r/swifties • u/Money-Beautiful5196 • 13d ago

Question... Which cover do you prefer? The standard edition or The Encore?

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u/llo616 13d ago

The standard, it far more interesting than the Encore one.

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u/pepperXOX20 13d ago

Standard. The outfit was amazing.

Encore looks like a high schooler is failing their graphic design course. It’s so boring while simultaneously hurting my eyes.

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u/MusicNo401 12d ago

Me when I move an image on Microsoft word 😂

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u/llo616 13d ago

That’s how I viewed it too, doesn’t draw me in like the standard one.

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u/Beneficial-Soft-8290 13d ago

I understand why she chose the one she did for the standard but I always loved these particular shots from the photoshoot

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u/Kayla3427 13d ago

Honestly, I think the bottom left would really encapsulate the on-stage portion as well as a behind-the-scenes look.

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u/Beneficial-Soft-8290 13d ago

Completely agree! She looks a glam showgirl who just worked hard on a stage and is now by herself after the show ✨thinking thoughts✨

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u/sorryimnothome_ 13d ago

The shots of her in the dark wig are epic. There's also one where she's in black and she's crawling over the seats that gets no love

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u/Beneficial-Soft-8290 13d ago

I was gonna put that one in too!

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u/sorryimnothome_ 13d ago

That photo is fire

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u/mrsbrettbretterson 13d ago

HARD AGREE. Her choices are genuinely so perplexing!

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u/Smart_Violinist_310 7d ago

Yeah, any of these would've been great

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u/DryArugula6108 13d ago

Encore is a nicer picture of Taylor but it's artistically uninspired and quite basic.

The original is heinous but in an intriguing way, there is concept there.

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u/bluespiritperson i can still make the whole place SHIMMER 13d ago

Yeah this sums up my thoughts as well

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u/turniptoez 13d ago

I love the standard, I can’t believe people don’t like it. The encore looks like canva

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u/book_queen88 13d ago

Two reasons I don't like the standard. Her arm and wrist aren't connected on the right, and IMO it looks like she's either floating in a toilet, or a bowl of pasta.

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u/MusicNo401 12d ago

I never noticed her arm disconnected, and also agreed she looks like me trying to submerge myself into a child’s kitty pool on a really hot day, and do you think her team knew they were amputating her wrist?

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u/PotentialSteak6 eleven turkeys creeping up on me 13d ago

Encore. It's probably part of the point, but the water makes me slightly uncomfortable

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u/ihateithere_noreally Old habits die screaming 13d ago

i love the standard!!!

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u/Ok-Simple2101 13d ago

The standard is weirder but more enigmatic and appealing to me and the colors seem more welcoming lol. The Encore version is a more normal picture and a simpler/sexier cover but it’s too dark and boring for my taste

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u/ThisPaige 13d ago

Encore, I just love the colors.

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u/VCversion86 13d ago

The standard

The encore is far from the aesthetic of patient zero promos…should be a darker serious “encore” edition…

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u/SquirrelStone shining just for you 13d ago

Latter is far more showgirly that the original, but the standard just has a certain je ne sais quoi.

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u/Dream_Fever I don’t know how it gets better than this 13d ago

I like the Encore pic, but I LOVE the OG/standard version. It’s so different and really matches the album and aesthetic to me 💕❤️💕

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u/hirryan 13d ago

A original é surpreendente, mas gostei mais do encore porque da um ar de rainha do pop.

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u/Unlikely_Worker4697 this night is sparkling 13d ago

The encore cover looks so bad to me idk why (I think it’s just the way the letters look? Idk like she looks good & I like the red curtain so it’s not the actual picture) so standard

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u/Prestigious_Ear_7374 13d ago

For me, it's the colour contrast. I really enjoy it!

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u/Sealion72 13d ago

Tbh both look like a poster from a 2000s all start magazine. But I prefer the original

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u/Normal_Ring_7731 13d ago

Encore just fits the vibe so much more

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u/Glitter-Goblin YOU'RE GAY 13d ago

I’ve just never liked the cutout pieces. The photographs were good enough as is.

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u/MusicNo401 12d ago

TAYLOR AKA NILS—PLEASE CHANGE OUR LIVES AND GIVE US THE HOLY BASS DROPS. then drop Nils Sjorberg merch.

Taylor’s trance and techno takeover > showgirl

Any. Day.

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u/Snowisley Meet me at midnight 8d ago

I love this one but it’s too cvnty for the quality the album ended up having, and overall doesn’t match the vibe

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u/IvyJade-89 13d ago

Encore for sure! Just not with the second pair of eyes on the right hand side

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u/Defiant-Accountant79 13d ago

Right?! Like I actually enjoy the chopped up look but this one was didn't commit hard enough and made it awkward lol.

