One of the most exciting parts about Fearless (Taylor's Version) leaked years ago and was originally called "The One Thing." However, Swift did a better job keeping others under wraps.

Despite mentioning there was a 10-minute version of "All Too Well" a decade before its release, fans never heard any of the extra verses included in the vault track. Swift also surprised fans with the 1989 vault tracks that gave extra insight into her relationship at the time. However, the most exciting part of the vault tracks is that Swifties get more music than they originally anticipated and have a new perspective on the album. Taylor Swift has done a great job curating songs for the vault track list, but a few stand out more than others.

10 Mr. Perfectly Fine

Fearless (Taylor's Version)

"Mr. Perfectly Fine" was one of the vault tracks on Fearless (Taylor's Version), and Swift spent no time trying to hide who the comically petty anthem was about. Swift itted back in 2008 that "Forever & Always," a last-minute addition to the album, was about her ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas. "Mr. Perfectly Fine" matched the boy band member too, with lyrics like "So dignified in your well-pressed suit," a common outfit choice for the Jonas Brothers back in the day.

Luckily, there was no bad blood, as Jonas' wife at the time, Sophie Turner, shared the song on her Instagram story upon its release, confirming it was a "bop." However, the link between the song and Jonas is the least interesting part of the vault track. One of the song's strongest aspects is how it starts out with complimentary lyrics setting it up to be a love song before taking a darker turn in the pre-chorus. This style showcases just how caught off guard Swift was when her partner went from loving and adoring to kicking her to the curb.

The song fit perfectly into Fearless, as it felt like something coming from a resentful teenager. The lyrics took several digs at Swift's ex, and each sarcastic line fell effortlessly into place. It's one of Swift's songs that doesn't necessarily showcase her razor-sharp lyrics, but how clever she is when combining comedy and songwriting.

9 I Can See You

Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

When Taylor Swift rereleased Speak Now, the only album she wrote entirely on her own, she included a new vault track called "I Can See You." The song is honest and raw, coming from a younger Swift who often held back her deepest desires earlier in her career. It also became the only single from the Speak Now vault tracks, and the only one to get a music video. The video starred Speak Now-era icons like Joey King and Taylor Lautner and focused on Swift stealing back her music.

However, the lyrics are focused on a man Swift feels a burning attraction to. It certainly got Swifties talking since, at the time of Speak Now, Swift's most scandalous lyrics were from the original version of "Picture to Burn." It's easy to understand why it was left off the original album, but made for a great vault track.

8 Better Man

Red (Taylor's Version)

In 2016, Taylor Swift gave "Better Man" to the country group Little Big Town for their album The Breaker. Two years later, Taylor Swift did an acoustic performance of the song at The Bluebird Café in Nashville, where she had been discovered over a decade earlier. It was the first time fans heard Swift's vocals on the song and, in 2021, she finally released her own recorded version of "Better Man."

The song continues the heartbreaking story Swift tells on Red of a man who always thought he was superior and never gave her the same love that she gave to him. Swift grapples with the fact that she knows she's better off without him, but still misses him. In retrospect, she knows that the only thing that could have made the relationship better was if he had been a better man. Unfortunately, he was never the guy she wanted him to be, and he never will be.

7 Castles Crumbling

Speak Now (Taylor's Version)

In later years, Taylor Swift sang a lot about the perils of fame and her fears of falling from grace. However, it wasn't something she initially mentioned on her Speak Now album. When Speak Now (Taylor's Version) dropped, fans got the inside scoop on some of the thoughts Swift had kept private. "Castles Crumbling" is a display of the aftermath of Swift's successful Fearless era.

She was on top of the world in the country industry and as an up-and-coming mainstream star. However, she wasn't sure how she was going to maintain that level of success. It made her feel like the castle she'd built with her sophomore album was crumbling to the ground. Swift often speaks about the experience of falling from the pedestal after her 1989 era. However, it was surprising to learn she felt the same way years earlier when the public was still in favor of her.

The vault track is incredibly vulnerable and emotional, and was made stronger with Paramore's Hayley Williams singing on it. The two have been friends since the late 2000s and were seen together most during the Speak Now era. As Williams was most successful during that time, the lyrics likely resonated with her as well.

6 Is It Over Now?

1989 (Taylor's Version)

"Is It Over Now?" felt like a huge missing puzzle piece in the storyline of 1989. Swift went much easier on her ex on her fifth studio album than she had gone on her past exes. Partially, this was because the inspiration behind the album wasn't such a bad guy. However, when she released "Is It Over Now?", fans got to hear some of Swift's snarky opinions that she'd kept hidden for a decade.

