If you’ve been following the Taylor Swift/Scooter Braun saga over the last half-decade, then you’ll likely be delighted to hear that Swift is now in possession of the rights to the master recordings of her first six albums. Braun sold the master recordings to the private equity firm Shamrock Capital in 2019 for a reported $300 million, but on Friday, Swift announced to fans via a letter that her masters (as well as her videos, concert films, album art and photography, and unreleased songs) were officially hers.

The letter on Swift’s website is somewhat hard to read (curse you, tiny adorable font!), but she’s very open about the happiness that owning the rights to her work again brings her, writing: “All I’ve ever wanted was the opportunity to work hard enough to one day purchase my

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