Taylor Swift redeemed her first six albums: ‘I got the biggest dream, thank you all …’
Taylor Swift She became the owner of the original recordings of her first six albums, gaining complete control of her entire music catalog for the first time in her career.
– After 20 years of promise that was constantly raised, I almost stopped believed that it would ever happen. But it’s all behind me now. All the music I have ever created … now belongs to me – the singer wrote in a letter to fans.
She lost her rights to these shots in 2019, when her first record label, Big Machine, sold the recording to the manager Scooter Braun. Taylor called the sale ‘worst scenario’ and said she was not offered an opportunity to buy her own songs, but that she had to ‘earn’ a return of one album for each new one to record for their house.
Since then, Swift music has released under the label ‘Republik Records’, with the rights of original, original recordings.
Braun, who used to be a manager Kanyea Westhas been provoking the singer publicly for years. Five years ago he sold Master recording to an investment fund Shamrock Capital for allegedly $ 300 million.
In a letter, Taylor revealed that she redeemed her recordings, including videos, concerts, album wrappers, photos and unpublished songs, just from Shamrock. The Guardian learned that the earlier statements stated between $ 600 million and $ 1 billion incorrect and exaggerated.
According to the usual contracts in the music industry, Big Machine possessed the rights to the original recordings of her albums, so Swift had no ownership at the time of sale.
– I always wanted to just want to work hard and one day buy my music, without any conditions, without partnership, with complete freedom – the singer wrote and continued:
– I will forever be grateful to everyone in Shamrock Capital because they first offered me that opportunity. Their approach was honest, honest with respect. For them, it was a business move, but I felt that they understood how much it meant to me – my successes, my effort, my manuscripts and dreams of the old decades. I am immensely grateful. My first tattoo may be a huge clover in the middle of my forehead. I cannot thank you enough for helping me to reconnect with this art that I have dedicated to life, which I have never possessed so far.
In order to re -gain control over her catalog after selling Braun and reduced the value of his investment, she decided to recording all six albums. Each marked as Taylor’s Version. Between 2021 and 2023, she re -recorded ‘Fearless’ (2008), ‘Red’ (2012), ‘Speak Now’ (2010) and ‘1989’ (2014).
As the main author of her songs, Taylor Swift has the right to recording them again and prevent the use of original versions. New versions are already used in series and movies. Last week, a new version of ‘Look What You Made up to’ appeared in the series ‘The Slava’s Story’. This song comes with an still unpublished new version of ‘Reputation’ from 2017.
