Look at what you let her do.
Taylor Swift announced Friday that she has repurchased rights to her first six albums to end the long-running battle over those who own her music.
“All the music I've ever made is mine,” the Karma singer wrote, releasing the news on her official website. “I've been caught in tears of joy… ever since I realized this was really happening.”
Swift originally lost the rights to the entire music catalog in 2019 when her first record label, Big Machine, sold to music producer Scooter Braun. It began a feud between the singer and Brown.
In November 2020, Brown looked back and sold the master recording to private equity firm Shamrock Capital with a report of USD 300 million.
As a result, Swift announced that it would re-record the album to own a new master in a project called the Taylor version.
Her first re-recorded album, Fearless (Taylor's version), appeared in April 2021, followed by a new version from 1989 and Speak Now.
It was a gamble that paid off for singer-songwriters. All releases reached number one on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, and tried to regain control over their own master recordings from other singers.
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Swift hinted at what's going on since she owns all of the original work. We have worked on the release of the highly anticipated and highly anticipated reputation (the version of Taylor).
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“I know, I know. How about RepTV? Full transparency: I haven't re-recorded a quarter of that,” she wrote in an update posted on her website on Friday.
“The album of reputation is very specific in my life, and when I tried to remake it, I kept pounding the stopping point, and all that rebellion wants to be understood while feeling intentionally misunderstood.
“To be totally honest, it's the first six albums I thought I couldn't improve by trying it over. It's not music, photos or videos, so I kept putting off it and craving what I want.
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In June 2024, Brown announced that he had retired from music management.
Brown mentioned many clients over the years in his statement, amongst Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Andrew Watt, Lil Dickie, Tori Kelly, J. Balvin, Demi Lovato, Zac Brownband, Martin Garrix, David Guatta, Steve Angelo, Carly Les Jepsen, Pusie and Pavo.
Many of the artists he listed had dropped Brown as manager by then.
“All the clients I have the privilege to work with have changed my life. Many of them know that they are beginning to see the success they deserve,” he said. “I support each and every one of them.”
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