The variations keep coming. On Monday (July 8), Taylor Swift debuted a new acoustic version of herself Department of Tormented Poets song “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone. The silent take on the single from Swift's latest No.1 album features the two singers trading vocals in a bright, unplugged arrangement.
The update comes with the original version of the album, as well as the impressive remix by New York indie duo Cults. In an Instagram post on Tuesday morning (July 9) the band reposted the single's striking cover art featuring Posty's signature blurbs, along with a message thanking the pop icon for including them in her expansive universe.
“Honored to be given the opportunity to remix @taylorswift's legendary song 'Fortnight,'” they wrote.
The remix and unplugged download are the latest iterations of the double album which has been released in a wide variety of physical variants, including multiple CD, vinyl, cassette and deluxe editions.
Swift recently added another accolade to her already bulging records this week when TTPD hit an 11th consecutive and overall week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated July 13), tying the singer's last with both 1989 and Fearless as her longest-running No. 1 album. TTPD it is also the first album by a woman to spend 11 consecutive weeks at No. 1 since Whitney Houston's soundtrack The Bodyguard had a run of 13 consecutive weeks together at No. 1 (out of a total of 20 non-consecutive weeks at the top) from December 1992 to March 1993.
The Swift Eras tour kicks off this week, with the first of two shows at Zurich's Stadion Letzigrund on Tuesday (July 9).
Listen to the new remix of 'Fortnight'. album/fortnight-feat-post-malone-acoustic-version-single/1755063011″ rel=”nofollow” target=”_blank”>here and see the Cults post below.
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