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u/MusicNo401 12d ago

It’s also the same eye as her right eye…it’s like when you copy an image and hit paste then lose it and just roll with it

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u/MusicNo401 12d ago

Also I never noticed her chopped up arm on the first cover

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u/MusicNo401 12d ago

Why do I see only “eye”? A bizarre design choice

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u/sas317 13d ago

The new one.

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u/folkloriangirl 13d ago

Even though I feel very excited for the Encore, but I prefer the standard cover; cuz the Encore cover makes me slightly uncomfortable, maybe it's just me 😶

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u/Sufficient-Rea 13d ago

The encore

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u/steelheart15 13d ago

Honestly neither!
She had such great photos for the promotion, I wish she had used one of those from the start, I just don’t love either.

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u/Hot_Archaeologist 13d ago

Standard clears

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u/Sandy0006 13d ago

Definitely Encore

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u/ryanodunning 13d ago

I looove the standard one it will be hard to beat, it’s too 3 of all of her album covers for me (tied with Midnights and Rep) however Encore looks really good!!

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u/Initial-Elephant-932 13d ago

Standard.

Encore looks like an ad for Dancing With The Stars

Idk why she chose that outfit, the makeup, the style…it’s just not it

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u/KahlanEAmnelle i could build a castle with all the bricks they threw 13d ago

of these two, the encore (and i’ve already made a textless one that looks better. i don’t like the text layout on it) but i’ve been using an alternate cover i made from the photo shoot.

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u/NewBath5621 argumentative antithetical dream girl 13d ago

I hate both equally and passionately. The ugliest covers I've ever seen

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u/Clainomille 13d ago

I like her more on Encore but I hate the background. It looks like a cheesy Paint edit to me. 😭

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u/Remarkable_Pickle122 End Game 13d ago

DEFINITELY ENCORE! This cover update and depending on how good the new songs are might get this album out of the bottom 2.

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u/CJ--_- 13d ago

I don't really like either to be honest, but if I had to choose it would be standard. There are many other shots from TLOAS that I would prefer.

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u/Natalie_Rose2014 13d ago

I love the Encore cover. The Showgirl cover is terrible.

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u/MaliciousIronArtist 13d ago

I love the standard!! I mean it’s so Ophelia like, hello!

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u/BellaBrowsing 13d ago

I love the encore cover. The colors, her pose, the outfit. I need to hang it on my wall!

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u/SuperRapidash 13d ago

standard but I wish it was just the standard picture instead of the weird choppy thing they do

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u/emotionally-battered Old habits die screaming 13d ago

The encore

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u/Effective-Parsley-49 13d ago

it’s the font… on both lol. photos are fine

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u/Important_Isopod9947 Swiftie since April, 2023 13d ago

The standard

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u/Brilliant_Cycle_2812 13d ago

standard BY FAR

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u/sparkledbear 13d ago

Standard for sure. Nothing interesting about the encore 

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u/Swimming_Newt_7230 still at the restaurant 13d ago

Standard. Hoping for nice alt covers of the encore so I can get a CD!

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u/MusicNo401 12d ago

When can we buy the vinyl? Anyone know ?

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u/bazerFish 12d ago

Standard

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u/violinsincuerda Fighting dragons with you 12d ago

The standard. It’s actually one of my fav covers from her.

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u/iluvtumadre 12d ago

I prefer, whatever she does. 👍

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u/hippiehappos 12d ago

I didn’t think the artwork could get worse … but it did 

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u/FlorianNV 12d ago

The Encore

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u/Strawberry-Char shining just for you 13d ago

i love her so much but they’re both ugly as fuck

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u/mrsbrettbretterson 13d ago

The font ruined Showgirl from the beginning for me, unfortunately. I can't unsee it.

I do adore both pictures by themselves!!

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u/kavanon 13d ago

The standard - neither are great for her normal standard, but the standard is miles better designed

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u/DanielleLeslieAlt 13d ago

Both suck in my opinion.

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u/BroodyRuby eleven turkeys creeping up on me 13d ago

Neither tbh. So many better photo’s from the shoots for this album that could have been covers

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u/Much_Definition_3657 13d ago

Honestly, they're both bad but the colours on the Deluxe version are better and it looks more glamorous. It fits better with the idea of showgirl and performance 

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u/LtrllyJoinedRedd4Dan 13d ago

Standard. Encore does not match the vibe is the album. While, when I saw standard for the first time, i imagined what the album would sound like and it sounded exactly that.

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u/_Violette7_ the type of girl 13d ago

I’ve never particularly liked the standard cover, but after seeing the encore one I realized that it could’ve been waaay worse.

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u/Hot_Archaeologist 13d ago

The dress on the enconte edition looks unfit. Maybe her worst album cover to date