In 2019, Taylor's Big Machine music catalog was purchased by Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings. This effectively meant that Taylor no longer owned the rights to her own songs, and could face legal penalties if she chose to perform them in ways that weren't pre-approved. Because of that loss of ownership, Taylor has been making plans to rerecord her early albums for well over a year now. 

As it turns out, Taylor's contract allows her to rerecord her first five albums beginning in November of 2020. Those albums include her self-titled debut, "Fearless," "Speak Now, Red," and "1989." Now that November is here, it seems Taylor has made good on her plan to start rerecording her own albums. Once she's done that, she will regain ownership of the new tracks and therefore unrestricted access to her catalog.