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Last week, the star previewed the new version of Reputation's first single, Look What You Made Me Do, in an episode of The Handmaid's Tale - but her letter suggested that a full re-recording would be delayed or even scrapped.

Taking her full circle, the album included a raw and emotional re-recording of As Tears Go By that reduced everyone in the studio to tears, according to producer Rob Ellis.

Mr Tucker estimated he spent about 200 hours re-recording Williams' songs between the summer of May 2023 and August 2024.

Long before Taylor Swift began re-recorded her albums in 2021 after losing ownership when Scott Borchetta, the chief executive of her former record label, Big Machine, sold her masters to music manager Scooter Braun, Levesque embarked on a re-recording journey of her own in 2018.

Although Swift and Levesque did have a “moment” during Swift’s “squad” era in which they were friendly, Levesque says Swift did not approach her for advice about re-recording her “Taylor’s Versions.”