Taylor Swift announcement: Singer says she now owns her entire catalogue of music

About 6 years ago, Swift protested the merchantability of her maestro recordings by her erstwhile grounds label

NEW YORK -- Taylor Swift has regained power implicit her full assemblage of work.

In a lengthy enactment posted to her authoritative website connected Friday, Swift announced: "All of the euphony I've ever made present belongs to me."

According to the note, the popular prima has purchased her catalog of recordings - primitively released done Big Machine Records - from their astir caller owner, the backstage equity steadfast Shamrock Capital. She did not disclose the amount.

"We are thrilled with this result and are truthful blessed for Taylor," Shamrock Capital said successful a statement.

Over the past fewer years, Swift has been re-recording and releasing her archetypal six albums successful an effort to regain power of her music.

The bid was instigated by euphony manager Scooter Braun's acquisition and merchantability of her aboriginal catalog and represents Swift's effort to power her ain songs and however they're used. Previous "Taylor's Version" releases person been much than accepted re-recordings, arriving with caller "from the vault" music, Easter eggs and visuals that deepen knowing of her work.

In betwixt re-recordings, she has released caller music, including past year's "The Tortured Poets Department," announced during the 2024 Grammys and released during her record-breaking tour.

So far, determination person been 4 re-recorded albums.

Swift's past re-recording, "1989 (Taylor's Version)," arrived successful October 2023, conscionable 4 months aft the merchandise of "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)." That was the aforesaid twelvemonth Swift claimed the grounds for the pistillate with the astir No. 1 albums successful history.

Fans person theorized that "Reputation (Taylor's Version)" would beryllium next: On May 19, "Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor's Version)" aired astir successful afloat during the opening country of a Season 6 occurrence of "The Handmaid's Tale." Prior to that, the opus was teased successful 2023's Prime Video limited-series thriller "Wilderness" and successful Apple TV+'s "The Dynasty: New England Patriots" successful 2024. Also successful 2023, she contributed "Delicate (Taylor's Version)" to Prime Video's "The Summer I Turned Pretty."

But according to the enactment shared Friday, Swift says she hasn't "even re-recorded a 4th of it."

She did say, however, that she has wholly rerecorded her self-titled debut medium "and I truly emotion however it sounds now."

Swift writes that some her self-titled and "Reputation (Taylor's Version)" "can inactive person their moments to re-emerge erstwhile the clip is right."

A typical for Swift did not instantly respond to petition for comment.