Taylor Swift Unsure If Rereleases Would Succeed Amid Maren Duet

What might have been! While Taylor Swift’s rerecorded albums have confirmed to be successful amongst Swifties, the pop star was initially cautious of its potential when she began recording Fearless (Taylor’s Version) with Maren Morris.

“It was so nice and so generous of you to lend your voice to the very first rerecording I had because nobody knew if this was going to be, like, a success or a very embarrassing project,” the “Mastermind” songstress, 33, quipped to Morris, additionally 33, throughout her second Eras Tour live performance in Chicago on Saturday, June 3, per Twitter footage. “It could have been very embarrassing for you.”

Swift had invited the Texas native — who attended the Soldier Field gig alongside her husband, Ryan Hurd — to carry out their Fearless vault observe, “You All Over Me,” stay for concertgoers for the primary time. Morris was equally enthused about working collectively on the acoustic single.

“It’s one of my favorite records, so it was an honor to be on it and [it was] during COVID, so it was weird times,” the “Bones” artist gushed earlier than Swift chimed in and multiplied her “thank you by a billion” for the duet.

The Valentine’s Day actress introduced in August 2019 that she deliberate to rerecord her Big Machine Records discography after Scooter Braun bought the rights to her masters for greater than $300 million from label proprietor Scott Borchetta. Fearless was the primary LP to get the rerecording therapy, that includes the 20 OG hits and 6 new songs. The album dropped in April 2021.

Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version) rapidly turned a success amongst followers, shortly earlier than the discharge of her Red (Taylor’s Version) the next November. Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) will be part of the gathering on Friday, July 7. Further launch dates for the rerecordings of Taylor Swift, 1989 and Reputation have but to be introduced.

Morris — who shares son Hayes, 3, with Hurd, 36 — has lengthy been a fan and a good friend of the Grammy winner.

“The last time we did this was on the Reputation tour, she came out and surprised [attendees],” Swift revealed on Saturday. “She’s one of my favorite — I’m talking about you like you’re not here — artists. I just cannot wait to watch everything she does with her career. Everything she does is just so brilliant. You’re one of the best songwriters I’ve ever worked with.”

Morris, who rocked a pair of zebra-printed sequin pants and a white tank, additionally praised their particular live performance duet.

“We finally got to play ‘You All Over Me’ and I won’t ever be shutting up about it,” the “Tall Guys” singer gushed through her Instagram after the present ended. “Love you @taylorswift and love you always, Chicago.”