
And it was a song that I really thought belonged on the album…”. And I remember standing in front of a mirror-I think the first thing I thought of was, ‘I wish it wasn’t 4am, standing in a mirror, saying to myself, “you know you had to do it.”’ That was an actual visual from my life that ended up being the first thing I wrote, and then I expanded outward from there. Swift spoke to Amazon Music about the creation of Better Man after the track won the award: “ I was on tour, and I wrote it alone in a hotel room. In 2016, Swift gave the song to American country group Little Big Town, who won a Grammy (Best Country Duo/Group Performance) for their rendition of the track at the 2018 Grammy Awards. The track takes listener’s back to Swift’s older country songs from her younger days. “ Better Man (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” details the feelings of a toxic and potentially abusive relationship, processing and also accepting the sadness after the breakup.

The re-recording of the song features a lap steel guitar and the London Contemporary Orchestra. “ Better Man (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” is the 22nd song from American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the re-recording of her 2012 album “ Red“, being re-released through Republic Records in 2021 as “ Red (Taylor’s Version)“.
