Taylor Swift reportedly turned down the chance to play the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show.
The high profile slot – which was taken in 2022 by an all-star cast of Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar – will take place in Arizona on February 12 next year, and recent reports have hinted that Swift is set to perform.
However, new reports in TMZ and People suggest that the singer was asked to perform at the show, but declined the offer in order to continue re-recording her old catalog.
In 2019, Swift confirmed plans to re-record songs from her first six records in a bid to regain control of her music after music executive Scooter Braun and his media holding company, Ithaca Holdings LLC, acquired the former Swift’s label, Big Machine. Label Group, back in June 2019.
So far, she’s released ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ and ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ with a host of outtakes and unreleased songs, while sharing a re-recorded version of ‘1989’ track ‘Wildest’s Dreams’ in part of a trailer for the DreamWorks movie untamed spirit.
Along with continuing the re-recording project, Swift will also release the 10th studio album “Midnights” on October 21, which was announced during the singer’s surprise appearance at the MTV VMAs last month.
Swift detailed “Midnights” in the early hours of August 29, after making a surprise announcement at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards less than an hour earlier. While accepting the second of three awards she picked up on the night – Video of the Year for ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)’ – Swift revealed: “My brand new album comes out on the 21 Oct. I’ll tell you more at midnight.
On what to expect from her themes, she wrote, “This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams. The floors we walk and the demons we face. For all of us who have turned around and decided to keep the lanterns lit and go in search – hoping that maybe when the clock strikes noon…we will meet again.
Other than its thematic concept, few other details are currently known about the singer-songwriter’s 10th album, but she recently revealed that her frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff worked on the record.
Ahead of the album release, she teased some details about the record, including two track titles so far – “Vigilante Shit” and “Mastermind.”
Swift also revealed to fans that the back covers of the various vinyl versions of “Midnights” come together to form a dial. Over the past month, Swift has detailed a slew of different editions of the album’s LP version. First came the “Jade Green”, “Blood Moon” and “Mahogany” editions of “Midnights”, all of which sport exclusive color schemes, artwork and imagery.
She then revealed a “Lavender” version of the album as part of an ongoing collaboration with Target, then took to Instagram to reveal that all four collector’s editions of the album come with back covers. specific which, when placed together, form an entire dial.
