The ladies in the entertainment industry are not playing! This Friday, mega star Taylor Swift announced some huge news: she now controls her entire music catalogue after she bought back the master recordings of her first six albums!
This right here is a full-circle moment for Taylor. As many of y’all remember, she lost the rights to her own music back in 2019 after her original record label, Big Machine, sold her masters to record exec Scooter Braun a move that left fans furious and Taylor feeling betrayed.
But sis didn’t sit around and cry about it she moved. In an effort to get back control, she started re-recording her albums under the label “Taylor’s Version” which was her way of taking her power back little by little.
And now? She got the whole thing back. The full catalog. Her work. Her art. Her legacy.
Taylor didn’t just announce it and move on. She let her fans in on how much this moment means to her. In a letter posted to her website and shared via a heartfelt IG photo of her sitting next to her album covers she got vulnerable:
Taylor buying back her first six albums sends a message loud and clear: own your stuff.
It’s the same energy we saw from Beyoncé, Rihanna, and even indie artists who refuse to give up their publishing. Ownership is the real flex not the fame, not the charts, but the power to control what you created.
And the fact that she stood her ground for years rerecording, standing firm in interviews, dodging lawsuits and shade makes this win even more iconic.
Congrats!
