


Now this is where it gets messy, because Braun and Swift have a fraught relationship, in the strongest sense of the word. In 2019, Scooter Braun bought Big Machine Label Group and in that sale, gained the rights to Swift's first six albums. Oh no! No stress: Taylor Swift, huge music industry powerhouse, can simply buy the rights to her music, right? Wrong! However, all her music recorded prior to 2018 was still owned by Big Machine Label Group. In 2018, Swift signed with Universal Music Group's Republic Records and in this deal was able to own her music. This happened to Swift, who signed with Big Machine Label Group, headed by Scott Borchetta. A lot of the time the record company that signs the musician owns the master, which is the original recording of the songs.
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I'll defer to my wonderful co-worker (and Taylor Swift aficionado) Abrar Al-Heeti for the full rundown, but essentially: The majority of the time, musicians don't own their music.

Wait, she's rerecording her albums? But why? Instead of talking about school (no one wants to talk about school), wow the Swiftie in your life with your vast knowledge of the Swiftverse. Sure, it squeezed out everything I learned while getting my master's degree, but it was worth it.Ĭatching up on 10 years of Taylor Swift lore to understand Red (Taylor’s Version) /aUHTcUtwjY- nicole archer November 12, 2021īecause we've got Thanksgiving and the end-of-year holidays coming up, I assume you'll come into contact with younger family members, some maybe even of the young woman persuasion. In the six days since the release of Red (Taylor's Version), I've crammed 10 years of the Swiftverse into my squishy brain. I've scoured Genius, I've Googled "what is scarf" and "Gaylor?" and "Dylan O'Brien single" so you don't have to. It wasn't until I realized that the coverage of Taylor Swift and her body of work is a bit misogynistic and weird that I was able to fully embrace the haunting lyrics and true bops by blondie. Thanks to a toxic mix of mild internalized misogyny and an all-encompassing love of The Kooks' lead singer, Luke Pritchard, as a teenager, I missed out on the glory days of the Taylor Swift fandom and some really great albums. Swift's target audience, I'm still catching up. I'm a 28-year-old woman, and despite being right in the middle of Ms. Look, if this is going right over your head, I don't blame you. Which means she probably made, what, over $300? According to Business Insider, her music was streamed on Spotify 122.9 MILLION TIMES on Friday alone. Red (Taylor's Version) broke the Spotify record for the most streamed album by a female artist and the most streamed female artist in a single day. It's all a bit confusing, but it's also a pretty big deal.
