Taylor Swift’s fans got a thrilling surprise while watching the latest episode of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
The singer debuted a new song from her long-awaited album, Reputation (Taylor’s Version). The track ‘Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Version)’ was featured at the beginning of the ninth episode of season six.
The scene depicts Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne leading a revolt against the Commanders of Gilead.
Her fans were ecstatic, especially appreciating the episode’s rebellious theme as a poetic parallel to Taylor’s fight for her music rights.
Fans have been excitedly anticipating news about Reputation (Taylor’s Version) ever since it became eligible for re-recording in 2022, following its original release in 2017.
Taylor’s Version albums are re-recorded versions of her first six studio albums: Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, and Reputation.
In an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale, Taylor Swift introduced a song from her highly anticipated album, Reputation (Taylor’s Version). The photo shows her during her Reputation tour in 2018.
Her song ‘Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Version)’ was used in the opening scene of season six’s ninth episode
The star has been e-recording the albums to own the master recordings and have greater control over her music, after the originals were sold without her consent.
One fan wrote on X: ‘Taylor: Reclaims music rights. Also Taylor: Soundtracks a rebellion. Us: Standing, clapping, crying.’
‘Old Label: “You’ll never own your masters.” Taylor in Gilead: “Look what you made me do…’ someone else joked.
‘OMG WE ARE EXCITED FINALLY,’ another chimed in.
‘OMGGGG MOTHERRR Rep tv is coming and it sounds so good.’
Elisabeth revealed how the moment came about, telling Billboard, ‘I’ve been wanting to use a Taylor song for many years on the show and we finally found the perfect spot for a track from her, and I’m so glad we waited because there could not be a more perfect song for a more perfect moment.’
‘Taylor has been such an inspiration to me personally. As a Swiftie myself, and I think I can speak for [co-star] Yvonne [Strahovski] and our entire cast as well, who are all Swifties, it’s such an honor to be able to use her music in the final episodes of our show.’
‘I said to my editor, Wendy, “I really want to find a place for a Taylor track in the last 2 episodes of the show” and we wanted to find a music queue for the opening of 9, and all the credit goes to Wendy for picking this track for this moment!’
The scene depicts Elisabeth Moss (pictured) as June Osborne leading a revolt against the Commanders of Gilead
Her fans were ecstatic, especially appreciating the episode’s rebellious theme as a poetic parallel to Taylor’s fight for her music rights
One fan wrote on X: ‘Taylor: Reclaims music rights. Also Taylor: Soundtracks a rebellion. Us: Standing, clapping, crying’
Elisabeth previously attended one of Taylor‘s Eras Tour shows with co-star Bradley Whitford back in November 2024.
This feature offers a significant first taste of Reputation (Taylor’s Version), as it presents the complete first and second verses and two choruses of Look What You Made Me Do.
Released in 2017, Look What You Made Me Do launched Swift’s edgy Reputation era.
The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, while the album led the Billboard 200 for four.
So far, all four of the re-recordings Taylor has released — Fearless (Taylor’s Version), Red (Taylor’s Version), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) — have debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Aside from Reputation, the 14-time Grammy winner has yet to re-record her self-titled 2007 debut album as part of her ongoing mission to reclaim the rights to her masters.
