Big news for Taylor Swift, who celebrates with fans

It’s great news for Taylor Swift fans: the singer has just regained complete control of her entire discography. In a handwritten letter published this Friday on her official website.

After years of disputes over the ownership of her original recordings, Taylor has succeeded in buying back the rights to her masters, previously held by Big Machine Records, then by the investment company Shamrock Capital. The amount of the transaction has not been revealed, but the move marks a decisive turning point in her career.

Since 2019, the interpreter of Enchanted had embarked on an ambitious project: re-recording her first six albums after the acquisition of her masters by Scooter Braun, a producer with whom she had a long-standing feud.

This sale had deeply shocked the singer.

She then began releasing new versions of her old albums under the Taylor’s Version label, with colossal success. Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red (Taylor’s Version) were released in 2021, followed by Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) in 2023 – all of which reached number one on the Billboard 200. These versions are not simply copies, but are accompanied by previously unreleased tracks, winks to fans and a new, polished production.

In her letter, Swift also shares that she has not yet re-recorded all her music. She does say, however, that she has finalized the new version of her eponymous debut album, which she says she loves in its current version. As for Reputation (Taylor’s Version), speculation is rife, especially as several extracts have recently been heard in series such as The Handmaid’s Tale and Wilderness.

The artist confides that her greatest dream has always been to fully own her art, without compromise or partnership. She thanks Shamrock Capital for making this acquisition possible under what she describes as fair and respectful conditions.

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