Nearly 13 years after releasing "Speak Now," Taylor Swift's desire for revenge has changed. Before "Speak Now" (Tyler's version ) dropped on July 7, fans were speculating whether Swift would change the controversial "Better Than Revenge" lyrics, which many now consider anti-feminist. In fact, the 12-time Grammy winner gave the song a decidedly modern update, and Swifties immediately took notice. However, a week after the release of the third in a series of six remasters of Swift's original Big Machine catalog, some discerning ears may have picked up on the second, more subtle "More Than Revenge" that they missed the first time around. OK” updated to listen.
One Swift amplified the deep background vocals in a TikTok video, claiming the musician originally sang "You know she deserves it," but updated the line to "You know you deserve it." In the comments section, however, fans were divided over whether Swift actually changed the word, or if it was simply expressed differently. "I thought she said 'you' in the original, but the way she said 'that-chyew' made it sound like 'shhh,'" one user argued, while others were totally fine with it One theory.
Regardless, there's no doubt that Swift dropped another line in the "Speak Now" (Taylor's version) anthem, which is widely believed to be directed at Camilla Belle (who they split from in October 2008 Soon after, she began dating ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas). The original line - "She was famous for what she did on the mattress" - was rewritten in "Better Than Revenge (Taylor's Version)" to read: "He was the moth to the flame, and she held the match ”
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Although Swift wrote a lengthy "intro" to "Speak Now" (Taylor's version) , the singer didn't specifically mention the changes to "Better Than Revenge." "When I look back at the Speak Now album, I get a lump in my throat. I have a feeling that it will always be this way, because this time was so intensely illuminated by the last rays of the sunset of my childhood," she wrote in part road. "I made this album between the ages of 18 and 20, and I wrote it entirely myself. I said I feel like these ages are the most emotionally tumultuous times in a person's life. Maybe when I said that, I Really just talking about myself.”
However, Swift had already expressed regret nearly a decade ago because the original lyrics she wrote placed the blame on the female "actress" who stole her man in the song, rather than the man himself. "I was 18 when I wrote this," she explained to The Guardian in 2014. "At this age, you think someone could really steal your boyfriend. Then you grow up and realize that if someone doesn't want to leave, no one is going to take it away from you."
Now, she has some new ideas about who exactly should be standing in the corner thinking about what they did.
