless is supposed to be about her grandparents. It’s sweet, but still kinda sounds like World War II fan fic soooo.

Melon is meloning.

The Story Of Us TV got robbed I will stand by that

Whether you like Taylor or not you have to respect the massive amount of content she’s pumping out to keep her fans happy

Still waiting for the picture to burn re-recorded commentary.

Hi Anthony, was wondering if you'd consider doing a review on some of John Frusciante's solo albums. He's my favourite artist and I think it would be cool seeing a review by you. Albums like Shadows Collide With People, The Empyrean, Curtains are my favs. Cheers.

You didn't turn the light color to purple... Or is it blue because 1989 is the next re-recording?

I'm obsessed with I can see you sorry

Melon would’ve given this album a full review if it was called Speak Now, Cry Later

Hi everyone, Anthony Fantano here. Internet's busiest music nerd, I hope you're doing WELL.

amazing title

Good recreation

Oh God I'm scared.