Taylor Swift carries out onstage for the debut of “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023 in Swift City, ERAzona (Glendale, Arizona). The city of Glendale, Arizona was ceremonially relabelled to Swift City for March 17-18 in honor of The Eras Tour. John Shearer/GI for TAS Rights Management
When Taylor Swift introduced the arrival of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) back in May, a great deal of followers and also reporters questioned if she might alter the verses on among the cd’s most questionable tracks, “Better Than Revenge.” Now that the re-recording has gotten here, what’s the decision?
She lit a suit to the well known verses.
On the initial track — a cd cut from the 2010 task reported to be motivated by ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas and also his article-Taylor partner Camilla Belle — Swift sings: “She’s not a saint and she’s not what you think, she’s an actress, whoa/ She’s better known for the things that she does on the mattress, whoa.”
In the re-recorded variation that got here very first point Friday (July 6), Swift maintains the very first line the exact same, however alters the last line to: “He was a moth to the flame, she was holding the matches, whoa.”
In the years considering that Speak Now was launched in October 2010, movie critics have actually charged Swift of “slut-shaming” her enchanting opponent in the verses. When inquired about the conflict swirling around the track by The Guardian in 2014, 4 years after the track’s launch, Swift stated, “I was 18 when I wrote that. That’s the age you are when you think someone can actually take your boyfriend. Then you grow up and realize no one take someone from you if they don’t want to leave.”
According to setlist.fm, Swift last done “Revenge” in March 2012, when she completed her Speak Now World Tour in New Zealand. Now that it has actually upgraded verses, we’ll see if she draws it out as a surprise song on her continuous Eras Tour.
Listen to the brand-new variation below:
