{"id":44458,"date":"2022-04-10T21:20:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T20:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?page_id=44458"},"modified":"2025-10-28T21:57:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:57:40","slug":"castles-crumbling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/re-recordings\/speak-now-taylors-version\/castles-crumbling\/","title":{"rendered":"Castles Crumbling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"44458\" class=\"elementor elementor-44458\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5131a13e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"5131a13e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1053ca7a\" data-id=\"1053ca7a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-afe1892 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"afe1892\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3332397\" data-id=\"3332397\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ec1516 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ec1516\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40e111b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"40e111b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-790c56d\" data-id=\"790c56d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68afc23b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68afc23b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Castles Crumbling (From The Vault)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30bdd63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30bdd63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Feat. 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She wrote the song alone in 2009. Its lyrics depict a public fall from grace.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d344c08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"d344c08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h3&quot;,&quot;h5&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__d344c08\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9342c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9342c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background and Release<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a91e322 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a91e322\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<em>Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version) <\/em>marks the third in a series of albums that have seen Taylor re-recording her <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/big-machine-records\/\">Big Machine<\/a> catalog as an alternative for fans to listen to old albums that will not put money in the pockets of parties who purchased the <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/master-recordings\/\">masters<\/a> to those records along with the label as a whole. Previous re-recordings were <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/re-recordings\/fearless-taylors-version\/\"><em>Fearless (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em><\/a> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/re-recordings\/red-taylors-version\/\">RED (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/a><\/em>, both released in 2021.\n<br><br>\n\u201cCastles Crumbling\u201d used to be one of Taylor\u2019s many <a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/songs\/unreleased-songs\/\">unreleased songs<\/a>. Fans were aware of the song\u2019s existence since around 2010, although it had never been in rotation. In January 2023, itwas added to Taylor\u2019s Sony registry. She revealed the full track list for <em>Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em> on June 5, including who her duet partners would be on the previously unrecorded \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/songs\/vault-songs\/\">Vault Tracks<\/a>\u201d \u2014 Paramore\u2019s Hayley Williams is featured on \u201cCastles Crumbling\u201d. Taylor wrote:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b939367 elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"b939367\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abI\u2019m VERY excited to show you the back cover of <i>Speak Now (My Version)<\/i> including the vault tracks and collaborations with Hayley Williams from Paramore and Fall Out Boy. Since <i>Speak Now<\/i> was all about my songwriting, I decided to go to the artists who I feel influenced me most powerfully as a lyricist at that time and ask them to sing on the album. They\u2019re so cool and generous for agreeing to support my version of <i>Speak Now<\/i>. I recorded this album when I was 32 (and still growing up, now) and can\u2019t wait to unveil it all to you on July 7th!\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Taylor Swift<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aced9cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aced9cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Friendship with Hayley Williams<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e10c02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e10c02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe announcement that Hayley Williams would be taking part had been widely expected, since she had strongly hinted at it in recent days via a meet-and-greet with fans. In a video shared on June 2, a fan gave her a <em>Speak Now<\/em> friendship bracelet. Hayley responded, \u201cLet me just tell you, this is coming at a very interesting time that you\u2019re giving me this to wear. And that\u2019s all I\u2019ll say.\u201d She also posted about the collaboration on Instagram, writing:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b049465 elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"b049465\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abTaylor was the first industry friend I ever made and hung out with outside of work things. When <i>Speak Now<\/i> dropped, I bought my friend\u2019s record (as you do!) and listened to the whole thing in my first car, sitting still in the driveway. It\u2019s my favorite Taylor Swift album for so many reasons. I wish I could go back to this moment at my 21st birthday and tell her one day she\u2019ll legitimately own <i>Speak Now<\/i> and we\u2019ll get to sing together on one of the songs.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Hayley Williams<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d0f9c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d0f9c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlthough \u201cCastles Crumbling\u201d marks their first collaboration, the friendship between Hayley and Taylor goes back more than a decade. They first met around 2009. Hayley then joined Taylor as a guest star during in 2011 on her \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/speak-now-world-tour\/\">Speak Now World Tour<\/a>\u201c, and also made an appearence in the music video for her 2015 single, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/1989-album\/1989-songs\/bad-blood\/\">Bad Blood<\/a>.\u201d Furthermore, Hayley is also heavily rumoured to have been the inspiration behind the song \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/speak-now-song\/\">Speak Now<\/a>.\u201d On July 5, 2023, Taylor announced that Paramore would join her on the European leg of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour\/\">The Eras Tour<\/a>\u201d in 2024.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aac605 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8aac605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8955253061\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-015c04e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"015c04e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyrical Theme<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b71f50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b71f50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cCastles Crumbling\u201d is a soft, magical ballad. It has Taylor assessing the damage done during her first year of true superstardom. The imagery of a fallen empire is almost a rough draft for what she would sing on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/reputation-album\/\">reputation<\/a><\/em> (2017) seven years later, following an even more harrowing time in her career. <em>\u201cMy castle crumbled overnight,\u201d <\/em>she would sing on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/reputation-album\/the-reputation-songs\/call-it-what-you-want\/\">Call it What You Want<\/a>\u201d as an older, wise, and more world-wearied version of herself.\n<br><br>\nLongtime friend and collaborator Hayley Williams spoke about what the song means to her in an interview with <em>Coup de Main<\/em> in July 2023:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f98bf51 elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"f98bf51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abAs far as 'Castles Crumbling' goes, I heard the song and was super impressed by the storytelling in it, which is no surprise because it's a Taylor Swift song, but it's about an experience that both of us have shared growing up in the public eye, and I just felt very honoured to get to sing about that feeling. And yeah, I just really love it. I love it. I can't believe I got to be a part of it.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Hayley Williams<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f41388 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f41388\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShe added: \u201c[Working with Taylor] was really special because we have known each other for a really long time in different stages of our lives. We connected in the beginning when Paramore was just sort of starting to break out and kind of become a popular band, and she had already been successful in country [music] but she was kind of nearing her crossover moment, and it was very exciting. I was also very thankful to know someone that was my age, that was in a similar position to me. And over the years, whether we\u2019ve been in contact consistently or not, I\u2019ve just always been really grateful to know I\u2019m not alone in it. She has so many experiences that I can\u2019t even fathom. There\u2019s been so much added pressure that I know nothing about, and the scale of it is something that\u2019s so much grander than Paramore has experienced even, but I think we\u2019ve found such a good honest connection of just trying to be good stewards of the opportunity that we\u2019ve both been given in music. Like, how do we actually use this in the best way that we can? How do we share these opportunities with the right people? How do we experience this and be fully present for it? And I really look up to her for that. \u201c\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2b0fcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"b2b0fcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9609324988608069\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"6468204108\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e44085 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e44085\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Live Performances<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de43e70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de43e70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cCastles Crumbling\u201d received its first live performance acoustically on piano on July 28, 2023, in Santa Clara during one of Taylor\u2019s shows on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/tours\/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour\/\">The Eras Tour<\/a>\u201d (2023-2024). On June 22, 2024, Taylor and Hayley sang the song together at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium. Introducing the song, Taylor said:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0de6d9b elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"0de6d9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00abI was thinking about how incredibly special over the last couple of years it\u2019s been how much you\u2019ve supported me re-recording my music. It\u2019s truly meant more to me than I will ever be able to say to you, because I don\u2019t think anyone thought that was gonna work and you guys were like, \u2018Ah, its gonna work. We\u2019re gonna make that work.\u2019 So as I was going about it, in the process of re-recording, I was really trying to reach out to artists that I\u2019m such a fan of, but in the case of one of the albums specifically, I reached out to people who had been so influential in my music, in my writing, people I\u2019ve looked up to, and I asked an artist who I\u2019m such a huge fan of to collaborate with me on one of the songs. And she said yes. And then I asked her to tour with me and she said yes! And London, we are so lucky, because when I asked Hayley Williams to come out and play with me, she said yes! Can we please welcome to the stage Hayley Williams? [...] And I was thinking about how the last time that we performed together, it was actually in [2011] on the 'Speak Now Tour.'\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Taylor Swift<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d00379d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d00379d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical Reception<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aaccf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4aaccf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cCastles Crumbling\u201d received positive reviews from music critics. Poppie Platt of <em>The Daily Telegraph<\/em> opined that the song is a neat addition to other <em>Speak Now <\/em>ballads, such as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/enchanted\/\">Enchanted<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/last-kiss\/\">Last Kiss<\/a>\u201c. Maura Johnston of <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> described it as a \u201cgauzy surveying of a ruined personal landscape\u201d, connecting it with another album track \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/speak-now-album\/speak-now-songs\/innocent\/\">Innocent<\/a>\u201c. Laura Snapes from <em>The Guardian<\/em> said it is a \u201ccrestfallen, delicate song\u201d and a \u201cprescient song for Swift to have written at the outset of her imperial phase\u201d. Labeled as \u201ca duet for the ages\u201d by Mark Sutherland, a <em>Rolling Stone UK<\/em> critic, wrote that the singer\u2019s voiced \u201cgorgeously intertwining as they wrestle with the fear that the cheers may one day turn to jeers\u201d.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24d247c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24d247c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Commercial Performance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0952e41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0952e41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUpon the release of <em>Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>, \u201cCastles Crumbling\u201d debuted and peaked at No. 31 on the <em>Billboard Hot 100<\/em> chart, the week ending July 13, 2023.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-244eb13 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"244eb13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0762f17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0762f17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lyrics<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b2f8b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b2f8b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>[Verse 1: Taylor Swift]<\/strong><br \/>Once I had an empire in a golden age<br \/>I was held up so high<br \/>I used to be great<br \/>They used to cheer when they saw my face<br \/>Now I fear I have fallen from grace<\/p><p><strong>[Chorus: Taylor Swift & Hayley Williams, <em>Taylor Swift<\/em>]<\/strong><br \/>And I feel like my castle\u2019s crumbling down<br \/>And I watch all my bridges burn to the ground<br \/>And you don\u2019t want to know me<br \/>I will just let you down<br \/><em>You don\u2019t want to know me now<\/em><\/p><p><strong>[Verse 2: Hayley Williams, <em>Taylor Swift & Hayley Williams<\/em>]<\/strong><br \/>Once I was the great hope for a dynasty<br \/>Crowds would hang on my words<br \/>And they trusted me<br \/><em>Their faith was strong<\/em><br \/><em>But I pushed it too far<\/em><br \/>I held that grudge til it tore me apart<\/p><p><strong>[Pre-Chorus: Taylor Swift & Hayley Williams, <em>Taylor Swift<\/em>]<\/strong><br \/>Power went to my head<br \/>And I couldn\u2019t stop<br \/>Ones I loved tried to help<br \/>So I ran them off<br \/><em>And here I sit alone <\/em>behind walls of regret<br \/>Falling down like promises that<br \/>I never kept<\/p><p><strong>[Chorus: Taylor Swift & Hayley Williams, <em>Taylor Swift<\/em>]<\/strong><br \/>And I feel like my castle\u2019s crumbling down<br \/>And I watch all my bridges burn to the ground<br \/>And you don\u2019t want to know me<br \/>I will just let you down<br \/><em>You don\u2019t want to know me now<\/em><\/p><p><strong>[Bridge: Taylor Swift]<\/strong><br \/>My foes and 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><th>Artist<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/biography\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Album<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/re-recordings\/speak-now-taylors-version\/\">Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Feature<\/th><td>Hayley Williams<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Released<\/th><td>July 7, 2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Written<\/th><td>2009<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Studios<\/th><td>Rough Customer (Brooklyn)<br \/>Electric Lady (New York)<br \/>Kitty Committee (London)<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Genre<\/th><td>Country<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Length<\/th><td>5:06<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Label<\/th><td><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/wiki\/republic-records\/\">Republic Records<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Songwriter<\/th><td>Taylor Swift<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Producers<\/th><td>Jack Antonoff<br \/>Taylor Swift<\/td><\/tr><tr><th class=\"infobox-header description\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><h6>SPEAK NOW CHRONOLOGY<\/h6><\/th><\/tr><tr><td class=\"infobox-full-data\" colspan=\"2\"><table><tbody><tr><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/re-recordings\/speak-now-taylors-version\/i-can-see-you\/\">I Can See You<\/a><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><strong>Castles Crumbling<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"33%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/re-recordings\/speak-now-taylors-version\/foolish-one\/\">Foolish One<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2127da5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2127da5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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Hayley Williams | Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version) [2023] \u201cCastles Crumbling (Taylor\u2019s Version) [From The Vault]\u201d is a song performed by Taylor featuring Hayley Williams that appears on Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version) [2023], Taylor\u2019s third re-recorded album. She wrote the song alone in 2009. Its lyrics depict a public fall from grace. Table of Contents Background and Release Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version) marks the third in a series of albums that have seen Taylor re-recording her Big Machine catalog as an alternative for fans to listen to old albums that will not put money in the pockets of parties who purchased the masters to those records along with the label as a whole. Previous re-recordings were Fearless (Taylor\u2019s Version) and RED (Taylor\u2019s Version), both released in 2021. \u201cCastles Crumbling\u201d used to be one of Taylor\u2019s many unreleased songs. Fans were aware of the song\u2019s existence since around 2010, although it had never been in rotation. In January 2023, itwas added to Taylor\u2019s Sony registry. She revealed the full track list for Speak Now (Taylor\u2019s Version) on June 5, including who her duet partners would be on the previously unrecorded \u201cVault Tracks\u201d \u2014 Paramore\u2019s Hayley Williams is featured on \u201cCastles Crumbling\u201d. Taylor wrote: \u00abI\u2019m VERY excited to show you the back cover of Speak Now (My Version) including the vault tracks and collaborations with Hayley Williams from Paramore and Fall Out Boy. Since Speak Now was all about my songwriting, I decided to go to the artists who I feel influenced me most powerfully as a lyricist at that time and ask them to sing on the album. They\u2019re so cool and generous for agreeing to support my version of Speak Now. I recorded this album when I was 32 (and still growing up, now) and can\u2019t wait to unveil it all to you on July 7th!\u00bb Taylor Swift Friendship with Hayley Williams The announcement that Hayley Williams would be taking part had been widely expected, since she had strongly hinted at it in recent days via a meet-and-greet with fans. In a video shared on June 2, a fan gave her a Speak Now friendship bracelet. Hayley responded, \u201cLet me just tell you, this is coming at a very interesting time that you\u2019re giving me this to wear. And that\u2019s all I\u2019ll say.\u201d She also posted about the collaboration on Instagram, writing: \u00abTaylor was the first industry friend I ever made and hung out with outside of work things. When Speak Now dropped, I bought my friend\u2019s record (as you do!) and listened to the whole thing in my first car, sitting still in the driveway. It\u2019s my favorite Taylor Swift album for so many reasons. I wish I could go back to this moment at my 21st birthday and tell her one day she\u2019ll legitimately own Speak Now and we\u2019ll get to sing together on one of the songs.\u00bb Hayley Williams Although \u201cCastles Crumbling\u201d marks their first collaboration, the friendship between Hayley and Taylor goes back more than a decade. They first met around 2009. Hayley then joined Taylor as a guest star during in 2011 on her \u201cSpeak Now World Tour\u201c, and also made an appearence in the music video for her 2015 single, \u201cBad Blood.\u201d Furthermore, Hayley is also heavily rumoured to have been the inspiration behind the song \u201cSpeak Now.\u201d On July 5, 2023, Taylor announced that Paramore would join her on the European leg of \u201cThe Eras Tour\u201d in 2024. Lyrical Theme \u201cCastles Crumbling\u201d is a soft, magical ballad. It has Taylor assessing the damage done during her first year of true superstardom. The imagery of a fallen empire is almost a rough draft for what she would sing on reputation (2017) seven years later, following an even more harrowing time in her career. \u201cMy castle crumbled overnight,\u201d she would sing on \u201cCall it What You Want\u201d as an older, wise, and more world-wearied version of herself. Longtime friend and collaborator Hayley Williams spoke about what the song means to her in an interview with Coup de Main in July 2023: \u00abAs far as \u2018Castles Crumbling\u2019 goes, I heard the song and was super impressed by the storytelling in it, which is no surprise because it\u2019s a Taylor Swift song, but it\u2019s about an experience that both of us have shared growing up in the public eye, and I just felt very honoured to get to sing about that feeling. And yeah, I just really love it. I love it. 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