Taylor Swift re-writes ‘sexist’ lyric on Speak Now album re-release

Taylor Swift’s voice breaks during emotional Chicago performance With the rerelease of Taylor Swift’s Speak Now album, many noticed the singer changed the lyrics of her song, Better Than Revenge (Taylor’s Version). Following the initial release in 2010, the songstress was accused of using ‘slut-shaming’ and ‘sexists’ lyrics to describe an actress. In the original song, Taylor detailed her desire to get revenge on a lover’s new girlfriend and sang: ‘She’s an actress, whoa. She’s better known for the things that she does on the mattress, whoa.’ However, in the updated song, the lyric goes: ‘She’s an actress, whoa/ He was a moth to the flame, she was holding the matches.’ At the time, the actress was rumored to be Camilla Belle, who Taylor’s ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas dated after their breakup. It’s here. It’s yours, it’s mine, it’s ours. It’s an album I wrote alone about the whims, fantasies, heartaches, dramas and tragedies I lived out as a young woman between 18 and 20. I remember making tracklist after tracklist, obsessing over the right way to tell the story. I had… pic.twitter.com/I2cLH76EIH – Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 7, 2023 In a 2014 interview with The Guardian, Taylor addressed the controversial lyric after she received backlash from fans. The 33-year-old stated: ‘I was 18 when I wrote [‘Better Than Revenge’]. ‘That’s the age you are when you think someone can actually take your boyfriend. Then you grow up and realize no one takes someone from you if they don’t want to leave.’ Although the initial 2010 album was an instant success and sold over a million copies in its first week, Taylor decided to re-release Speak Now after a dispute with Scooter Braun. Scooter Braun sold Taylor Swift’s masters for a reported $300 million SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The songwriter had been embroiled in a bitter feud with the music exec after it was announced her original label Big Machine Label Group (BMLG) had been bought by Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings for $ 300 million. In 2019, Taylor told Tumblr she was ‘sad and grossed out’ by the deal as it meant he now owned the masters to her first six albums, which she was trying to buy back. After some public back and forth, Scooter then sold the master rights to Taylor’s first six albums in a deal worth $300 million, according to Variety. In a series of tweets, Taylor revealed she wasn’t part of the deal and announced she was re-recording all of her old songs. Trending