One line that had social media s talking referenced the infamous photo of her in a blue dress, sitting on a boat, leaving her vacation with Harry Styles solo. Another lyric referenced all the models her ex went on to date after her who, not so coincidentally, looked exactly like her. Aside from the frenzy the song caused, it was also a great pop song that revealed emotions that Swift may not have been ready to share when she initially released 1989.

5 I Bet You Think About Me

Red (Taylor's Version)

Red was arguably Swift's most experimental album. She expanded on her sound, diving headfirst into rock and pop despite cementing herself as a country superstar. When she rereleased the album in 2021, fans got a taste of one of her best country songs that originally didn't make the cut. In retrospect, it didn't fit great on the tracklist, but as a vault track, it worked just fine.

"I Bet You Think About Me" expanded upon the relationship Swift sang about on tracks like "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." The guy who thought his indie music was "much cooler" than Swift's country-pop songs also thought his entire way of living was superior to Swift's. The singer-songwriter calls out her ex for growing up extremely privileged, only owning organic shoes, and spending absurd amounts of money on furniture.

She also accuses him of never actually being happy and thinking of her constantly, despite being the one to end the relationship. Like she does with "Mr. Perfectly Fine," Swift proves that she's as much of a comedic genius as she is a master of lyricism. "I Bet You Think About Me" would hit any ego maniac like a knife to the heart, and Swift was smart to free this one from the vault even if it took her 10 years.

4 You All Over Me

Fearless (Taylor's Version)

Another great vault track from Fearless (Taylor's Version) is "You All Over Me." The song is a duet with country singer Maren Morris, who has long expressed her iration for Swift. Swift's original demo of the song leaked online years earlier, but Swift's improved vocals strengthened the song, as did Morris' melodies. The song is a heartbreak ballad about how hard Swift found it to move on from her ex. As she sings, "No amount of freedom gets you clean."

Swift compares her ex moving on effortlessly to scratching graffiti off the wall, but compares herself to a dollar that's been traded in. Swift felt as though she couldn't rid herself of the memories of the relationship, no matter how much time ed. It's a truly haunting song that beautifully expresses the yearning Swift experienced. In retrospect, she did move on, but even rerecording it as a full-fledged adult, Swift effortlessly channeled her teenage heartbreak.

3 Nothing New

Red (Taylor's Version)

"Nothing New" on Red (Taylor's Version) felt like the B-side of the original Red track, "The Lucky One." In both songs, she its to feeling like she is getting older, and her star power is fading as new singers come to take her place. However, "Nothing New" dives deeper into this devastating and confusing feeling. Swift its that when she was 18, around the time of Fearless, she felt like she knew everything. From an outside perspective, Swift did look like she was on top of the world with a massively successful sophomore album.

However, by the Red era, Swift was evolving, and her future seemed unclear. These are the emotions that shine through in "Nothing New." When she finally released the song, Phoebe Bridges ed in for a duet, and the two were able to speak to young listeners who felt just as unsure about their own lives. It's one of Swift's most heartbreaking songs that isn't about a romantic heartbreak. It also gave a lot more context to the Red era and the battle Swift was silently fighting during that time in her life.

2 Now That We Don't Talk

1989 (Taylor's Version)

Swift fully embraced synth-pop on 1989, especially with her Jack Antonoff collaborations. However, one of the most synth-inspired pop anthems only saw the light of day on 1989 (Taylor's Version.) In "Now That We Don't Talk," Swift copes with no longer being in communication with her ex. She grapples with the cons, like no longer being the one he vents to about his anxiety and no longer sharing dinners with his friends. She also concludes that there are many pros, like not having to pretend to like the same music he likes or hanging out on "mega yachts."

Swift uses some comedy here too, but she also exercises her clever lyric skills, especially with the song's opening verse. Swift references the Bible, comparing her ex to a god with the line "You part the crowd like the Red Sea / Don't even get me started." Antonoff's production heightens the emotions Swift portrays in her lyrics, making it one of their best vault track collaborations.

1 All Too Well (10 Minute Version)

Red (Taylor's Version)

"All Too Well (10-Minute Version)" is unbeatable in most cases, and when it comes to vault tracks, it's certainly her best. It was a long time coming, and when it finally hit the world, it created a societal shift. Not only did it break records and make Swift even more successful, but it defined its time period. "All Too Well" was already an autumn anthem, but the 10-minute version became the song of Fall 2021. The media couldn't stop talking about it, and Swift's short film that went along with the song opened doors for her to experiment with cinema.

It's arguably her magnum opus, and it came at a time when she wasn't sure where her career would go next. If any song has cemented her as a music industry legend who isn't going anywhere anytime soon, it's "All Too Well (10-Minute Version.)" Even if Taylor Swift were to release something better, the song will always have a special place in Swifties' hearts.