{"id":23487,"date":"2025-08-26T03:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T03:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/23487\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T03:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T03:39:08","slug":"taylor-swift-inspires-rachel-platten-to-re-record-fight-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/23487\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Inspires Rachel Platten to Re-Record ‘Fight Song’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWelcome to the Music Industry (Taylor\u2019s Version). On Monday (Aug. 25), Rachel Platten<\/a> announced that she\u2019s taking a page out of Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2018s book by re-recording some of her biggest hits \u2014 including 2015\u2019s Billboard Hot 100<\/a> smash \u201cFight Song\u201d \u2014 in an effort to reclaim her voice, just like the pop superstar did.<\/p>\n

\n\tSharing her new project\u2019s black-and-white cover art with the title Fight Song (Rachel\u2019s Version), the New York native revealed in her caption that she will release a collection of new takes on a handful of her older songs on Sept. 26. The LP will also feature some live recordings, plus a \u201csurprise from the vault\u201d \u2014 much like Swift\u2019s Taylor\u2019s Version releases, each of which included previously unreleased \u201cVault\u201d songs that had been scrapped from their respective albums\u2019 original tracklists.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAs we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Fight Song, I had no idea when I wrote these songs in moments of vulnerability that they would go on to change my life,\u201d Platten wrote in her caption. \u201cFor a decade, they\u2019ve lived out in the world, carrying their own weight. They\u2019ve been parts of your moments of strength, doubt, and connection.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve gone back to some of my originals, not to change them, but to reclaim them,\u201d she continued. \u201cThis is about more than just new versions of old songs; the new Rachel\u2019s Versions are infused with the voice I have now, the wisdom I\u2019ve gained, and the undeniable pride of owning my own masters. I\u2019m grateful to @TaylorSwift for bringing this conversation to light and empowering artists to take back control over their work, their stories, and their futures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tReleased in 2015 via Columbia Records, \u201cFight Song\u201d spent months climbing the charts before peaking at No. 6 on the Hot 100 that August. One person who was definitely a fan of the track just so happened to be Swift, who brought Platten out onstage with her to sing it for thousands of fans at a 1989 World Tour show in Philadelphia more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFight Song\u201d has since become one of the world\u2019s best-known anthems for perseverance in the face of hardship, serving as Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign song the year after it was released. It would find a home in 2016 on Platten\u2019s album Wildfire, which reached No. 5 on the Billboard 200<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tAnd while Platten is just starting out on her journey to take back ownership of her life\u2019s work, Swift recently reached the culmination of hers. In a move that wrapped up six-plus years of oftentimes tense <\/a>negotiations between the 14-time Grammy winner, Scooter Braun and Shamrock Capital \u2014 during which time she re-recorded four of her first six albums, bringing discussions about artist rights and fair recording contracts into the general public\u2019s consciousness \u2014 Swift was finally able to purchase the rights<\/a> to her back catalog earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTo say this is my greatest dream come true is actually being pretty reserved about it,\u201d Swift wrote in a letter<\/a> on her website announcing the deal in May. \u201cI\u2019m extremely heartened by the conversations this saga has reignited within my industry among artists and fans. Every time a new artist tells me they negotiated to own their master recordings in their record contract because of this fight, I\u2019m reminded of how important it was for all of this to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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