"She's never beating the chart-obsessed allegations" - Fans react as Taylor Swift releases new song amid Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan's reign

On July 8, pop icon Taylor Swift released a new acoustic version of her hit song Fortnight from her latest album The Tortured Poets Department. The new version features rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer Post Malone.

It reveals Taylor and Malone singing a duet in an unplugged arrangement of the original version. A remix of the song by New York-based indie duo cults was also released. Besides, Swift also dropped an acoustic version of another single from the same album, Fresh Out the Slammer.

The additional launches come amid Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan’s reigns on the Billboard Hot 100, as they happen to be the only two female artists in the top 10 of the chart presently, with their singles Espresso and Good Luck, Babe! respectively.

In the wake of this, the internet is having diverse reactions to Taylor Swift’s new acoustic versions drop. Several users even pointed out that the Lover songstress was trying to keep up with the strengthening competition and expressed their shock and dismay at the same.

Here are some reactions from X in this regard.

“She’s never beating the chart-obsessed allegations,” a person wrote.

A netizen slams Taylor Swift for being chart-obsessed. (Image via X/ diorbardi)

“Ofc she has taydesperate for a reason,” another person wrote.

“She’ll do anything to stay at #1,” a netizen wrote.

“This is the amount of greed they mentioned in the Bible,” another netizen wrote.

“I love you Taylor, but at this point, it’s almost comical,” an individual wrote.

“Someone just leak her hard drive already, so she has nothing else to release, like I’m tired,” another individual wrote.

“Yes Taycapitalist,” a user wrote.

“She should just drop an acoustic album at this point,” another user wrote.

Notably, many social media users predicted that Taylor Swift would drop new versions of her songs in the wake of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including up-and-coming stand-up comedian, actor, and influencer @NILES100 who took to X over the last weekend and wrote:

“That billionaire lady gonna drop another album tomorrow when she sees this.”

This caption was attached to a repost of Pop Base’s tweet that “Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan are the only women in the top 10 of this week’s Billboard Hot 100.”

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Everything you need to know about the new versions of Taylor Swift’s songs

On Monday, Taylor Swift released the acoustic versions of Fortnight and Fresh Out the Slammer. The former featured Post Malone and also dropped as a remix by indie duo Cults.

On Tuesday, July 9, the band even reposted the cover image of Fortnight featuring Swift with Malone’s signature face tattoos. The post was captioned:

“Honored to have been given the opportunity to remix legend @taylorswift song Fortnight. Streaming everywhere now.”

According to Billboard, the acoustic versions and the remix will be available online and offline, including on music streaming platforms, CDs, vinyl, cassettes, deluxe takes, and more. However, at present, they will be available to her listeners across the USA only.

Notably, The Tortured Poets Department is currently at the top of the Billboard 200 chart for 11 weeks in a row, tying with her previous record of the albums 1989 and Fearless.

In other news, Taylor Swift is continuing to perform at her ongoing Eras Tour and last appeared in Zurich, Switzerland before moving on to Milan, Italy on July 13-14.