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See - Sada Elbalad
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
Here's Why Fans Think Taylor Swift Just Dropped a Major Hint about Her Next Album
Yara Sameh On Friday, Taylor Swift announced in a letter on her website that she has finally acquired the masters to her first six albums gave an update on the long-awaited "Reputation" re-record — but fans believe that, to top it all off, she also subtly teased her 12th album. In her announcement, the pop star revealed that she finally has regained ownership of her master recordings from Shamrock Capital, the private equity firm that purchased them from Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings in late 2020. According to sources, Shamrock sold Swift's catalog back to her for an amount relatively close to what they paid for it — which sources tell Billboard was around $360 million. 'I'm trying to gather my thoughts into something coherent, but right now my mind is just a slideshow,' Swift wrote in her message, emphasizing how meaningful the acquisition is to her. 'A flashback sequence of all the times I daydreamed about, wished for, and pined away for a chance to get to tell you this news.' But what caught fans' eye was what the 14-time Grammy winner wrote next. 'All the times I was thiiiiiiiiiiiis close, reaching out for it, only for it to fall through.' The statement may seem innocuous — and for all Swifties know, it is — but it's hard not to focus on the fact that she included no less than 12 'i's when writing out the word 'thiiiiiiiiiiiis.' Swift has released 11 albums in her career, the last of which, "The Tortured Poets Department", arrived in April 2023. That would make her next LP her 12th, a fact that has fans thinking she just teased the upcoming project with her note. 'THE LETTER HAS 12 I's TS12 IS COMING SOON TOO OMG IM SO HAPPY FOR TAYLOR,' one fan wrote on X , sharing a screenshot of the letter. 'IT'S A TS12 SUMMER!!!' another fan posted, while a third Swiftie shared a screenshot of the letter and wrote, 'I feel like ts12 just got so much closer.' The 12-count 'i' situation is just the latest suspected clue fans have picked up on ahead of the 'Fortnight' singer's predicted 12th album. Much fanfare was also made when Swift attended the 2025 Grammys wearing earrings with exactly 12 red jewels apiece, and in March, she used a sequence of 12 'D's when praising Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's I Said I Love You First album on Instagram. 'I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDD,' Swift wrote on her Story at the time. Sharing screenshots of the earrings, the Gomez-Blanco post and the letter about her masters, one Swiftie wrote Friday, 'SUDDENLY LIFE IS WORTH LIVING TS12 TRUTHERS RISE.' But while fans may be excited about the prospect of Swift's 12th album coming soon, it's just one of many things they are celebrating. Social media has seen an outpouring of Swifties rejoicing over the musician finally owning her life's work, something she wrote in her letter is her 'greatest dream come true.' The sale comes six years of publicly feuding with Borchetta and Braun over the way the original sale was handled, as well as the re-releases of four of her first six albums: "Fearless", "Speak Now", "Red", and "1989". In her letter, Swift emphasized how thankful she was to fans for sticking with her every step of the way. 'You'll never know how much it means to me that you cared,' she wrote. 'Every single bit of it counted and ended us up here. Thanks to you and your goodwill, teamwork and encouragement, the best things that have ever been mine… finally actually are.' read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War Arts & Culture Zahi Hawass: Claims of Columns Beneath the Pyramid of Khafre Are Lies News Flights suspended at Port Sudan Airport after Drone Attacks
Pink Villa
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Selena Gomez Is 'Proud' of Bestie Taylor Swift As Pop Star Reclaims Catalogue From Scooter Braun
Selena Gomez is publicly rallying behind her friend Taylor Swift, celebrating the singer who recently took back control of her early music catalog. Gomez is proud of her pop star bestie. On Friday, May 30, Swift made the announcement that she had repurchased the master recordings of the first six albums. These records had previously been owned by Scooter Braun, who sold them away from the singer-songwriter. Swift celebrated by posting a picture on Instagram, where she sat next to vinyl copies of her previous albums, quietly referencing one of her most enduring songs in the caption. Many famous friends and Swifties flooded her comments section with congratulations. Gomez, touched by the news, shared Swift's photo again on her Instagram story. The Rare Beauty billionaire declared that she was excited and proud of her friend's achievement and expressed how happy she was with Swift's success. "YES, YOU DID THAT, TAY!!! SO PROUD," the Only Murders in the Building actress captioned with Taylor's photo. The saga began in 2019 when Braun's firm, Ithaca Holdings, purchased Big Machine Records and also took control of Swift's master recordings in the deal. Swift was not offered an opportunity to purchase her work prior to the sale. She publicly condemned the deal, highlighting a long history of acrimony between Braun and herself. Ithaca sold the catalog to Shamrock Capital in 2020 in a deal said to be worth about $300 million. In a dramatic twist, Shamrock has since handed over the masters straight to the Karma singer. While financial details are kept confidential, Swift said she was very grateful to Shamrock for its approach to the negotiations, calling the process respectful and fair. Scooter Braun, when contacted for comment, confirmed Swift's victory with a quick remark, providing a good word without referencing the history of their feud. The Hollywood Reporter caught Scooter's reaction, which was simply no more than a 'happy for her.' In the future, there are concerns regarding the last two albums of Swift's re-recording venture, Reputation and her debut from 2006, Taylor Swift. In spite of plenty of fan theories surfacing online, Swift has confirmed that Reputation (Taylor's Version) is not yet ready for release. Nevertheless, she has confirmed that if her fans remain interested, she is willing to finish and release both of them.
