Taylor Swift 1989 vault track titles revealed after fans complete Google Search game

Taylor Swift has made her fans’ wildest dreams come true as she has finally revealed the titles for the vault tracks due to be released on 1989 (Taylor’s Version).

Swifties managed to unlock the ‘vault’ for the re-recorded album - which contains five previously unreleased songs - by solving 1989-themed word puzzles via a game on Google Search.

In the pop megastar’s classically cryptic style, in order to play, fans first had to type ‘Taylor Swift’ into the blank space on the search bar. This would prompt a bunch of scrambled words accompanied by a special clue to pop up onscreen, which Swifties then had to decipher using their knowledge of the singer-songwriter.

Once the puzzle had been solved, another would show up and the cycle would begin again. Swifties solved a total of no less than 33 million puzzles in order to unlock the vault.

Once the vault was unlocked, a voice memo from Swift played on Google. It said: “You unlocked the 1989 (Taylor’s Version) vault, and now I am so excited to share the new vault track titles with you. They are:

• Is It Over Now?
• Now That We Don’t Talk
• Say Don’t Go
• Suburban Legends

“I can’t wait for you to hear them.”

Swifties everywhere have already started reacting - with many pointing to the fact that Swift only listed four titles, but had previously promised five new songs. But others believe she already revealed the fifth title via a post on Instagram - meaning the game is far from over.

Confused? All you had to do was *say*. We’ll explain exactly what’s going on, what ‘vault’ tracks are, how the crazy Google Search game worked, and what’s happened now.

What exactly is going on?

Good question. It all started with when Swift was performing in Los Angeles - her final stop on the US leg of her record-breaking The Eras Tour.

Here, she announced that the next album she would be re-releasing is 1989, which first came out in 2014. (Swift is re-recording each of her albums prior to Lover (2019), so that she can own all of her music).

She revealed that the album would be out on 27 October, complete with five ‘vault’ tracks - songs which didn’t make it onto the original album but will be released alongside the re-record. In Red (Taylor’s Version) for example, Swift finally released the highly-anticipated ten-minute version of fan favourite song ‘All Too Well’.

Meanwhile, fans of Fearless (Taylor’s Version) were treated to a new heartbreak anthem in ‘Mr Perfectly Fine’ (written about Joe Jonas), and Speak Now die-hards got what most believe to be a new insight into how Swift felt post VMAs scandal with Kanye West when the album was re-released via the song ‘Castles Crumbling’.

Late on Tuesday (19 September), Swift encouraged fans to start guessing the names of the vault songs for 1989 by posting a video on Instagram of a vault opening and letters spilling out. She accompanied this with the caption: “You can tell me when the *search* is over... if the high was worth the pain.”

Here, the letters ‘T’, ‘S’, ‘U’ and ‘L’ spilled out, which fans believe is an anagram for one of the ‘vault’ track titles.

Some have guessed the song title is ‘Lust’, while others have gone for ‘Sl*t’, in a reference to the shaming Swift received during the original 1989 era for the simple fact that she, a woman in her 20s, was enjoying dating. (I still have bad blood with all the critics).

But the game didn’t stop there. Swift has also partnered with Google to create another way for fans to guess the 1989 vault tracks - and all you had to do was search her name.

How did you play the Taylor Swift Google Search game?

First, you needed to type ‘Taylor Swift’ into the Google Search bar. Then, a little blue ‘vault’ popped up on the bottom right of the screen. Click that, and a word puzzle also popped up. Here’s an example:

So, the first puzzle I (a die-hard Swiftie) solved was the one pictured above. After typing Swift’s name into Google, the scrambled letters popped up - accompanied by the clue ‘smashing’. What do I associate ‘smashing’ with, when I think of Swift’s 1989?

The answer came to me quite quickly, I must admit. It’s a reference to the scene in the iconic music video for Blank Space, where Swift, playing a ‘nightmare dressed as a daydream’, smashes her ex-lover’s car with a golf club. So, I typed ‘golf club’ into the search bar, and the next puzzle - alongside the next clue - popped up.

Swifties kept doing this until the full vault was unlocked. Now, we’re all finally out of the woods and the titles have been revealed.

When does 1989 (Taylor’s Version) come out?

1989 (Taylor’s Version) - which is a re-record of the original album first released in 2014 - will officially be released on 27 October. That’s when we’ll all be able to hear ‘Is It Over Now?’, ‘Now That We Don’t Talk’, ‘Say Don’t Go’, ‘Suburban Legends’ and ‘Sl*t/Lust/?’ - alongside the re-records of all the original tracks.

Swift first announced the album was coming whilst performing in Los Angleles for her record-breaking The Eras Tour, and soon after confirmed the news on social media.

She wrote: “Surprise!! 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is on its way to you 🔜! The 1989 album changed my life in countless ways, and it fills me with such excitement to announce that my version of it will be out October 27th.

“To be perfectly honest, this is my most FAVORITE re-record I’ve ever done because the 5 From The Vault tracks are so insane. I can’t believe they were ever left behind. But not for long! Pre order 1989 (Taylor’s Version) on my site 🩵😎🩵”