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Taylor Swift has joined social networks media On Wednesday, he will announce the third version of his latest album At midnight—titled For the Dawn edition—with three additional songs will be released “TOMORROW night at MIDNIGHT ET” ahead of her Eras tour in East Rutherford, New Jersey, a surprise move from a pop star who has captivated the pop culture landscape during her highly anticipated tour.
Taylor Swift performs during “The Eras Tour” on Friday, May 5, 2023, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, … [+]
Key facts
At midnight (For the Dawn edition) will include all songs from the first two releases, along with two new versions of songs on the original album, but with more collaborations: “Karma (Feat. Ice Spice)” and “Snow On The Beach (Feat. More Lana Del Zraka).”
The latest version of the album will also include “Hits Different,” a song Swift released exclusively to those who purchased the physical CD at Target when At midnight it was first published in October 2022.
Swift also announced that a special edition CD – featuring two new collaborative tracks along with the never-before-heard “From The Vault,” “You’re Losing Me” – will be available to fans attending her Eras Tour concerts in East Rutherford this year. the weekend.
When At midnight which was originally released in October, some fans criticized Swift for featuring Del Ray on a song where she only sang backing vocals and was barely recognizable; Del Ray later he said she wished she had sung the second line of the song, but she didn’t realize she was the only movie.
Key background
Swift’s new music comes in the midst of her highly anticipated Eras tour, which kicked off in Glendale, Arizona, in March. Ahead of the start of the Eras Tour, At midnight spent 13 weeks on top Billboard Album sales chart. East Rutherford will be Swift’s 10th stop on the 20-city tour, which is reviving lost tourism revenue for cities across the US as thousands of fans flock to venues where she performs. In gratitude for the revenue Swift brings in, some cities have joined the “friendly competition” to pay her the most flattering honors, from renaming the city after her to offering her symbolic mayorship for a day. The tour made headlines last year after Ticketmaster crashed during pre-sales and temporarily halted sales after fans waited hours and tickets were oversold. Swift fans are still scrambling to get tickets on the resale market, with tickets for Friday’s show starting at $2,205 SeatGeek.
Tangent
The announcement comes weeks after Swift shared a release date for the Speak now (Taylor’s version), a re-recording of her 2014 album In 2019 Swift announced will re-record her first six albums in an effort to own her own work after the master recordings were sold to a media company owned by Scooter Braun, the man Swift has the accused of “continuous, manipulative bullying”. Brown has since defended himself against Swift’s allegations, saying he “did nothing with malicious intent.” Speak Now (Taylor Version) being available July 7.
Further reading
Taylor Swift announces re-recorded ‘Speak Now’—and recorded a new record (Forbes)
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