Taylor Swift (Pennsylvania, USA, 35 years old) has starred in an authentic history of terror around the rights of its first six albums –Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989 and Reputation– Since in 2019 the representative Scooter Braun acquire Big Machine Recordsthe record with which he signed at age 16, thus snatching the property of his music. Finally, this unjust chapter ends as a ‘Love Story’ between the artist and her work, since, as she announced on her official website and in all her networks, they are your own again!
The artist has reached an agreement with Shamrock capitallast owner of your catalog, to acquire the rights of these albums. So it has officially been able to say that: “All the music I have composed … now belongs to me … to me.”
The six lost albums
With the sale, Braun went on to possess all the original recordings of the artist, what Swift denounced as a betray Kanye Westamong many others. Not being able to buy them directly, Taylor made a radical decision: to re -record all his music to recover control of his art.
The original contract signed in 2005 allowed him to record new versions of his songs from 2020. As the author of the lyrics and compositions, he had the publication rights, which facilitated the strategy. In 2021, he launched Fearless (Taylor’s version) And later Network (Taylor’s version)giving way to a new era marked by its artistic independence and the global phenomenon known as “Taylormanía”.
The success was immediate. His tenth study album, Midnights (2022)he sold more than one million copies in his first week in the US, and his tour The Eras Tour He broke records as the highest grossing in history. During this stage, he also launched the re -regions of Speak Now and 1989consolidating their total control over their musical legacy while captivating millions of fans worldwide.
Swift has always been a firm defender of artists’ rights. Already in 2015 he pressed Apple Music To remunerate musicians during the proof period of their service, achieving a change in their policy in less than 24 hours. His struggle for intellectual property not only transformed his career, but also the way in which the industry treats the authorship and rights of artists. If you want, I can show you a visual summary or a timeline of this conflict.
What will happen to the new and promised reputation version?
The artist has left this unknown open to debate and has confessed the following: «Total transparency: I have not re -recorded a room of the project. The album of Reputation It belongs to a very specific stage of my life and that has stopped me when wanting to do it. All the rebellion, the desire to be understood while I felt intentionally misunderstood, the desperate hope, the growl that is born of shame and malice. To be completely sincere, it is the only album of the first 6 that I consider unable to improve if you return it ».
With or without the refrabation of this album, we must also celebrate the return of the six prodigies of the artist who breaks records, scenarios and wallets wherever he steps on his high colored boots.
