After years of struggle, American singer Taylor Swift bought back the author’s copyright rights from her first six albums-and is finally owning everything she did: each album, each song, each age.
Os Swifties They have reasons to celebrate. This Friday, Taylor Swift He announced that she is now the owner of the original recordings of her first six albums, after years trying to buy them unsuccessfully.
In a letter on his website, Swift explains that he was able to acquire the original versions of the albums of Shamrock Capital, the company of private equity that in 2020 had bought the recordings to the musical entrepreneur Scooter brown by close to 275 million euros.
In the exciting letter, Swift describes the acquisition of his original recordings as A dream made realitysaying “infinitely grateful” to Shamrock Capital for leading the business fairly and for offering the first opportunity he ever had to Buy your own music.
“For them it was a business, but I really felt that they saw what it meant to me: My memories, my sweat, my handwriting And decades of my dreams, ”wrote Swift.
A difficult battle, even for a billionaire
After two decades when he had several times “the carrot hanging and then torn,” Swift admits that almost ceased to believe that would ever own the original recordings.
“But This is all past now. I’ve been untied joke Since I found that this is really happening. I can really say these words: All the music I ever made… now belongs… to me“Writes the American singer.
In 2019, Braun acquired the Big Machinealong with the rights of the albums that Swift had recorded at the Independent Publishing. After the acquisition, Swift stated that had not been consulted about the businessand which had suffered “incessant and manipulative bullying” by Braun, recalls.
“It is a shame to know that now I will not help to develop the future of these past works and It hurts me deeply to be separated from music That I spent more than a decade to create, ”Swift after the deal was made public.
An update on the State of Reputation
While fighting to regain control of his own music, Swift decided rewrite the albums that it had lost rights. In 2021, it started launching Taylor’s Version Updates of your catalog, having launched rewrites of Fearless, Red, Speak Now e 1989accompanied by unpublished songs.
Fans looking forward to news that Swift had finished the rewriting of his sixth studio album, Reputationhave a lot to celebrate, but will still have to wait. In his announcement, Swift revealed, “with total transparency,” is less than a quarter of the process.
“To be perfectly honest, it is The only album of the first 6 I thought I thought could not be improved by redoing it. Not music, no photos, no videos. So I was postponing“Swift wrote, adding that he is pleased with a rewriting already finished from his debut album.
“These two albums can still become resurgerm when the moment is right… But if it happens, it won’t be sad and wish you would have had,” writes Swift. “Now it will be just a celebration“.
