The American singer Taylor Swift surprised her followers with a peculiar statement after announcing that she recovered the rights of all her original recordings.
In a letter published on its official website on May 30, the 35 -year -old artist revealed that had bought his masters with the help of Shamrock Capitalending a legal battle that extended for almost six years.
“I have been crying for joy at random intervals since I knew that this is really happening,” he wrote in his message.
Swift expressed his emotion to declare: “All the music I have made … now it belongs to me. And all my musical videos. All concert movies. The art of the album and photography. The unpublished songs. Memories. The magic. Madness. Each era. The work of my whole life. ”
However, what caught the attention was the joke made by Grammy’s winner about the possibility of becoming her first tattoo.
Expressed his gratitude to Shamrock capital for handling the transaction in a “honest, fair and respectful” way, and added in a jocular tone: “My first tattoo could be a huge clover in the middle of my forehead”
Said statement in reference to company logo It is particularly curious considering that the interpreter had previously expressed her opposition to permanent tattoos.
In a 2012 interview with Taste of Country, Taylor Swift I had declared: “I don’t think I could ever compromise. If I were doing something, it would be a 13but I don’t want to make me a tattoo. ”
Apparently, the recovery of your masters could be enough to change your mind.
The conflict for music rights of Taylor Swift began in June 2019, when Scooter Braun He acquired the Big Machine Records seal through his company Ithaca Holdings.
This transaction included the masters of the first six albums of Swift: Taylor Swift (2006), Fearless (2008), Speak Now (2010), Grid (2012), 1989 (2014) and Reputation (2017).
The singer described the agreement as a “nightmare”, since it was not previously informed about the sale.
“I spent 10 years of my life trying with all rigor to buy my masters directly, and then that opportunity was denied,” Swift recalled in an interview with Billboard In 2019.
As reported, he was only offered to recover an album for each new album that he gave to Big Machineproposal that rejected.
The situation was complicated when Braun sold his participation in the catalog to Shamrock capital In November 2020 for approximately 300 million dollars.
Taylor Swift initially rejected any alliance with the company by discovering that Scooter Braun It would continue to benefit financially from the agreement for years.
As a strategy to reduce the value of her original recordings, the singer undertook in 2021 an ambitious project to re -record her first six albums under the brand “Taylor’s version”
To date, he has published Fearless (Taylor’s version), Network (Taylor’s version), Speak Now (Taylor’s version) and 1989 (Taylor’s version).
On the album Reputation, Swift He admitted in his letter that it is difficult for him to conceptualize the re -record.
“The album Reputation It was so specific to that moment in my life, that I always felt that something stopped me when I tried to rebuild it. All that rebellion, that desire to be understood While he felt he was misunderstood … to be perfectly honest, it is the only album of those first six that I thought it couldn’t improve removing it, “he admitted.
Regarding his debut album, he confirmed that he has already completely re -recorded it: “I really love how it sounds now.”
The artist left open the possibility of launching these materials when it is “the right time”, but clarified that it would now be “only a celebration” and not from “sadness or nostalgia.”
