Occasionally, Swift does interrupt the fairytale construct with modern day, real world details like the time her date arrives or the color of his shirt. Like many of Swift's songs, the lyrics invoke princess imagery with lines such as "Today was a fairytale/You were the prince/I used to be a damsel in distress." Bertoldi said the lyrics were "driven more by sweeping emotion than specific, youth-focused imagery". The song's lyrics describe a magical date. There are two different versions of the song's intro: the first one having much more electronic production while the second one is only accompanied by an acoustic guitar. Melanie Bertoldi of Billboard believed Swift's vocals displayed a newfound maturity. "Taylor's vowels have gotten flattened and Yankee-ified," commented Rosen, though Weiner pointed out that Swift's pop-heavy music was the primary reason for her success. Jody Rosen and Jonas Weiner of Slate magazine noted that although Swift typically sings country pop, "with the possible exception of that woodsy acoustic guitar" in the song's introduction "Today Was a Fairytale" displays no aspects of country music in either its instrumentation or vocals. It follows the chord progression G–C–Em–D. It is written in the key of G major and Swift's vocals span a little more than one octave, from G 3 to C 5. It is set in common time and has a ballad tempo of 80 beats per minute. "Today Was a Fairytale" has a length of four minutes and two seconds. Problems playing this file? See media help. Taylor Swift's "Today Was Fairytale" is a pop song. The single was re-released on February 15, 2011. "Today Was a Fairytale" was released as a single from the Valentine's Day soundtrack on January 22, 2010, exclusively through the iTunes Store. I hope it's perfect for the soundtrack'", Swift told The Tennessean.
"When this movie opportunity came about, I reached back into my pocket and thought, 'I think this is perfect for the soundtrack. After being cast as Felicia Miller on Valentine's Day, Swift offered the song to the film producers for the soundtrack as she did not believe it fit on her upcoming album. Swift solely penned "Today Was a Fairytale" in the summer of 2008 and stored it away for a while.
Musically, "Today Was a Fairytale" is country pop-influenced and, lyrically, speaks of a magical date. Swift had previously written the song and offered it to producers for the film's soundtrack. Produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman, it was released on January 19, 2010, by Big Machine Records as a single from the corresponding soundtrack for the 2010 film Valentine's Day, which she acted in. He wrapped up the clip by saying his signature inspirational line, "And as you know all too well, believe in yourself, dream, try, do good." Today Was a Fairytale" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Feeny, sat on a chair and said, "I'm here to tell you to listen to the new and better 'Red' by Taylor Swift, mostly based on the recommendation of my granddaughter Grace." In the video, William Daniels, also known as Mr.
Feeny of ABC's "Boy Meets World" endorsed her new album in a Tiktok video. It was also her third chart-topping album in a period of one year, following "Folklore" and "Evermore," which were released in July and December 2020, respectively.Įarlier, Swift expressed her excitement after Mr. 16 chart following its release on vinyl LP and signed CD. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated April 24 and returned to No. "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" debuted at No. In April, she released "Fearless (Taylor's Version)," which included the track "Today Was a Fairytale" and six original unreleased songs from the vault.
This is the second time she re-recorded the master copies of her old music after Scooter Braun acquired the rights to her catalog in June 2019. The 30-track album contains old hits like "I Knew You Were Trouble," "Red" and the 10-minute version of "All Too Well." "Red (Taylor's Version)" is a re-recording of Swift's "Red" album, which dropped in 2012.