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Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Taylor Swift Buys Back Masters of 1st 6 Albums 6 Years After Scooter Braun Bought Them
Taylor Swift has officially bought back her masters six years after Scooter Braun bought them. Scooter, 43, bought the master recordings of Taylor's first six albums from Big Machine Label Group in 2019 for $300 million. After Scooter faced backlash for the business deal, he sold the masters to investment firm Shamrock Capital in 2020. Taylor officially bought the masters back from Shamrock Capital in May. 'I almost stopped thinking it could ever happen, after 20 years of having the carrot dangled and then yanked away,' Taylor wrote in a letter to fans on her website about the deal on Friday, May 30. 'But that's all in the past now. All of the music I've ever made … now belongs … to me.' In addition to buying back her masters, Taylor also bought back her videos, concert films, album art and photography and unreleased songs from Shamrock. '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," she continued in the letter. '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.' Taylor had been open about being upset with Scooter for buying the masters and she's opened up several times about the situation over the years. 'Scooter has stripped me of my life's work, that I wasn't given an opportunity to buy,' she wrote about the sale when it was first announced in a Tumblr post. 'Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.' Following the sale, Taylor announced her plans to rerecord her first six albums – Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989 and Reputation – so that she could own the rights. She has released all of the rerecordings except for Reputation (Taylor's Version) and Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version) as of time of publication. Prior to the news of the sale, Page Six reported on May 21 that Scooter encouraged the 'Call It What You Want' singer to buy the masters from Shamrock Capital. 'Interestingly enough, one of the individuals who is encouraging this deal to take place is Scooter, who was at the center of the deal the first time around alongside Big Machine,' a source claimed to the outlet about the sale. Scooter has also been open about how the sale has impacted him. He previously opened up about the situation while attending a screening of the Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Blood docuseries in October 2024. The docuseries looks back at Scooter's acquisition of Taylor's former record label, Big Machine Label Group, and the drama that followed. 'I watched [the documentary] recently. I wasn't going to watch it because I just thought it was going to be, like, another hit piece,' he told the crowd at a screening of the Max and Discovery+ docuseries in Los Angeles, according to event footage posted via YouTube. 'And I pretty much stayed quiet about this kind of stuff. And my dad called me and my mom, and they were like, we just watched it. We think you should watch it. So I did.' He continued, 'Look, it's five years later. I think, everyone, it's time to move on. There were a lot of things that were misrepresented.' Scooter then noted that it's important for people to 'communicate directly with each other' when dealing with conflict. 'I think doing it out on social media and in front of the whole world is not the place,' he said. 'I think when people actually take the time to stand in front of each other have a conversation, they usually find out the monster's not real. And that has not happened.'
Yahoo
16 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Taylor Swift Might Get Her First Tattoo Ever After Masters Buy Back
It's a time full of celebrations for after officially purchasing her masters, and she might even get a tattoo to mark the huge moment. The singer recently announced that her 'entire life's work' — the music and content she has released over her decades-long career — now belongs to her. Swift couldn't have been more elated as she penned a touching letter to share the big news. She even joked about dedicating her first tattoo to this milestone. Taylor Swift officially has the rights to all her life's work after purchasing the master recordings. The 35-year-old pop star wrote a heart-touching letter, which was shared on her website, to celebrate her 'greatest dream' coming true, and even hinted she might get her first tattoo after all. An emotional Swift heartfeltly penned, 'I've been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals even since I found out that this is really happening.' The 'Love Story' hitmaker then announced, 'All of the music I've ever made… now belongs… to me.' Swift continued to thank her fans for supporting her through this journey, as she also reflected on re-recording four of her albums, calling them 'Taylor's Version.' Further in the lengthy letter, she also expressed her gratitude to 'everyone at Shamrock Capital for being the first people to ever offer this' to her. While giving them a shoutout, Swift noted that 'every interaction' they had was 'honest, fair, and respectful.' Although it was a 'business deal' for Shamrock Capital, Swift continued, 'I really felt like they saw it for what it was for me: My memories and my sweat and my handwriting and my decades of dreams.' The musician gushed that she's 'endlessly thankful.' This is when Swift joked, 'My first tattoo might just be a huge shamrock in the middle of my forehead.' The 'Blank Space' singer then continued to express her joy and even shared some insight on the 'Taylor's Version' of her 'Reputation' album, revealing that she hasn't 're-recorded a quarter of it.' Shamrock got the rights to Taylor Swift's masters from Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings in November 2020. Years later, the pop star finally owns her 'entire life's work.' The post Taylor Swift Might Get Her First Tattoo Ever After Masters Buy Back appeared first on Reality Tea.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Taylor Swift buys back masters of first six albums, teases re-recorded albums
