Hidden Tapes (Taylor's Version)

THIS ALBUM IS NICOLLEXX'S CREATION AND CANNOT BE EDITED WITHOUT PERMISSION Message Wall:Nicollexx

ALL TRACKS IN THIS ALBUM ARE FAKE AND NOT ACTUALLY WRITTEN NOR SUNG BY TAYLOR SWIFT (except for Need and Cannonball)

## General Information

### Featured Artist(s)

Ariana Grande • Blake Lively • Bon Iver • Dolly Parton • Ed Sheeran • Justin Bieber • Katy Perry • Lady Gaga • Lana Del Rey

### Producer(s)

Aaron Dessner • Blake Lively • Frank Dukes • Jack Antonoff • Justin Bieber • Justin Vernon • Lady Gaga • Lana Del Rey • Louis Bell • RedOne • Sounwave • Taylor Swift

## Singles

1. Loveless
Released: June 24, 2024
2. Don't (Take It Back) (feat. Bon Iver and Ed Sheeran)
Released: June 25, 2024
3. Like Me (feat. Ariana Grande)
Released: July 30th, 2024
4. Never (feat. Katy Perry)
Released: August 16th, 2024
5. Get It (feat. Lady Gaga)
Released: October 31st, 2024
6. Cannonball (feat. Justin Bieber)
Released: December 13th, 2024
7. Loveless (Dolly Parton Remix)
Released: January 1st, 2025
8. Try Again
Released: December 25th, 2025

***Hidden Tapes (Taylor's Version)*** is the sixth and last re-recorded album and the 11th studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The album is a cluster of re-worked demos by Swift that were not released on the re-recorded versions of her previous albums. It was released in June 24, 2024 by Republic Records alongside the album Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version), re-recording of Swift's first self-titled studio album. The album is part of Swift's ongoing response to a 2019 dispute regarding the masters of her back catalog. It was announced at the final Singapore show of the Eras Tour on March 9, 2024.

The album swings from the pop, country and indie folk genres from track to track, exploring themes of romanticism, heartbreak, joy and empathy across it's music. It also embraces much more of the story arcs Swift's previous albums *Folklore* and *Evermore* had explored. It also brings back a bit of the synth-pop from *1989* and new eletronic style tracks never heard before from Swift.

## Critical Reception

The album was critically acclaimed by most people who expressed interest in the multiple genres of the album and the exploration of past storylines. It was also acclaimed for releasing most of the work fans asked for that wasn't available yet. However, fans also said the album was "messy" and "didn't know what it wanted to be" with different song types just transitioning into each other and poorly placed around the album. Overall, the album received highly praise and ended up being the first re-recording by Swift to win not only one but 3 Grammy Awards at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, those being Song of the Year (*Over by the Trees*), Best Music Video (*Loveless*) and Album of the Year.

## Tracklist

**Deluxe Edition**

**Autumn Leaves Edition**

**Digital Deluxe Edition**

**Midnight Blues CD Deluxe Edition**

**Complete Vinyl Platinum Edition**

## Notes

* All tracks on the standard edition are noted as "(Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)".
	+ However, the tracks 17-24 on Deluxe and Platinum editions are only noted as "From the Vault".
		- Doesn't apply for the additional track, Cannonball, on the "Autumn Leaves" edition, noted as "(Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)".

## Release History

### Standard Edition

Released digitally on June 24th, 2024, including 16 tracks, Hidden Tapes quickly became Swift's most downloaded and listened to album of all time. The new format of different types of music from different eras was fiercely welcomed by the fanbase who excitedly listened to the songs in a row, according to Variety, for over 10 hours on the album's release date. On the next day, June 25th, the album was released through physical form to buy in stores, and sold over 2 million dollars on it's first 24 hours, making Hidden Tapes be Swift's most successful album to date.

### Deluxe Edition

Made available both on digitally and physically on June 25th, 2024, alongside the physical Standard Edition, with four additional tracks, Hidden Tapes (Deluxe) had a small cover change, having Swift smiling instead of holding a sunflower to her eye. This version sadly could not manage to surpass the success of the Standard Edition, only achieving around 500.000 dollars in it's first 24 hours of availability. However, "Don't (Take It Back)" featuring Bon Iver and Ed Sheeran would become the most streamed song of the entire album (Standard included). The song continues the love triangle storyline from Swift's 8th album, Folklore, released in 2020. Alongside other songs in the album, it expands the story between the three teens in love and adds new characters to it, one of them being the focus of the song "Flee" in the Deluxe edition, Louise, a girl who was deeply in love with James but later only realized he wanted to only be friends with her.

### Autumn Leaves Edition

Released firstly on June 28, 2024 exclusively through physical form on Swift's official website and on the Eras Tour merch stand, Hidden Tapes (Autumn Leaves Edition) had another cover change, this being the original Standard cover except in black and white. The album contained all songs from the Deluxe edition plus a single bonus track, "Cannonball" featuring Justin Bieber and was made available only twice throughout the year of 2024, firstly through June 28th to July 28th and then again in October 18th until November 16th. After the tour was done and due to immense fan requests, Swift released the song as a digital single on December 13th, Swift's birthday.

### Digital Deluxe Edition

Released as a Christmas gift surprise from Swift on December 24th, 2024, Hidden Tapes (Digital Deluxe Edition) had a big cover change. This version contains Taylor smiling in front of a Christmas tree with the album name written in the corner of the image in gold, as well as Merry Christmas written at the middle-center of the image. This version contained all the Deluxe edition tracks plus a single bonus track, "Come with Me". Fan reception to this song wasn't as positive, with many claiming the song was not as good as the rest of the album and that "Taylor should drop Jack Antonoff".

### Midnight Blues CD Edition

Released as another Christmas gift surprise on December 24th, 2024, Hidden Tapes (Midnight Blues Edition) CD was made available exclusively on Target. The CD had the Digital Deluxe cover with a blue and white tag on the bottom left corner that stated "Midnights Blue Edition" and had a Target logo on the very corner of it. This edition included all the tracks from Digital Deluxe plus a single bonus track, "Try Again". The song mixed the Debut and 1989 era's, having backing vocals by Blake Lively and having a mix of synthpop and country sounds, thanks to the production of Sounwave. The song was extremely acclaimed by fans, so much so that over a year later after it's release, Swift made the song available online as yet another Christmas gift, then closing the Hidden Tapes era.

### Complete Vinyl Platinum Edition

Released on February 28th, 2025 exclusively for Vinyl, Hidden Tapes (Complete Platinum Edition)'s cover mixed both Autumn Leaves and Deluxe editions' covers, this one being Taylor smiling in a black and white frame. This version included all the songs from Midnight Blues CD and another three new songs. To this date, only one of those songs have been made available digitally, that being "Loveless (Dolly Parton Remix)" featuring Dolly Parton. This version of the song drifts completely from the original folk sound, making it country instead and also adding another verse by Parton. Even though only this song was released online by Swift, the track "Hidden Tapes (Undercover Mistakes)" was remixed by Lana Del Rey, who also produced the original version, and released as a featuring with Swift as a single for her record "Where Did the Kindness Go" on May 21st, 2025. Del Rey's version is extremely close to the original, only adding a few more parts to the song and replacing 3 out of 6 Taylor verses with hers, then singing a verse together and leaving two for Swift to sing solo. The remix by Lana is 7:05 long.

## Trivia

* This album was created from a dream I had on the night 1989 TV was released where Taylor had released both albums together. The collabs are some I dream of seeing one day and I really wish this album was real :/