Taylor Swift is back in the recording studio with frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff. The Grammy-winner shared a video and photos from inside an unspecified recording studio today to celebrate that « Cruel Summer » off her 2019 album « Lover » had hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The achievement marks Swift’s 10th #1 song on the chart. The track had not been released as a single until this year, four years after its release, after gaining more traction when Swift used it as the opening number on her Eras Tour.
« From five years ago. A song that we said was the best song but we thought, ‘Oh, this is just going to be our secret best song.’ That’s what we thought, » Antonoff said.
« It’s not even the summer anymore, » Swift added. « It’s deep fall. I’m wearing a sweater. »

Swift will be releasing her re-recorded version of « 1989 » this Friday. The album was the first time that she and Antonoff had worked on an album together, collaborating on « Your Are In Love, » « I Wish You Would, » and « Out of the Woods. »

Since then, Antonoff has served as one of the main producers on her albums « Reputation, » « Lover, » « Folklore, » « Evermore, » and « Midnights. »

While they did not reveal what they are working on in the studio today, it could potentially be one of Swift’s final re-recorded « Taylor’s Version » albums. With « 1989 »‘s release on Friday, « Reputation » and her self-titled debut album are what is left.

Swift has previously released « This Love (Taylor’s Version) » and « Wildest Dream (Taylor’s Version) » from « 1989 (Taylor’s Version), » which will be released on October 27. The hit album includes singles « Shake It Off, » « Blank Space, » « Bad Blood, » and « Style. » The re-recorded version will include five bonus tracks.

The release is part of Swift’s current efforts to re-record her music catalogue in order to own her own masters. Most recently, Swift released « Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) » in July. In November 2021, Swift released her version of « Red. »
« Fearless (Taylor’s Version) » was released to universal acclaim in April of 2021 and featured collaborations with Maren Morris and Keith Urban.

Swift won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2021 for her record-breaking LP « Folklore ». The album was surprise released in July of 2020. Swift continued to released another surprise album, « Evermore », in December of 2020.