Swifties have plenty to celebrate on Friday as Taylor Swift announced that she now owns the master recordings of her first six albums after years of trying and failing to buy them.
Swift posted the news to her website, explaining that she was able to purchase the original versions of the albums from Shamrock Capital, the private equity firm that bought the recordings from music manager Scooter Braun in 2020 for at least $300 million.
In an emotional letter, Swift called securing her masters a dream come true. Swift described herself as “endlessly thankful” to Shamrock Capital for handling the deal fairly and offering her the first chance she’s ever been given to buy her own music back. “This was a business deal to them, but I really felt like they saw it for what it was to me: My memorie