Taylor Swift's Limited Edition Opalite CDs Still Available

Four different Opalite remix CDs hit Taylor’s official store today, each featuring a different producer: Chris Lake, BUNT., Skream, and Ely Oaks. Each CD contains exactly two tracks, the original “Opalite” and the remix version. That’s it. No album, no B-sides, just one song remixed.

The Chris Lake version has gotten the most attention since Travis Kelce basically brokered the collaboration through Instagram DMs, which Lake posted publicly. The remix features house music production, turning the pop-rock original into something you’d actually hear at a club.

Swift has released an absolutely absurd number of variants for The Life of a Showgirl, so many that it became a meme and multiple outlets have written about “Taylor Swift fatigue.” Fans have openly complained about the constant drops, limited windows, and pressure to collect everything.

This CD sitting for hours instead of selling out in minutes tells you something. The market might actually be saturated for once. Previous limited Swift drops disappeared instantly, but this one’s been available for hours with no sellout announcement.

Because these are still in stock at retail, there’s no real resale market yet. A few presale listings have popped up on eBay in the $15-20 range, but that’s pure speculation since nobody has the actual CDs yet. They don’t ship until February 23.

The real question is whether these will actually appreciate or if we’re looking at a brick. Swift CDs have historically flipped well, but the sheer volume of variants lately has changed the game. When she released The Tortured Poets Department, some variants barely moved above retail because there were too many options.

At $3 retail, even a modest flip to $10-12 would net you $6-8 profit after eBay’s 13% fees. Buy all four variants for $12 total, flip them as a bundle for $40-50, and you’re looking at $20-25 profit per set.

But that only works if demand actually materializes. Right now, these are available to anyone who wants them. The 48-hour window means thousands of units will hit the market at once when they ship. Unless Swift announces a ridiculously low production number, these could easily sit at or near retail on the secondary market.

This is a weird one. On paper, $3 limited edition Taylor Swift CDs should be an easy flip. But the extended availability window and general variant fatigue make this riskier than previous drops. If you’re a Swift collector buying these anyway, grabbing extras as a low-risk speculation makes sense. If you’re purely in it for profit, the market’s giving you a clear signal that demand might not be there.

The fact that you can still buy these hours after launch tells you everything you need to know. Proceed carefully.