How Taylor Swift’s ‘Speak Now’ Became the ‘Scary’ Version
Rachel Hunter could not wait to play her new vinyl recording of Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now.”
After waiting weeks for its arrival, Ms. Hunter placed the orchid-colored vinyl with Ms. Swift’s face on its center on her record player, lifted the needle and let it play. But instead of Ms. Swift’s catchy choruses, acoustic guitar and banjo strums, another woman’s voice came out.
“I quit seeing people, quit looking at the flakes of flesh and dancing organisms,” an echoing voice said, without music in the background.
Maybe there was something wrong with the speed, Ms. Hunter thought, or maybe it was one of Ms. Swift’s notorious Easter eggs. She flipped the record to the other side, but it only got weirder.
“The 70 billion people of Earth, where are they hiding?” a man’s eerie voice said repeatedly.
“It was a little scary. I was by myself,” Ms. Hunter recalled. “I thought, Is this a horror film? Because it didn’t feel like real life, especially when you’re expecting Taylor Swift.”
Source: The New York Times
