Latest news with #Reputation(Taylor'sVersion)"
Economic Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Economic Times
Taylor Swift has regained control of her music, buys back first 6 albums
AP Taylor Swift (File Photo) Taylor Swift has regained control over her entire body of a lengthy note posted to her official website on Friday, Swift announced: "All of the music I've ever made now belongs to me." The pop star said she purchased her catalog of recordings - originally released through Big Machine Records - from their most recent owner, the private equity firm Shamrock Capital. She did not disclose the recent years, Swift has been rerecording and releasing her first six albums in an attempt to regain control of her music."I can't thank you enough for helping to reunite me with this art that I have dedicated my life to, but have never owned until now," Swift addressed fans in the post. "The best things that have ever been mine ... finally actually are." "We are thrilled with this outcome and are so happy for Taylor," Shamrock Capital said in a re-recordings were instigated by Hybe America CEO Scooter Braun's purchase and sale of her early catalog and represents Swift's effort to control her own songs and how they're "Taylor's Version" releases have been more than conventional re-recordings, arriving with new "from the vault" music, Easter eggs and visuals that deepen understanding of her work."I am happy for her," Braun said Friday. She has also released new music, including last year's "The Tortured Poets Department," announced during the 2024 Grammys and released during her record-breaking tour. So far, there have been four re-recorded albums, beginning with "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" and "Red (Taylor's Version)" in 2021. All four have been massive commercial and cultural successes, each one debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard last re-recording, "1989 (Taylor's Version)", arrived in October 2023, just four months after the release of "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)." That was the same year Swift claimed the record for the woman with the most No. 1 albums in history. Fans have theorised that "Reputation (Taylor's Version)" would be next: On May 19, "Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor's Version)" aired nearly in full during the opening scene of a season six episode of "The Handmaid's Tale". Prior to that, the song was teased in 2023's Prime Video limited-series thriller "Wilderness" and in Apple TV+'s "The Dynasty: New England Patriots" in 2024. Also in 2023, she contributed "Delicate (Taylor's Version)" to Prime Video's "The Summer I Turned Pretty." But according to the note shared Friday, Swift says she hasn't "even re-recorded a quarter of it." She did say, however, that she has completely re-recorded her self-titled debut album "and I really love how it sounds now." Swift writes that both her self-titled debut and "Reputation (Taylor's Version)" "can still have their moments to reemerge when the time is right." Representatives for Swift and HYBE did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Taylor Swift owns her music catalog following masters controversy with Scooter Braun
"All of the music I've ever made now belongs to me." With that statement, Taylor Swift really has become the chairman of her own board. The superstar posted a lengthy letter on her website detailing that every aspect of her career including videos, concert films, art, photography and unreleased materials is under her control. Swift credited Shamrock Capital, the private equity firm that purchased the master rights to Swift's first six albums from Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings in 2020, for giving her the opportunity to purchase every aspect of her career work. According to a source close to contract negotiations, there was no outside party who "encouraged" the sale and any rumored price range reported is "highly inaccurate." In her post, Swift also commented on the delayed release of "Reputation (Taylor's Version)" and said she hasn't yet rerecorded a quarter of it and "there will be a time for the unreleased vault tracks to hatch." This story is developing. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Taylor Swift masters: Singer owns her music catalog
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Taylor Swift owns her music catalog following masters controversy with Scooter Braun
"All of the music I've ever made now belongs to me." With that statement, Taylor Swift really has become the chairman of her own board. The superstar posted a lengthy letter on her website detailing that every aspect of her career including videos, concert films, art, photography and unreleased materials is under her control. Swift credited Shamrock Capital, the private equity firm that purchased the master rights to Swift's first six albums from Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings in 2020, for giving her the opportunity to purchase every aspect of her career work. According to a source close to contract negotiations, there was no outside party who "encouraged" the sale and any rumored price range reported is "highly inaccurate." In her post, Swift also commented on the delayed release of "Reputation (Taylor's Version)" and said she hasn't yet rerecorded a quarter of it and "there will be a time for the unreleased vault tracks to hatch." This story is developing. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Taylor Swift masters: Singer owns her music catalog
USA Today
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Taylor Swift owns her music catalog following masters controversy with Scooter Braun
Taylor Swift owns her music catalog following masters controversy with Scooter Braun Show Caption Hide Caption Taylor Swift-inspired walking tour in New York City Taylor Swift reporter Bryan West checks out the GetYourGuide 90-minute NYC walking tour through Soho and West Village. Entertain This "All of the music I've ever made now belongs to me." With that statement, Taylor Swift really has become the chairman of her own board. The superstar posted a lengthy letter on her website detailing that every aspect of her career including videos, concert films, art, photography and unreleased materials is under her control. Swift credited Shamrock Capital, the private equity firm that purchased the master rights to Swift's first six albums from Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings in 2020, for giving her the opportunity to purchase every aspect of her career work. According to a source close to contract negotiations, there was no outside party who "encouraged" the sale and any rumored price range reported is "highly inaccurate." In her post, Swift also commented on the delayed release of "Reputation (Taylor's Version)" and said she hasn't yet rerecorded a quarter of it and "there will be a time for the unreleased vault tracks to hatch." This story is developing.
GMA Network
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor's Version)' featured in 'The Handmaid's Tale' Season 6
Is "Reputation (Taylor's Version)" coming soon? The rerecorded version of Taylor Swift's hit song "Look What You Made Me Do" got featured in the latest episode of "The Handmaid's Tale" Season 6! According to a report by Billboard, the song was played almost in full during the ninth episode of the dystopian series titled "Execution," where the handmaids came together for a planned uprising led by June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss). Shortly after, fans on X (formerly Twitter) expressed their excitement over the much-awaited release of "Reputation (Taylor's Version)" album, which includes the track. "Reputation," which was released in 2017, is one of the two remaining albums of Taylor that has yet to be rerecorded. The other one is her self-titled debut album. Meanwhile, "The Handmaid's Tale" is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. The story is about a totalitarian regime that forces fertile women to reproduce for elite couples. Its first season premiered in 2017. —Jade Veronique Yap/MGP, GMA Integrated News
