Picture Credit score: GoalTaylor Swift palms Goal an unique vinyl launch of ‘Converse Now (Taylor’s Model)’ with a lilac marble design, out there now for pre-order.
Taylor Swift’s “Taylor Nation” fan web page revealed on Might 18 that the vinyl for the upcoming re-recording of her 2010 album Converse Now is out there for pre-order at Goal whereas provides final. The vinyl completely captures the album’s aesthetic with a lilac-marble shade scheme.
Swift revealed throughout the first of her three reveals at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on Might 5 that Converse Now (Taylor’s Model) will arrive on July 7. Converse Now (Taylor’s Model) follows Fearless (Taylor’s Model) and Crimson (Taylor’s Model) because the third re-recorded studio album of her unique six.
“I first made Converse Now, utterly self-written, between the ages of 18 and 20,” wrote Swift on her Twitter following the announcement. “The songs that got here from this time in my life have been marked by their brutal honesty, unfiltered diaristic confessions, and wild wistfulness. I really like this album as a result of it tells a story of rising up flailing, flying, and crashing… and residing to talk about it.”
In 2010, Converse Now turned the primary Taylor Swift album to cross the 1 million gross sales threshold in its launch week, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 1.047 million copies bought. In response to Luminate, Swift’s third album has earned 7.8 million equal album models within the U.S. by April 27.
Luminate information revealed in its “Prime Leisure Tendencies for 2023” report additionally discovered that about half of vinyl LP house owners don’t personal a report participant. Of three,900 U.S.-based respondents surveyed, 50 % of shoppers who purchased vinyl previously 12 months personal a report participant, in comparison with 15 % amongst music listeners total.
That information signifies that half of the followers shopping for vinyl respect such gadgets’ collectibility and unique nature moderately than listening to the vinyl format. Because the overwhelming majority of music income nonetheless comes from streaming providers — 84 % in 2022 — the numbers indicate that “superfans” buying vinyl are completionist-minded, shopping for the merch however relegating their listening to playlist-oriented on-line avenues.