Hi! Sorry I'm late. So, this is a new style of post for me. Basically, I've compiled a list of five theories about albums Taylor Swift hasn't released, and giving my thoughts on how likely these theories are. I've created a rating system for these theories, using the same colors as my normal color code. This isn't necessarily to say that these albums will be released: this just means whether they exist or not. Alright, let's take a look at this!
Karma: somewhat likely
Yeah, I wasn't quite sure about this one, but the signs are all around. "All I think about is karma" in Look What You Made Me Do - all she thinks about are the songs she doesn't share because of a fear of worsening her own reputation. "Maybe I got mine but you'll all get yours" could allude to revealing these songs and this new side of herself to the world, not caring what people think of her... Karma. Obviously there's the giant sign in the music video for The Man. And the song called Karma that could easily fit this album may have originally been intended to be this album's title track. Most importantly, even if not Karma specifically, to me, it feels quite likely that Taylor would have been writing music during her hiatus, possibly even a full album's worth of songs. The music on Karma would probably be like that of the "revenge" songs on Reputation, like Look What You Made Me Do or This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, and maybe some of the angrier love songs like I Did Something Bad, Don't Blame Me, or Getaway Car. I feel like some of Karma was recycled for Reputation, but I don't think the entirety of the album was reused. I don't imagine Karma including songs like Gorgeous or King Of My Heart, and Karma probably had some songs that Reputation didn't have (possible Rep TV FTV tracks?) but overall, I lean towards Karma being a likely album theory.
Woodvale: very unlikely
Yeah I'm not buying this theory. Currently the only evidence that Woodvale may have even existed is a mistake on one edition of the Folklore album cover. It's almost unnoticeable because a sticker usually covers it up and it's already camouflaged with the background, but if you look closely at what is referred to as the "Hide And Seek" edition of the album, there's a word in the top right corner: Woodvale. I'm willing to believe that this had to have been a placeholder title that they just forgot to remove. I'm sorry to all the hardcore Woodvale truthers, if there are any, but I really don't think Woodvale exists.
Evermore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions: possible
Alright, this is kind of just something I really want to be true, but may not be. Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions gave us some intriguing acoustic performances of songs on Folklore, and I wish she did the same for my favorite album she has released: Evermore. There aren't too many signs of this being released or even conceptualized, but there's nothing telling us it's not happening. Not much else to say for this one, just a pretty normal, safe theory that I really want to be true.
Taylor Swift Holiday Collection (Taylor's Version): very likely
Of course. I don't even know why this has to count as a "theory", but I guess Swifties are split between whether Taylor will actually re-record this EP or not. I know this EP seems to have been mostly forgotten, but some Swifties (myself included) actually really like it. I want to be able to listen to a version of Christmases When You Were Mine that she owns! If anything, maybe she'll just re-record CWYWM and CMBSM and not do the covers, but it would be really cool if she also re-recorded the covers. It seems weird that people think Taylor will have two whole original songs that are officially released without owning them. I'm very much a CWYWM stan, and while unfortunately the re-recording may not quite capture the raw emotions that I loved so much in CWYWM, I'm hoping it's still just as good. Also, this EP might work as a good "home" for Christmas Tree Farm so that people can listen to that song on a physical edition, even if she doesn't re-record it (which would be highly unlikely since she already owns that song). Anyway, I'm rooting for TSHC TV to be real.
The Eras Tour: The Album: possible
Well, we already have the Eras Tour movie, so I'm not quite sure about her releasing a live album. Some people think she'll just release the live performances of all the songs on the normal setlist, while some people are theorizing that it'll just be a "surprise songs" album (which could be a plausible reason why she always redid the surprise songs that she made a mistake on) and she'd release live performances of her best surprise songs from throughout the tour. Since the movie already is released, I'm on the latter side. A surprise songs album could potentially work. No, I don't think she's releasing live performances of every surprise song she did, since that would be almost her entire discography with the exception of only That's When, Bye Bye Baby, Girl At Home, Forever Winter, Ronan, and Soon You'll Get Better. More likely, it would be the surprise songs that seemed to be the most loved by fans during their performances, or are maybe the most requested by Swifties after the tour has ended. Anyway, this seems like it could happen, but there's really nothing telling us that we'll get this.
That's all for now! Byeeeeeeeeee!
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