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Apr 2021
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Taylor Swift rewrites her story

Vox
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One of the biggest pop stars in the world is rerecording her first six albums at the artistic peak of her career. The Atlantic’s Shirley Li explains Swift’s gambit to reclaim her catalog.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.

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