{"id":66030,"date":"2025-06-01T01:40:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T01:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=66030"},"modified":"2025-06-01T01:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T01:40:34","slug":"i-couldnt-stop-crying-swifties-react-as-taylor-swift-reveals-she-finally-owns-her-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=66030","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Couldn\u2019t Stop Crying\u2019: Swifties React as Taylor Swift Reveals She Finally Owns Her Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swift announced that she has control over her full catalog, and her fans are as emotional as she is<\/p>\n

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As official: After a six-year saga, Taylor Swift finally owns her music. She took control following a tense situation that started in 2019, when her contract with Big Machine ended and her masters were sold to Scooter Braun and Ithaca Holdings. Today, after re-recording four out of six of the albums she had released under Big Machine, Swift announced in a letter that she now had control over all her old music \u2014 and her fans are just as elated as she is.<\/p>\n

Zainub Amir, who manages the update account\u00a0@SwiftNYC, is still \u201cspeechless,\u201d she says. \u201cI am still trying to find the words. Taylor has poured so much into her music and seeing her finally own it all felt incredibly emotional. It\u2019s such a testament to her persistence and a huge inspiration to anyone who\u2019s ever felt unheard or undervalued.\u201d<\/p>\n

Longtime fan Kyra Beck initially thought the letter was fake as it began circulating on social media. \u201cI try to approach everything on the Internet with a healthy dose of skepticism,\u201d she admits. \u201cOnce I realized it wasn\u2019t, I ran to her website to read the letter. I\u2019ve been a fan since around the Red era, so I\u2019ve lived through the entire masters situation, and her honesty throughout this journey has been so inspiring to see. I just feel so overwhelmed with happiness and pride for her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese albums have such a special place in all our hearts,\u201d says another fan named Rachel Rogerson. \u201cTo have them back in the hands of the person who created them means the absolute world. If I\u2019m honest, I couldn\u2019t stop crying at the thought of her owning these albums, as I watched and supported her through all the turmoil and pain that this caused.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The point of Swift\u2019s re-recording project, in her own words, was to devalue the original albums while they were under other people\u2019s ownership. For much of the fandom, this became a kind of political stance: Numerous fans avoided listening to the original recordings, in a show of solidarity with Swift. Today, many celebrated online by listening to the original versions of classic Swift songs like \u201cStyle\u201d and \u201cHoly Ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cPersonally, I did not listen to the \u2018stolen\u2019 versions after\u00a0Taylor\u2019s Versions\u00a0were released,\u201d Rogerson says. \u201cKnowing the money received would be going to a person who has taken advantage of someone that I deeply love was a dealbreaker for me, and it brings me immense joy that [Scooter Braun] will no longer be benefiting from both the sales and streams of these albums.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

After Swift\u2019s Eras Tour wrapped in 2024, the star went dark after the Grammys and Super Bowl. Swifties waited impatiently for her next move, assuming that re-recorded versions of\u00a0Reputation<\/em>\u00a0and her self-titled debut album (known as \u201cdebut\u201d colloquially in the fandom) would be released soon. In the letter, Swift admitted she barely made a dent in re-recording\u00a0Reputation<\/em>, finding it difficult to recreate the magic of that album again. For some fans, it\u2019s a little sad to see the end of the re-recording project, especially given the numerous, never-before-released \u201cvault\u201d recordings she\u2019d tack on to each\u00a0Taylor\u2019s Version<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so bittersweet,\u201d says fan\u00a0Savannah Charles. \u201cReputation\u00a0is definitely a fan favorite that so many Swifties were eagerly anticipating, but at the same time, I think Taylor hit the nail on the head \u2014 it\u2019s a fan favorite because she perfected that era.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Overall, the fandom feels uniquely bonded by the experience. Like Swift\u2019s music, the ordeal made her stans feel like they were on this journey with her, fighting for her music as much as she was. For many, the experience was the reason why Eras Tour existed in the first place, so there were some positives they\u2019ve observed as they reflect on the situation now that it\u2019s over.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs awful as the original situation was, I do think it was the catalyst for so many incredible things, like the Eras Tour,\u201d Beck says. \u201cI got to interact with tons of other Swifties while creating my Eras Tour surprise song blanket, and it was incredible to see how united everyone was in their support for Taylor\u2019s fight to own her work. I\u2019ve even heard of newer fans saying they were waiting for the re-recordings to listen to Reputation and her debut for the first time, so I hope they\u2019re having fun listening today!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

See more fan reactions below:<\/p>\n

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