Taylor Swift issued a fun challenge to her legion of fans last week – an online scavenger hunt. It seems that her dedicated Swifties (who are no strangers to her clever puzzles, Easter eggs and riddles when it comes to her musical releases) have successfully accomplished the mission!
The challenge involved solving a series of scrambled word clues on Google. In return, the “Anti-Hero” hitmaker, 33, promised to reveal the vault track titles from her forthcoming re-recording of her 2014 album, 1989.
True to her word, the Grammy winner has now delivered the highly-anticipated five song names and her fans are currently going wild on social media. Swift shared her “From the Vault” collection after an entire day of hunting. The titles include “Slut!,” “Say Don’t Go,” “Now That We Don’t Talk,” “Suburban Legends,” and “Is It Over Now?”
After spending hours completing puzzles, fans were elated to finally see the track titles, although some noted that they wanted to see more. “5 not 10 ? We need more from that vault,” one tweeted. Another added: “And people were saying it would take ages. Never underestimate the power of swifties!” Someone else chimed in: “I can’t wait to listen.”
It’s a new soundtrack Here are the back covers and vault track titles for 1989 (my version) I can’t wait for this one to be out, seriously. Thank you for playing along, sleuthing, puzzling and making these reveals so much chaotic fun (which is the best kind of fun, after all… pic.twitter.com/s3QrxGpXhP
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) September 20, 2023
Taylor Swift’s ‘From The Vault’ Track Titles Are Finally Here And Fans Are Loving Them
Last month, the “Bejeweled” hitmaker announced her plans to release her third re-recorded album (and the five additional never-before-heard vault tracks written during that era), and noted that it was her favorite to remake. “The 1989 album changed my life in countless ways, and it fills me with such excitement to announce that my version of it will be out October 27,” she wrote on Instagram at the time.
Swift added: “To be perfectly honest, this is my most FAVORITE re-record I’ve ever done because the 5 From The Vault tracks are so insane. I can’t believe they were ever left behind. But not for long!”
With every re-record that Swift has released, her fans have been treated to vault tracks – unreleased songs from previous album recording sessions. While fans eagerly anticipate the reveal of these track titles, what truly excites them is discovering the collaborators who joined forces with Swift on these hidden gems.
After finally uncovering the 1989 (Taylor's Version) track titles, other fans were "shocked" and "surprised" that there weren't any collaborators listed on them.
For the vault tracks for 2021's Fearless (Taylor's Version), for example, Swift sang along with Keith Urban and Maren Morris. When she dropped Red (Taylor's Version) that same year, artists like Phoebe Bridgers, Chris Stapleton and Ed Sheeran made appearances on the vault songs. In July 2023, Swift released Speak Now (Taylor's Version), and Hayley Williams and Fall Out Boy joined her for the vault tracks.
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Swift, as fans know, has a history of entertaining her fans with teasers and puzzles before sharing tracks from her "vault." On August 5, 2021, she once again employed this tactic, sharing a video featuring a challenging puzzle for her Red (Taylor's Version) album.
In response to Big Machine Records' sale of her masters to Scooter Braun in 2019, which were subsequently sold to a private equity firm, Swift has embarked on this project of re-recording and releasing her first six albums.
Swift was unequivocal in her disapproval of the sale, and publicly announced her intention to revisit and re-record all of the albums she had originally created in collaboration with Big Machine.
Taylor Swift is HERE for the Chiefs game pic.twitter.com/46SW4gEodz
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 24, 2023
Swift also broke the internet over the weekend as she was spotted at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on September 24th, enthusiastically cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs while donning a red hoodie.
During FOX's broadcast of the team's game against the Chicago Bears, the "Karma" songwriter was accompanied by Donna Kelce, the mother of tight end Travis Kelce.
Rumors of a possible romance between the pop superstar and Super Bowl champion, 33, have been circulating for several weeks now. They were later seen leaving the stadium together and driving away in his convertible.
We're keeping an eye out for more info!
