After recent Taylor Swift news leaked, it is possible the pop star is breaking her four-year trend with her next release. The “All Too Well” singer announced in 2019, after Scooter Braun purchased her former record label, that she’d be rerecording all of her albums that were released under Big Machine Records.

The first re-release, Fearless (Taylor’s Version), came out in 2021, followed by Red (Taylor’s Version) later that year. Swift waited another two years to release the re-recorded versions of Speak Now and 1989, suggesting she’d be following the two-year pattern for the remainder of her re-recordings. However, recent news suggests she might be breaking this pattern.

Taylor Swift Might Release A New Album Before Her Next Taylor’s Version

New Rumors Suggest TS12 Is On Its Way

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While Taylor Swift has been following this pattern since 2021, she’s one for switching things up to keep her fans in suspense. According to a deleted video from Universal Music Sweden, Swift just might have a surprise up her sleeve.

The publishing company posted and deleted a reel of a Swedish producer, Erik Arvinder, confessing he’s been in the studio with Taylor Swift this year working on her next album.

While he didn’t clarify what album they worked on together, it seems likely it was TS12 and not one of the re-recordings.

Fans suspect that the remaining re-recordings have been completed and Swift is just waiting for the right time to drop them.

Also, Swift has mostly worked with producers she’s already worked with in her career for her re-recordings.

Introducing a brand-new producer to work on her re-recorded albums would be unusual.

It’d be especially strange since Arvinder is known for his work as a violinist.

It seems very likely that the two could be working together to produce a new sound that Swift hasn’t explored on her previous albums.

However, this doesn’t mean for sure that TS12 is coming before reputation and debut. Swift secretly began working on The Tortured Poets Department before Midnights was even out in the world.

She’d release Midnights in October 2022 and two more rerecordings in 2023 before TTPD would see the light of day. If Taylor Swift is working with Arvinder on TS12, it’s not guaranteed that it’s coming out this year.

Why Swift Seems To Be Holding On To Reputation & Debut TV

Swift Hasn’t Found The Right Moment To Release Yet

There have been countless theories about when Swift will release her final two re-recordings, but so far, all of them have been wrong.

However, lately, Swift finally gave fans evidence that reputation (Taylor’s Version) might actually be on its way.

In her iHeartRadio award acceptance video, Swift was wearing a gold snake necklace, which felt like a nod to her reputation era.

Swift knows her fans are always watching and analyzing her every move to see if she’s hiding any Easter eggs, so there’s a slim chance this was just a coincidence.

However, the star hasn’t announced a release date for reputation or her debut album yet.

Swift is incredibly strategic, which is part of how she’s built such a successful career. So far this year, Lady Gaga released her pop comeback album Mayhem, and Sabrina Carpenter and Ariana Grande both released deluxe editions of their 2024 albums.

Taylor Swift during the Reptuation era of the Eras Tours movie

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Taylor Swift has been pretty quiet since the end of the Eras Tour, but it seems she might be hinting that her next re-recording is on its way.

Not to mention, Swift’s best friend Selena Gomez also released an album in March. The pop star is likely waiting for the releases to die down before dropping any of her re-recordings to avoid competition. She also likely wouldn’t want to steal her best friend’s thunder by releasing an album too close to I Said I Loved You First.

What Will TS12 Sound Like

Swift Is Creating A Whole New Sound

Taylor Swift accepting her award for Album of the Year for Midnights at the 2024 Grammys.

While Taylor Swift’s last album, The Tortured Poets Department, was a massive success, even earning a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year, it received some criticism.

Some fans felt it didn’t stand out from her previous work, and her collaborations with Jack Antonoff were starting to feel tired and overdone. Rolling Stone even published an article titled “Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff Have Reached Their Limit.”

As a public figure, Swift can’t let all criticism get to her, but she’s known for using feedback to fuel her work. It’s what she did when she created 1989 after not winning any Grammys for Red. Since Swift has never worked with Arvinder before, the two could be working on a fresh sound for TS12.

It’s hard to predict exactly what genre they’re going for, but as a trained violinist, Arvinder has the opportunity to bring a fresh sound to Swift’s next album.

However, Swift has used orchestral production in her music before. Speak Now tracks like “Back To December” and “Haunted” heavily incorporate string instruments.

Though it’s unlikely the singer wants to repeat production from a fifteen-year-old album. Instead, Taylor Swift is probably allowing her obsession with outdoing herself to drive her to create something she’s never done before.