BBC News
5 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Taylor Swift now owns ALL her music
After a long running legal battle, Taylor Swift is now the owner of ALL of her 2019, the master recordings for Taylor's first six albums were sold in a big music deal worth millions. That meant that although they were her songs, she did not own the rights to them and wasn't in charge of her own response to the deal she started to re-record her albums, renaming them 'Taylor's Version'.But she has now bought back the ownership of those albums. In a letter to her fans last night, she said she's been "bursting into tears of joy"."To say this is my greatest dream come true is actually being pretty reserved about it," she added, thanking fans for their support as the drama played out."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."I almost stopped thinking it could ever happen, after 20 years of having the carrot dangled and then yanked away," she wrote."But that's all in the past now."
Yahoo
8 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
A Complete Timeline of Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun's Feud: Music Ownership Battle and More
The bad blood between Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun has inspired song lyrics, forced celebrities to take sides and incurred the wrath of Swifties. The drama came to a head in June 2019 when it was announced that Braun's media company, Ithaca Holdings, had acquired Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Label Group for $300 million. Through the deal, Braun became the new owner of Swift's first six albums with Big Machine Records: her self-titled debut, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989 and Reputation. Swift condemned the business deal via Tumblr, calling it her 'worst case scenario' and claiming that she'd faced 'incessant, manipulative bullying' from Braun for years. That August, the singer announced her plans to rerecord her first six albums in an attempt to regain the rights to her masters. 'I think artists deserve to own their own work,' she told Robin Roberts during an appearance on Good Morning America. Scooter Braun's Ups and Downs Over the Years: Taylor Swift Feud, Divorce, Client Drama and More Keep scrolling for a complete timeline of Swift and Braun's feud: Justin Bieber shared a since-deleted photo via Instagram of him FaceTiming Braun and Kanye West, who was then a client of Braun's. 'Taylor Swift what up,' he captioned the snap. The post came amid Swift's infamous feud with West. After Braun's acquisition of Big Machine made headlines in July 2019, Swift slammed the business deal via Tumblr. In the lengthy blog post, the musician claimed that 'for years,' she'd 'pleaded for a chance to own my work' but was instead 'given an opportunity to sign back up to Big machine Records and 'earn' one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in.' Swift, who became Big Machine's first client in 2005, continued: 'I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, [Big Machine Records founder and CEO] Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future. I had to make the excruciating choice to leave behind my past.' The 12-time Grammy winner then claimed that she found out Braun had purchased her masters after the deal was made public. 'All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I've received at his hands for years,' she wrote. 'Now Scooter has stripped me of my life's work, that I wasn't given an opportunity to buy. Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it. This is my worst case scenario." Scooter Braun Jokes About Not Receiving an Invite to Taylor Swift's Rhode Island House Swift also included a screenshot of Bieber's infamous 'Taylor Swift what up' Instagram post, writing, 'This is Scooter Braun, bullying me on social media when I was at my lowest point.' That same month, Bieber apologized for the post via Instagram saying that it was 'distasteful and insensitive.' He also defended Braun, claiming that the music executive 'didn't have anything to do with' the post. 'In all actuality he was the person who told me not to joke like that,' Bieber wrote. Swift shared an update on the feud and directly asked her fans for help. In a letter shared via Twitter, she claimed that Borchetta and Braun told her she wasn't allowed to perform any music from her first six albums during her American Music Awards performance. 'I've been planning to perform a medley of my hits throughout the decade on the show,' she wrote of the then-upcoming performance.. 'The message being sent to me is very clear. Basically, 'Be a good little girl and shut up. Or you'll be punished.'' Swift then asked fans to reach out to celebrities who work with Braun in hopes that they could help her get permission to play her songs. 'Scooter also manages several artists who I really believe care about other artists and their work,' she penned. 'Please ask them for help with this — I'm hoping that maybe they can talk some sense into the men who are exercising tyrannical control over someone who just wants to play the music she wrote.' Later that month, Big Machine denied Swift's claims in a lengthy statement. 