Taylor Swift has acquired the rights to her first six albums, giving her complete ownership to her entire music catalog. The global superstar took to her website on Friday, announcing the news that she bought back her first six albums. 'I really get to say these words: All of the music I've ever made… now belongs to me. All of my music videos. All the concert films. The album art and photography. The unreleased songs. The memories. The magic. The madness. Every single era. My entire life's work,' she said. The master recordings were bought back from Shamrock Capital, the private equity firm that purchased them from investor Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings in 2020. Shamrock sold Swift's catalog back to her for around $360 million, Billboard reported. In 2019, Ithaca purchased Big Machine Label Group, which owned the master recordings to Swift's first six albums — her debut album 'Taylor Swift,' 'Fearless,' 'Speak Now,' 'Red,' '1989″ and 'Reputation.' Since 2021, Swift has re-recorded all six of her first albums, releasing them to fans under her ownership of 'Taylor's Version.' She has released all of her re-recordings except 'Taylor Swift' and 'Reputation.' In the letter, Swift teased the upcoming releases of the two remaining albums, although they may not come as soon as fans have hoped. 'I know, I know. What about Rep TV? Full transparency. I haven't even re-recorded a quarter of it. The Reputation album was so specific to that time in my life, and I kept hitting a stopping point when I tried to remake it,' she said. She continued telling fans that there will be a time for the unreleased vault tracks from the 'Reputation' album to be released, but did not specify when. Swift did add that she has fully re-recorded her debut album, loving how it sounds. 'Those 2 albums can still have their moments to re-emerge when the time is right, if that would be something you guys would be excited about,' Swift told her fans. How to watch `Mama June: Family Crisis' season 7 premiere for free tonight Boston cornhole competition to raise money for performing arts scholarship Emmy Award-winning 'M*A*S*H' actress dies at 87 `RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' season 10 episode 5, where to watch free Read the original article on MassLive.
Elle
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
Selena Gomez and Travis Kelce Celebrate Taylor Swift Owning Her Album Masters
On Friday, Taylor Swift announced she was finally able to buy the masters to her first six albums, which she has been slowly re-recording after they were purchased by Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings LLC in June 2019. The masters then went to Shamrock, who have now sold them back to Swift. Not only is the Eras Tour star celebrating, so are her friends. Swift's bestie, Selena Gomez, shared a shot of Swift in her Instagram Stories with her album covers for Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, Reputation, writing over it, 'YES you did that Tay, SO proud.' Swift's boyfriend, NFL star Travis Kelce, liked Swift's post with the announcement immediately, which read in the caption, 'You belong with me. Letter on my site :)' The letter on the Grammy winner's site was from Swift, and it explained how the albums had come back into her possession. 'All of the music I've ever made now me,' she wrote. 'And all my music videos. And all the concert films. The album art and photography. The unreleased songs. The memories. The magic. The madness. Every single era. My entire life's work.' She continued, 'The passionate support you showed those albums and the success story you turned The Eras Tour into is why I was able to buy back my 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.' Before Swift was able to make this claim, she released new recordings of Fearless (Taylor's Version), Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Red (Taylor's Version), and 1989 (Taylor's Version). However, she had not yet shared a re-recording of Reputation, though fans had expected it this year.
Hypebeast
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Taylor Swift 正式宣佈重新取回早期專輯母帶版權
本文看點 Taylor Swift正式宣布已買回其前六張錄音室專輯母帶的所有權，象徵著藝術家自主權的一次重大勝利，這個令人振奮的消息也代表著她多年來公開爭取早期音樂作品所有權的奮鬥圓滿結束。透過這項里程碑式的交易，Swift 現已擁有其全部音樂作品。 Swift 從私募股權公司 Shamrock Capital 手中購回母帶，該公司於 2020 年從 Scooter Braun 的 Ithaca Holdings 購入這些母帶。雖然具體財務條款未公開，但據報導，她支付的金額接近 Shamrock 當初投資的 $3 億至 $3.6 億美元，遠低於早前誇大的傳言。2019 年其前東家 Big Machine Records 未經同意將母帶賣給 Scooter Braun。作為回應，Swift 展開了前所未有的重新錄音計劃，發行了 Fearless、Red、Speak Now 和 1989 的 Taylor's Version 版本，獲得巨大的商業與評論成功，有效降低了原始母帶的價值。 Swift 表達了無比的喜悅與感恩，在其網站上寫信給粉絲表示：「我所有的音樂現在都屬於……我。」她強調，這不僅包括音頻錄音，還涵蓋音樂錄影帶、演唱會影片、專輯封面、攝影作品及那些時期的未發行歌曲。她還提到，自己的同名首張專輯已重新錄製，而《Reputation (Taylor's Version)》與首張專輯的 Taylor's Version 將在適當時機重新登場。 這場勝利是音樂產業中藝術家權利的重大時刻，Swift 強調她的奮鬥激勵了其他藝術家從一開始就爭取自己的母帶所有權。
