Nicole Lappin

In a statement posted at the time, she said, quote, for years I asked, pleaded for the chance to own my work. Instead, I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and earn one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in, end quote. That feels pretty predatory, right?

In a statement posted at the time, she said, quote, for years I asked, pleaded for the chance to own my work. Instead, I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and earn one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in, end quote. That feels pretty predatory, right?

It's like telling an author, yeah, you could have your previous book back, but only if you agree to write a sequel and then give us that sequel, too. So she walked away from that offer and she made her feelings very, very clear. This deal, she said, stripped me of my life's work.

It's like telling an author, yeah, you could have your previous book back, but only if you agree to write a sequel and then give us that sequel, too. So she walked away from that offer and she made her feelings very, very clear. This deal, she said, stripped me of my life's work.

It's like telling an author, yeah, you could have your previous book back, but only if you agree to write a sequel and then give us that sequel, too. So she walked away from that offer and she made her feelings very, very clear. This deal, she said, stripped me of my life's work.

In 2020, an investment firm called Shamrock Capital bought Swift's catalog from Braun and paid reportedly more than $300 million for it. And remember, just one year earlier, Braun had paid $300 million for all of Big Machine, not just for Taylor's Masters.

In 2020, an investment firm called Shamrock Capital bought Swift's catalog from Braun and paid reportedly more than $300 million for it. And remember, just one year earlier, Braun had paid $300 million for all of Big Machine, not just for Taylor's Masters.

In 2020, an investment firm called Shamrock Capital bought Swift's catalog from Braun and paid reportedly more than $300 million for it. And remember, just one year earlier, Braun had paid $300 million for all of Big Machine, not just for Taylor's Masters.

She said that Shamrock gave her an opportunity to partner, but she rejected it once she found out that Shamrock's agreement with Braun allowed him to profit from her catalog for many years. She said Braun's ability to profit from her work was, quote, a non-starter. Taylor's next move was pretty genius.

She said that Shamrock gave her an opportunity to partner, but she rejected it once she found out that Shamrock's agreement with Braun allowed him to profit from her catalog for many years. She said Braun's ability to profit from her work was, quote, a non-starter. Taylor's next move was pretty genius.

She said that Shamrock gave her an opportunity to partner, but she rejected it once she found out that Shamrock's agreement with Braun allowed him to profit from her catalog for many years. She said Braun's ability to profit from her work was, quote, a non-starter. Taylor's next move was pretty genius.

She did something that very few artists have ever tried to do, and no one has done with such success. She started re-recording her old albums. The goal was to offer fans an alternative to the originals, versions that she owns. These are the albums she released under the same name, just with that Taylor's Version edition in parentheses.

She did something that very few artists have ever tried to do, and no one has done with such success. She started re-recording her old albums. The goal was to offer fans an alternative to the originals, versions that she owns. These are the albums she released under the same name, just with that Taylor's Version edition in parentheses.

She did something that very few artists have ever tried to do, and no one has done with such success. She started re-recording her old albums. The goal was to offer fans an alternative to the originals, versions that she owns. These are the albums she released under the same name, just with that Taylor's Version edition in parentheses.

She released Fearless, Taylor's Version in 2021, then Red, Taylor's Version, then Speak Now in 1989.

She released Fearless, Taylor's Version in 2021, then Red, Taylor's Version, then Speak Now in 1989.

She released Fearless, Taylor's Version in 2021, then Red, Taylor's Version, then Speak Now in 1989.

each one was a massive success 1989 taylor's version had an even bigger opening week than the original did according to billboard it debuted with the equivalent of 1.65 million album sales in the u.s making it the biggest week of her career at the time the tortured poets department has since topped it so this does sound genius And kind of like copyright infringement.

each one was a massive success 1989 taylor's version had an even bigger opening week than the original did according to billboard it debuted with the equivalent of 1.65 million album sales in the u.s making it the biggest week of her career at the time the tortured poets department has since topped it so this does sound genius And kind of like copyright infringement.

each one was a massive success 1989 taylor's version had an even bigger opening week than the original did according to billboard it debuted with the equivalent of 1.65 million album sales in the u.s making it the biggest week of her career at the time the tortured poets department has since topped it so this does sound genius And kind of like copyright infringement.