'At no point did we say Taylor could not perform on the AMAs,' the label claimed. 'In fact, we do not have the right to keep her from performing live anywhere.' Less than a year and a half after acquiring them, Braun sold Swift's master rights to Shamrock Holdings for over $300 million. That same month, Swift shut down rumors that she'd purchased her catalog from Braun, revealing that the sale had occurred without her knowledge. 'He would never even quote my team a price. These master recordings were not for sale to me,' she claimed via Twitter. Swift made good on her promise to rerecord her first six albums and released Fearless (Taylor's Version) in April 2021. "I've spoken a lot about why I'm remaking my first six albums but the way I've chosen to do this will hopefully help illuminate where I'm coming from," she wrote in the album's prologue letter. "Artists should own their own work for so many reasons, but the most screamingly obvious one is that the artist is the only one who really knows that body of work." Swift went on to release Red (Taylor's Version) in November 2021 and Speak Now (Taylor's Version) in July 2023. In August 2023, she announced that 1989 (Taylor's Version) will be released in October 2023. Braun shared his side of the story during an interview for a Variety cover story. "I regret and it makes me sad that Taylor had that reaction to the deal,' he told the outlet, claiming that the details Swift shared about the acquisition were 'not based on anything factual.' He continued: "I don't know what story she was told. I asked for her to sit down with me several times, but she refused.' Braun added that he was most hurt by Swift's characterization of him as a bully. 'I'm firmly against anyone ever being bullied. I always try to lead with appreciation and understanding. The one thing I'm proudest of in that moment was that my artists and team stood by me. They know my character and my truth. That meant a lot to me,' he said. Demi Lovato, who previously defended Braun in July 2019 when Swift called him out for bullying, was one of several high-profile clients to reportedly cut ties with Braun in August 2023 along with Ariana Grande and Bieber. An insider with knowledge of the situation told Us at the time that 'all of Scooter Braun's clients are under contract and negotiations have been going on for several months as Scooter steps into his larger role as Hybe America CEO.' Swift's fans were quick to theorize that the reports were indicative of trouble ahead for Braun. 'How Taylor Swift is sleeping knowing Scooter Braun's empire is crumbling #karma,' one Twitter user wrote alongside a photo of the titular mouse from Tom and Jerry snoozing soundly in a bed. Another chimed in: 'Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato and Ariana Grande leaving Scooter Braun?????!!?!?! Oh honey, this is better than revenge,' referencing Swift's 2010 track of the same name. In June 2024, it was announced that Braun and Grande would be 'continuing their long-standing business partnership and pursuing creative opportunities in Weverse and REM Beauty,' adding, 'Grande in this new chapter will continue to be managed exclusively by Brandon Creed/Good World Management.' Swift reflected on her feuds with Braun and West in her TIME 2023 Person of the Year cover story, saying, 'Make no mistake — my career was taken away from me.' She continued, 'Nothing is permanent. So I'm very careful to be grateful every second that I get to be doing this at this level, because I've had it taken away from me before. There is one thing I've learned: My response to anything that happens, good or bad, is to keep making things. Keep making art. But I've also learned there's no point in actively trying to quote unquote defeat your enemies. Trash takes itself out every single time.' Swift went on to state she believed Braun purchased her masters for 'nefarious reasons,' adding, 'I was so knocked on my ass by the sale of my music, and to whom it was sold. I was like, 'Oh, they got me beat now. This is it. I don't know what to do.' … It's all in how you deal with loss. I respond to extreme pain with defiance.' Swift and Braun's drama was the subject of a Disney+ docuseries titled Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Blood. Us Weekly confirmed a statement shown at the end of the series was issued by Swift's spokesperson. The message read, 'None of these men will ever be able to take anything away from Taylor's legacy as a songwriter, singer, director, philanthropist and advocate for artists' rights. Taylor has completely moved on from this saga, and has turned what started out as an extremely painful situation into one of the most fulfilling endeavors of her life.' Shortly before the show's premiere, Braun announced his retirement from music management, clarifying he would remain CEO of Hybe America. Braun addressed the Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Blood docuseries at a Bloomberg Screentime event in Los Angeles, stating that he was urged to watch it by his parents after initially being hesitant to do so. 