If you pay close attention, you can hear it: there’s a new lushness in the opening banjo twangs, and an extra beat when she sings the lyric “Just say yes.” But the difference between the 2008 version ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) celebrates two full years on ...

Taylor Swift fans are still clamoring — and clowning — for the rerecorded version of Reputation. Despite Swift shutting down the long-held rumors on multiple occasions, renewed hope swept through her ...