Taylor Swift has formally purchased again the grasp recordings of her first six albums, marking a significant milestone in her battle for music possession. Nevertheless, followers looking forward to the discharge of Repute (Taylor’s Model) could have to attend longer.
In a letter posted on her web site, Swift shared a candid replace. She revealed that Repute (Taylor’s Model) has not been accomplished; in reality, she’s barely began. “I haven’t even re-recorded 1 / 4 of it,” she wrote. She defined that the 2017 album was deeply tied to a selected emotional chapter of her life, making it onerous to revisit and recreate.
“All that defiance, that longing to be understood whereas feeling purposely misunderstood… I saved hitting a stopping level,” Swift added. It’s the one album from her early catalog that she felt couldn’t be improved by means of re-recording.
Nonetheless, the pop icon assured followers that she does plan to launch unreleased vault tracks from the Repute period sooner or later sooner or later. “But when it occurs, it gained’t be from a spot of disappointment or longing. It is going to simply be a celebration now,” she wrote.
Swift started re-recording her albums in 2021 after her masters have been bought with out her consent by Massive Machine Data. She’s since launched new variations of Fearless, Crimson, Communicate Now, and 1989, all labeled “Taylor’s Model.”
Now, together with her buy from Shamrock Capital, reportedly for a nine-figure sum, Swift owns all of her unique music outright. “All the music I’ve ever made… now belongs to me,” she wrote, describing the second as her “best dream come true.
Regardless of proudly owning the originals now, Swift confirmed that her re-recorded albums will stay out there. She sees them as an emblem of artistic freedom and power, with The Eras Tour — impressed by her re-recordings — enjoying an enormous half in making the buyback attainable.
Songs from Repute (Taylor’s Model) have already been heard in reveals like The Handmaid’s Story and The Summer time I Turned Fairly, however the full album’s launch will take time.
Whereas concluding, Swift emphasised how significant the assist from followers and artists has been, stating, “Each single little bit of it counted and ended us up right here.”