Taylor Swift buys back rights to all master recordings - but it's bad news for Reputation fans
"All the music I've ever made now belongs to me," the star announced on her official website.
"I've been bursting tears of joy... ever since I found out this is really happening."2
The popstar had originally lost the rights to her first six albums in 2019 when her first record label, Big Machine, sold them to music executive Scooter Braun.
Swift said she was not given the opportunity to buy her work outright, and so had instead been meticulously re-recording them, releasing four "Taylor's Version" albums.
Just her debut album and Reputation remain to be re-released.
Braun later sold his stake in her albums to Shamrock Holdings, a Los Angeles investment fund.
Swift said she was "forever grateful" to Shamrock for allowing her to buy the rights to her music back.
On the release of Reputation she said she had "not even re-recorded a quarter of it", and while she said that the album and her debut album could "have their time to re-emerge when the time is right", she said: "If it happens, it won't be from a place of sadness and longing for what I wish I could have."
Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Daily Mail
a few seconds ago
- Daily Mail
Grief-stricken Kelly Clarkson shifts career focus after ex Brandon Blackstock's shock cancer death
Kelly Clarkson is putting her children first after the death of their father and her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock. For the entertainer, 43, who is reportedly planning to return to her talk show for the final year of her contract, her children have always 'come first.' 'It has been draining, exhausting, emotional [and] devastating,' a source said to be close to the singer told US Weekly following Blackstock's death from skin cancer early Thursday morning. 'A big part of it was making her schedule available for transporting the children to visit Brandon, and all of the emotions that came with this difficult time,' the insider revealed, referencing the Stronger singer's efforts to take her children to Montana where their dad had been living. 'Kelly is a workhorse. Hard work is all she knows,' the source said of the Grammy winner's work ethic. 'She hates disappointing people, truly. The thing that kept her going was knowing how many people depend on her, like her crews and employees.' Clarkson has postponed her August Studio Session dates in Las Vegas so she can focus on daughter River Rose, 11, and son Remington, nine, whom she shared with Blackstock, who died at age 48. 'Her kids will come first, and she will find a way,' the source explained. 'She loves her work, but nothing compares to a situation like this.' Luckily, Clarkson's former in-laws have been rallying around the children in this time of need. 'Thankfully, the Blackstocks have come really close together in this time, so they would be happy to be there for the kids,' the source said. The insider pointed out losing Blackstock as a co-parent will take its toll. 'She has family and friends, but at the end of the day, it's all on her.' Clarkson missed 10 show tapings in March for 'personal reasons' while celebrity friends such as Brooke Shields and Andy Cohen filled in for her. Upon her return in which she celebrated the 1,000th episode of the show, she cryptically and tearfully explained, 'I've lost, alone, a lot,' she added, correcting herself, without any additional details nor clarification. Although the hitmaker never spoke publicly about her ex's illness, one fan looked back a recent performance that hinted at something going on behind the bright veneer of Clarkson's onstage presence. 'She had to muster the energy to sing 'Piece by Piece' without crying,' one recent audience member revealed in response to Clarkson's announcement she was cancelling the August concerts. 'I think I understand why now. Unlike her father, though, her children's father was leaving them in his death. She knew it was inevitable, which might explain the tears. Her kids were there with her, adorable as ever.' 'My heart breaks for them,' the fan continued, 'and I 100% support Kelly keeping her priorities straight. I'll bet if she was guaranteed to lose her career over this decision, she'd make the same call.' For many, work is a wonderful to push through grief, and the multi-hyphenate has a lot of that ahead of her. In addition to her daily The Kelly Clarkson Show, she has signed to return as a judge on The Voice. Clarkson and Blackstock married in 2013, and quickly welcomed their two children. Blackstock became her manager in 2017, and negotiated lucrative deals for his wife to appear on The Voice and to host her own eponymous talk show. However, they separated in 2020 and after a lot of ugly give and take, finalized their divorce in 2022. 'The irony is that he's had a very positive influence on her life; he made these phenomenal deals for her, and she wouldn't be here without him. But it's hard to be a manager and a husband,' an industry insider told Page Six. 'At the time, she greatly appreciated what he had done for her career,' they added. 'Everything between Kelly and Brandon was stressful and intense and, like, one match away from a powder keg going off when it came to those ongoing negotiations,' the source told the outlet. 'And trying to keep the kids stable in the midst of all that is just hugely exhausting and draining.' Clarkson has revealed she will return for her Studio Session shows in November. And while she may bid a fond farewell to her talk show at the end of next season, NBC, execs are reportedly hoping she will agree to appear in holiday specials which have been popular with viewers.
