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SHADES OF RED: The album will have 16 tracks and feature several co-writers, including dance-pop hitmaker Max Martin, as well as a duet with buzzing U.K. newcomer Ed Sheeran. "Ed and I wrote a song while sitting on a trampoline that was so much fun and we loved so much that we actually ended up recording it as a duet," she explained. "Speak Now, I wrote it completely on my own and I didn't have any co-writers and you know, that was an amazing way to make a record and I was really proud of it. But when it came to approaching this album, I really wanted to go back to the drawing board and think about a different way to approach it. And so I just thought, 'Why not call all of my songwriting, producing and artist heroes and see if they want to work together, and just make the call and see? When I did that, I got the opportunity to work with some of my absolute favorite people in music. This album is full of co-writes and it's full of different people producing different things, and it's got a lot of collaborations going on… I'm so excited to for you to hear the new direction of things." During the chat, Swift also played Red's first single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," which became available at iTunes and Google Play immediately afterward. Not surprisingly, the track rocketed to the top of the iTunes singles chart. (8/14a)