Word on the streets is Taylor Swift has purchased the masters of her first six studio albums. This then creates one conundrum: how does it reconcile with the albums she re-released (Taylor’s Version) back when she didn’t have the rights? I just want to know which is the one true Enchanted!
I guess it’s now safe to say that the original recordings were way better than the Taylor’s Versions. She is not the same person when she first recorded those songs! The emotions, inflections, and feelings are completely different. Cause when you’re fifteen, it’s difficult to rediscovers those feelings when Taylor is well into her 30s. I’m sure she understands this, too. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have spent the surely enormous sum to buy back the masters.
People are so fond of nostalgia because they can’t let a good thing end. They look back at past events with tinted glasses, wishing for a present that would replicate those feelings. I think that’s why remakes and reunions are so popular. Stars Wars couldn’t end with just the original six episodes. We got sad when Top Gear/The Grand Tour came to an end because we wish for the good stuff to simply last forever. The finality of everything is too difficult to bear.
But finality is all there is. We are born, and we will die. Instead of wishing for things to continue on, be happy that it happened at all. Cherish what is already there, instead of pining for what might have been. Kpop sensation NewJeans - currently mired in legal battle with their management company - doesn’t have to come out with another song for the them to be legendary. What the group has given to the world already in three short years is enough sweetness to last a lifetime.
Things end. It’s quite okay. It’s going to be okay.
Restful.