The Independent
30 minutes ago
- The Independent
A top Federal Reserve official says dour jobs data backs the case for 3 rate cuts
A top official at the Federal Reserve said Saturday that this month's stunning, weaker-than-expected report on the U.S. job market is strengthening her belief that interest rates should be lower. Michelle Bowman was one of two Fed officials who voted a week and a half ago in favor of cutting interest rates. Such a move could help boost the economy by making it cheaper for people to borrow money to buy a house or a car, but it could also threaten to push inflation higher. Bowman and a fellow dissenter lost out after nine other Fed officials voted to keep interest rates steady, as the Fed has been doing all year. The Fed's chair, Jerome Powell, has been adamant that he wants to wait for more data about how President Donald Trump 's tariffs are affecting inflation before the Fed makes its next move. At a speech during a bankers' conference in Colorado on Saturday, Bowman said that 'the latest labor market data reinforce my view' that the Fed should cut interest rates three times this year. The Fed has only three meetings left on the schedule in 2025. The jobs report that arrived last week, only a couple of days after the Fed voted on interest rates, showed that employers hired far fewer workers last month than economists expected. It also said that hiring in prior months was much lower than initially thought. On inflation, meanwhile, Bowman said she is getting more confident that Trump's tariffs 'will not present a persistent shock to inflation' and sees it moving closer to the Fed's 2% target. Inflation has come down substantially since hitting a peak above 9% after the pandemic, but it has been stubbornly remaining above 2%. The Fed's job is to keep the job market strong, while keeping a lid on inflation. Its challenge is that it has one main tool to affect both those areas, and helping one by moving interest rates up or down often means hurting the other. A fear is that Trump's tariffs could box in the Federal Reserve by sticking the economy in a worst-case scenario called 'stagflation,' where the economy stagnates but inflation is high. The Fed has no good tool to fix that, and it would likely have to prioritize either the job market or inflation before helping the other. On Wall Street, expectations are that the Fed will have to cut interest rates at its next meeting in September after the U.S. jobs report came in so much below economists' expectations. Trump has been calling angrily for lower interest rates, often personally insulting Powell while doing so. He has the opportunity to add another person to the Fed's board of governors after an appointee of former President Joe Biden stepped down recently.
Daily Mail
31 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Piers Morgan issues groveling apology to Jake Paul and walks back 'staged fight' claim to avoid legal action
Piers Morgan has U-turned on his claim that Jake Paul 's fights are 'boring, staged bulls***' and apologized to the boxer in a bid to avoid legal proceedings. As exclusively revealed by the Daily Mail, YouTube star-turned-pro boxer Paul retained Alex Spiro earlier this week in what appeared a serious threat to address and counteract what he claims to be false and damaging statements. And it took just a few short days for Morgan to publicly walk back his statements, writing a rare - and lengthy - apology to his 8.9million followers on X. 'I posted a few weeks ago that Jake Paul's boxing career has been 'boring staged bullsh*t.',' Morgan began. 'What I meant is that his fights have been predominantly against older, past-their-prime opponents, which may be lucrative for both sides, and may have entertainment value, but don't reveal how he stacks up against currently ranked boxers and therefore are not a good look for the sport. 'I did not intend to suggest that the outcome was predetermined and certainly didn't mean to suggest anything illegal. But if reports are correct that Jake is now in negotiations to fight Anthony Joshua, that would obviously be a seriously credible bout against one of the best heavyweights in the world. I posted a few weeks ago that Jake Paul's boxing career has been 'boring staged bullsh*t.' What I meant is that his fights have been predominantly against older, past-their-prime opponents, which may be lucrative for both sides, and may have entertainment value, but don't reveal… — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 9, 2025 'Jake is welcome to come on Uncensored to discuss this, and verbally slug it out with me, anytime.' Spiro, reportedly charging around $3,000 an hour, is known for aggressively protecting the reputations of his clients - who include the likes of Elon Musk, Jay-Z, Alec Baldwin and Naomi Osaka - and that appears to have been the case once again with Paul. Spiro played a pivotal role in Baldwin's defense following the fatal 2021 'Rust' shooting. He helped uncover that prosecutors had withheld evidence, leading to the dismissal of involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin. Despite Paul's 12th professional victory back in June, several notable media figures and celebrities have publicly alleged that his fights were fixed or staged. Paul's manager and MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian pushed back hard against these accusations during an interview on The Ariel Helwani Show, stating: 'When you definitively state that Jake is putting on staged or rigged fights, that's just defamation, and you're causing substantial damage to his business, to MVP's business, and something that's 100 per cent not true.' Bidarian emphasized the broader implications, noting the damage these accusations are causing to Paul's partnerships with major brands such as DAZN, Netflix, and Celsius. 'We're having to have conversations with our partners that are just unjustifiable,' he said. 'Our legal representation is looking at multiple individuals to go after.' Paul's most widely-viewed bout came last November in a high-profile fight against former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, which was streamed live on Netflix and watched by over 108million viewers globally.