'Look, it's five years later,' he said. 'I think, everyone, it's time to move on. There were a lot of things that were misrepresented.' Braun also noted the importance of people communicating 'directly with each other' when dealing with conflict. He said, 'I think doing it out on social media and in front of the whole world is not the place. I think when people actually take the time to stand in front of each other and have a conversation, they usually find out the monster's not real. And that has not happened.' Amid fan demand for her final two rerecorded albums, Swift announced in a lengthy letter shared via her website that she had gained ownership of her masters. 'I almost stopped thinking it could ever happen, after 20 years of having the carrot dangled and then yanked away,' she wrote. 'But that's all in the past now. I've been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals ever since I found out that this is really happening. I really get to say these words: All of the music I've ever made … now belongs … to me.' In addition to her masters, Swift also gained full ownership of her concert films, album art and photography and unreleased songs. She also revealed that while she completed rerecording her self-titled debut album, she kept putting off finishing Reputation (Taylor's Version). 'There will be a time (if you're into the idea) for unreleased Vault tracks from that album to hatch,' she clarified. Braun reacted to the news in a statement to Us, simply stating, 'I am happy for her.'
Time of India
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Taylor Swift buys back music catalogue for close to $360 MILLION: 'All of the music I've ever made now belongs to me'
Pop superstar has officially bought back her music catalogue, marking a landmark moment in her decades-long career. In a heartfelt message posted on her official website on Friday (May 30), Swift shared her joy with all her Swifties and revealed that she has purchased the master recordings of her first six studio albums — Taylor Swift (2006), Fearless (2008), Speak Now (2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014), and Reputation (2017). Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The star made the purchase from private equity firm Shamrock Capital. While the purchase price remains undisclosed, Billboard reports suggest Swift paid close to the $360 million Shamrock initially spent to acquire the rights in 2021. Despite a narrow margin on the sale, the equity firm is said to have earned an estimated $100 million in profits from licensing, streaming, and sales revenues over the past three years. Taking to her Instagram handle, Taylor shared photos of herself with her albums and wrote, "You belong with me." 'Hi. I'm trying to gather my thoughts into something coherent, but right now my mind is just a slideshow. A flashback sequence of all the times I daydreamed about, wished for, and pined away for a chance to get to tell you this news,' Taylor wrote on her website. 'All the times I was thiiiiiiiiiiiiis close, reaching out for it, only for it to fall through. I almost stopped thinking it could ever happen, after 20 years of having the carrot dangled then yanked away. But that's all in the past now,' the Grammy winner continued. 'I've been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals ever since I found out that this is really happening. I really get to say these words: All of the music I've ever made… now belongs… to me. ' She added, 'And all of my music videos. All the concert films. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The album art and photography. The unreleased songs. The memories. The magic. The madness. Every single era. My entire life's work.' The move is the culmination of a deeply personal and public struggle for Swift, who began re-recording her early albums after music executive acquired — and later sold — her masters without her consent. Braun's Ithaca Holdings sold the catalogue to Shamrock in 2021, a deal reportedly worth $360 million. Swift began releasing new versions of her early work under the 'Taylor's Version' banner in 2021, starting with Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version). To date, four of these re-recorded albums have been released, each debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and including additional "From the Vault" tracks, visual storytelling, and thematic Easter eggs — deepening fans' connection to her music. 'We are thrilled with this outcome and are so happy for Taylor,' Shamrock Capital said in a statement. Even Scooter Braun, who was at the centre of the controversy, commented on the news, telling media outlets, 'I am happy for her.' Swift's announcement comes amid a career-high period that includes her latest album The Tortured Poets Department, revealed at the 2024 Grammys and released during her record-breaking billion-dollar Eras Tour. With full control now returned to the artist, fans and industry watchers alike are calling this a landmark victory — not just for Swift, but for musicians everywhere seeking ownership of their art.
