
I had to make the excruciating choice to leave behind my past." I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future.

Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and 'earn' one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in. In a blog post, she wrote: "For years, I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work. Swift also said that she had tried to buy back her masters from Big Machine, but that the terms the label offered her were intolerable. Swift claimed that she was unaware of the sale to Braun's company, and called the deal "my worst-case scenario," alluding to Braun's involvement in a number of feuds between her and artists he has managed, including Kanye West. I’d buy all of the new versions just to prove a point 💁🏼♀️- Kelly Clarkson July 13, 2019īig Machine, which was founded by Nashville music industry veteran Scott Borchetta, signed Swift in 2006 Swift, then just a teenager, was Big Machine's staple artist, and her first six albums were released on that label. Swift added, "One thing that's really special to me is that it's the first one that I will own." (The audience erupted into loud, extended cheers at her just a thought, U should go in & re-record all the songs that U don’t own the masters on exactly how U did them but put brand new art & some kind of incentive so fans will no longer buy the old versions. Interviewer Robin Roberts pointed out that Lover has sold almost a million copies in pre-sale, which means that it is very likely to go platinum upon release.

She reasserted her plans in a live interview Thursday on ABC's "Good Morning America," shortly before a live performance in New York City that also served as promotion for her newest album, Lover, which drops Friday. Swift first spoke publicly about her plans in an interview that will be broadcast on "CBS Sunday Morning" this week. Taylor Swift performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" at SummerStage at Central Park on Thursday.Įnding a summer of speculation, singer Taylor Swift confirmed Thursday that she's planning to re-record her existing catalog in order to regain artistic and financial control of her material after her former record label sold it in a reported $300 million deal.
