Some people dress up in elaborate costumes on Halloween, but this year Taylor Swift is stripping things all the way back. The pop juggernaut surprise released an unplugged version of her The Life of a Showgirl hit “The Fate of Ophelia” on Thursday night (Oct. 30). The acoustic guitar-forward “The Fate of Ophelia (Alone in My Tower Acoustic Version),” is led by Swift’s strumming and gauzy layers of her vocals in the take that strips aways the original’s bouncing dance pop beat and layers of keyboards, Omnichord, piano and pedal steel.

The song, co-written and produced by Swift with Max Martin and Shellback, was, of course, the singer’s 13th No. 1 single o the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it spent three weeks at the pinnacle.

In addition to streaming, Swift has released the unplugged ver

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