In a stunning and emotional victory for artistic ownership, Taylor Swift has officially bought back the rights to the master recordings of her first six albums — reclaiming control over the body of work that made her a global icon.
Swift confirmed the news in a heartfelt public statement, reflecting on the long and often painful journey since the masters were sold without her knowledge in 2019.
“I’m trying to gather my thoughts into something coherent,” Swift wrote. “But right now my mind is just a flashback sequence of all the times I daydreamed about, wished for, and pined away for a chance to get to tell you this news… I’ve been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals ever since I found out this is really happening.”
“All of the music I’ve ever made… now belongs… to me.” T