The band lost the masters of a song they recorded for Loser with Jason Biggs. The lead singer re-recorded the song and I wanted to support him, but it just didn't sound as good. Is Taylor Swift going to be dealing with the same thing or does she have some sort of superpower of re-creation here? "I do think that Taylor has the capability of making these re-recording sound just as good," Shirley says.
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.
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