{"id":81303,"date":"2025-07-21T06:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T06:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=81303"},"modified":"2025-07-21T06:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T06:32:14","slug":"update-the-14-year-old-taylor-swift-cover-thats-blowing-up-thanks-to-a-massive-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=81303","title":{"rendered":"Update: The 14-Year-Old Taylor Swift Cover That&#8217;s Blowing Up Thanks To A Massive Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static1.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/screencaps-26.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift poses on the red carpet at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"adsninja-injected-repeatable-ad-afterend\">This 14-year-old\u00a0Taylor Swift cover is making waves on streaming after a recent controversy. The singer is known for writing her own songs, but she also loves a surprise cover once in a while.<\/p>\n<p class=\"adsninja-injected-repeatable-ad-afterend\">For example, in 2019, while promoting her album &#8220;Lover,&#8221; Swift performed an emotional cover of Phil Collins&#8217; &#8220;Can&#8217;t Stop Loving You&#8221; at the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge.<\/p>\n<p>A few years earlier, Swift covered Vance Joy&#8217;s &#8220;Riptide&#8221; for Live Lounge, resulting in him joining her\u00a0<em>1989<\/em>\u00a0Tour as an opening act.<\/p>\n<p>However, the most Swift-covered music was at her 2011 tour promoting her third studio album,\u00a0<em>Speak Now<\/em>. One of those covers is currently getting a lot of attention due to a recent controversy on social media.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"jojo-siwa-39-s-quot-bette-davis-eyes-quot-cover-has-brought-attention-to-taylor-39-s-version\">Jojo Siwa&#8217;s &#8220;Bette Davis Eyes&#8221; Cover Has Brought Attention To Taylor&#8217;s Version<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"swift-covered-the-song-at-a-concert-in-2011\">Swift Covered The Song At A Concert In 2011<\/h3>\n<div id=\"QBRUs5PIhSg\" class=\"w-rich w-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QBRUs5PIhSg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>When\u00a0Jojo Siwa teased her cover of Kim Carnes&#8217; &#8220;Bette Davis Eyes,&#8221; listeners were less than pleased.<\/p>\n<p>They felt Siwa&#8217;s vocals were\u00a0too raspy and autotuned. They also didn&#8217;t love her 1950s housewife aesthetic in the video clips. However, all the attention on &#8220;<strong>Bette Davis Eyes&#8221; reminded some Swifties of Taylor Swift&#8217;s 2011 cover of the song.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Eras Tour was known for its acoustic set, where\u00a0Swift would do various surprise songs\u00a0every night.<\/p>\n<p>However, back in the day at <strong>Swift&#8217;s\u00a0Speak Now\u00a0World Tour<\/strong>, the\u00a0singer-songwriter would cover an artist who hailed from the city\u00a0she was performing in. Since Carnes is from Los Angeles, Swift covered the song at her LA show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"adsninja-injected-repeatable-ad-afterend\">As Swift does best, she played the song acoustically for the audience. Later that year, Swift released her live\u00a0<em>Speak Now<\/em>\u00a0Tour CD + DVD, and her &#8220;Bette Davis Eyes&#8221; cover made it onto the recording.\u00a0<strong>The CD is currently available on streaming platforms<\/strong>, giving fans easy access to the cover.<\/p>\n<div class=\"an-injected\" data-estimated-y-top=\"2338.828125\" data-estimated-y-bottom=\"2488.828125\" data-estimated-x-left=\"125.5\" data-estimated-x-right=\"875.5\">\n<div id=\"adsninja-ad-zone-div-gpt-ad-1535570269372-ccr\" class=\"adsninja-ad-zone an-zone an-zone-content-character_count_repeatable an-can-change an-injector-zone an-zone-d in-sticky-content\">\n<p>According to\u00a0@SpotifySwiftie\u00a0on X\/Twitter, Swift&#8217;s cover of the song had its biggest streaming day since 2022 on July 9th, 2025. The image shared shows that\u00a0<strong>the song received 6,354 streams.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"1943498112263233678\" class=\"w-rich w-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=ginaroseex3&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1943498112263233678&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fscreenrant.com%2Ftaylor-swift-bette-davis-eyes-jojo-siwa-controversy%2F&amp;sessionId=09701c38419b0e2ffc8196efebb03784e14b69da&amp;siteScreenName=screenrant&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1943498112263233678\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s no doubt that all the talk around Siwa&#8217;s cover shined a light on Swift&#8217;s. While fans may have been streaming it because the virality of &#8220;Bette Davis Eyes&#8221; reminded them that Swift covered it too, they also\u00a0<strong>seem to prefer Swift&#8217;s rendition<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"fans-are-definitely-more-impressed-with-swift-39-s-cover-than-siwa-39-s\">Fans Are Definitely More Impressed With Swift&#8217;s Cover Than Siwa&#8217;s<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"swift-made-quot-bette-davis-eyes-quot-her-own\">Swift Made &#8220;Bette Davis Eyes&#8221; Her Own<\/h3>\n<p>Swift has covered a lot of songs\u00a0in her career, and fans always enjoy hearing her takes on popular hits. Her version of &#8220;Bette Davis Eyes&#8221; is no different. What Swift does best is that <strong>she never tries to mimic another artist<\/strong>, but makes every song her own.<\/p>\n<p>At her\u00a0<em>Speak Now<\/em>\u00a0Tour, Swift embraced her own unique voice and stripped down the synth-rock classic to fit the singer-songwriter style of her early career. Fans are\u00a0<strong>likely enjoying Swift&#8217;s much softer version of the song\u00a0<\/strong>because it feels very authentic to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"adsninja-injected-repeatable-ad-afterend\">There&#8217;s also a nostalgia factor, as Swift was only 21 when she covered it. Either way,\u00a0<strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong> did a beautiful job with her &#8220;Bette Davis Eyes&#8221; rendition, so it&#8217;s no wonder that it&#8217;s so popular 14 years later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 14-year-old\u00a0Taylor Swift cover is making waves on streaming after a recent controversy. 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