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The new cover art has modern-day Swift wearing a dress similar to the one she wore on the front of the original album in 2010, but with a more serious expression that marks her as definitely not the 20-year-old who posed for the Big Machine edition’s cover. I Can See You is actively bad Maroon 5-core, though the lyrics are intriguingly sexual for an artist who kept things pretty chaste lyrically well into early adulthood: “I could see you up against the wall with me,” she sings. The album is premised on Swift saying the things she wished she had said: an extended fantasy about having the last word in heartbreak – but also, for the first time, her own narrative. (Innocent consoles Kanye West, who in 2009 invaded Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music awards, instigating a pop-cultural paradigm shift that we’re still living through.) a b c d e f Snapes, Laura (July 7, 2023). "Taylor Swift: Speak Now (Taylor's Version) Review– Re-Recording Project Starting to Feel Wearying and Pointless". The Guardian. Archived from the original on July 7, 2023 . Retrieved July 7, 2023. Willman, Chris (October 26, 2023). "Taylor Swift, SZA, Morgan Wallen Lead Billboard Music Awards Nominations". Variety . Retrieved November 3, 2023.

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