Although the future of her re-recordings is uncertain, the cultural impact of "All Too Well (10-Minute Version)" is undeniable.

Taylor Swift ’s many fans celebrated the pop superstar finally purchasing the masters of her Big Machine albums (the first six studio albums in her discography) by throwing a consumption party, flooding digital services to download more of her albums and stream more of her songs.

Swift finally bought the full rights to her music. But there’s still a point to her project of rerecording albums — at least to her die-hards.