The singer released six new additions to her 2010 album on Friday

Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). PHOTO: BETH GARRABRANT

Taylor Swift is opening up about the six new songs featured on her re-recorded album Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).

The singer-songwriter, 33, dropped the new songs early Friday and revealed more about the selection process in a reflective Instagram post soon after.

“I had to be ruthless with my choices, and I left behind some songs I am still unfailingly proud of now. Therefore, you have 6 From The Vault tracks!” Swift revealed about how the new releases were originally left off her 2010 album.

The new tracks — “Electric Touch,” “When Emma Falls in Love,” “I Can See You,” “Castles Crumbling,” “Foolish One” and “Timeless” — sit alongside the original 16 songs on an album Swift described in the post as one she “wrote alone about the whims, fantasies, heartaches, dramas and tragedies I lived out as a young woman between 18 and 20.”

“I remember making tracklist after tracklist, obsessing over the right way to tell the story,” she added about how it took time to nail down the framework of her third studio album, which followed Taylor Swift and Fearless.

Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) back cover.BETH GARRABRANT

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Always appreciative of her loyal Swifties, the singer then shared that she rerecorded the album at 32 and that, “the memories it brought back filled me with nostalgia and appreciation. For life, for you, for the fact that I get to reclaim my work.”

“Thank you a million times, for the memories that break our fall,“ she said alongside a dreamlike image of her lying amid pink blossom under a tree.

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Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).BETH GARRABRANT

Originally released in October 2010, Swift’s third album was largely inspired by her growth as a person and artist as she entered adulthood.

“I first made Speak Now, completely self-written, between the ages of 18 and 20,” Swift wrote on Instagram when she announced Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).

“The songs that came from this time in my life were marked by their brutal honesty, unfiltered diaristic confessions and wild wistfulness. I love this album because it tells a tale of growing up, flailing, flying and crashing … and living to speak about it.”

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A loose concept album about the times she wishes she had spoken up, Swift previously teased to Songwriter Universe magazine that each song is meant to serve as “a different confession to a different person.”

In addition to writing songs about her family and her fans, Swift also pens several songs about her public heartbreaks and adversaries.

Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).BETH GARRABRANT

Following the release of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), Swift’s Eras tour continues Friday night in Kansas City, Missouri.