Ever wonder if the stars might be having a little cosmic chuckle at the expense of our favorite pop princess? On a day when the Moon’s in Scorpio—stirring up all those deep, intense emotions—Taylor Swift drops the kind of bombshell that leaves us all blinking in disbelief. Imagine pouring your heart and soul into every lyric and note from your bedroom floor up to sold-out stadiums, only to find out that the hands controlling your musical legacy aren’t just strangers, but people who’ve made their business out of tearing you down. If Taylor’s story today doesn’t make you pause and rethink what “ownership” truly means in the music world, then what will? Her raw revelation pulls back the curtain on a gritty reality: how artists sign away more than contracts—they sometimes give up their very voices to forces that don’t share their soul. So, buckle up, because this isn’t just another celebrity drama—it’s a lesson wrapped in heartbreak and hard truths about power, control, and the fight for creative freedom. LEARN MORE.
She continued, “I had to make the excruciating choice to leave behind my past. Music I wrote on my bedroom floor and videos I dreamed up and paid for from the money I earned playing in bars, then clubs, then arenas, then stadiums.
Some fun facts about today’s news: I learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world. All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years.
Like when Kim Kardashian orchestrated an illegally recorded snippet of a phone call to be leaked and then Scooter got his two clients together to bully me online about it…Or when his client, Kanye West, organized a revenge porn music video which strips my body naked. Now Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to buy. Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.
This is my worst case scenario. This is what happens when you sign a deal at fifteen to someone for whom the term ‘loyalty’ is clearly just a contractual concept. And when that man says ‘Music has value’, he means its value is beholden to men who had no part in creating it.
When I left my masters in Scott’s hands, I made peace with the fact that eventually he would sell them. Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter. Any time Scott Borchetta has heard the words ‘Scooter Braun’ escape my lips, it was when I was either crying or trying not to. He knew what he was doing; they both did. Controlling a woman who didn’t want to be associated with them. In perpetuity. That means forever.
Thankfully, I am now signed to a label that believes I should own anything I create. Thankfully, I left my past in Scott’s hands and not my future. And hopefully, young artists or kids with musical dreams will read this and learn about how to better protect themselves in a negotiation. You deserve to own the art you make.
I will always be proud of my past work. But for a healthier option, Lover will be out August 23.
Sad and grossed out,
💔
Taylor”
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