Taylor Swift buys back the rights to the master recordings, reveals plans for 'Rep TV'
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American pop star Taylor Swift has bought back all the rights to her master recordings, ending a long-running battle over the ownership of her music. 'I almost stopped thinking it could ever happen, after 20 years of having the carrot dangled and then yanked away,' she wrote in a letter to fans. 'But that's all in the past now. All of the music I've ever made … now belongs … to me.'The Grammy-winning star, 35, announced in an Instagram post on Friday, May 30, that she has bought back her music catalog, giving her control of her first six albums. The work includes music videos, concert films, album art and photography — and yes, for all the curious Swifties — the unreleased song. She also revealed she has not "even re-recorded a quarter" of " Reputation: Taylor's Version ," which fans have been highly anticipating. She said "there will be a time" for the unreleased vault tracks "to hatch."In 2019, she lost the rights to her early music when her original label, Big Machine, sold them to music executive Scooter Braun. Swift called the deal her "worst case scenario," explaining that she wasn't given the chance to purchase her masters outright. Instead, she was offered a deal to earn back one album for every new one she delivered to the label. Starting with 2019's Lover, her new releases have come out under Republic Records, where she owns the rights to her master recordings.She continued, "All I've ever wanted was the opportunity to work hard enough to be able to one day purchase my music outright with no strings attached, no partnership, with full autonomy. I will be forever grateful to everyone at Shamrock Capital for being the first people to ever offer this to me. the way they've handled every interaction we've had has been honest, fair, and respectful. This was a business deal to them, but I really felt like they saw it for what it was to me: My memories and my sweat and my handwriting and my decades of dreams. I am endlessly thankful. My first tattoo might just be a huge shamrock in the middle of my forehead."
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