Taylor Swift is finally the owner of the best thing that’s ever been hers. In a statement on her website, the singer revealed she’s purchased her music catalog, adding, “All of the music I’ve ever made… now belongs… to me.” Today’s update marks the end of a six-year squabble over the ownership of Swift’s first six albums. The “All Too Well” singer first raised the issue in 2019, when celebrity manager Scooter Braun acquired Big Machine Records, the label that owned her catalog. At the time, Swift said she’d begged the previous owner, Scott Borchetta, for a chance to purchase her masters, and was not only denied, but was never informed that he was selling the rights. Since 2021, Swift has been subverting the ownership debacle by releasing re-recorded “Taylor’s Version” editions of the albums featuring new bonus tracks. However, she’s only released four of the six so far. Addressing whether or not she’ll move forward with re-releasing the remaining two, Swift wrote, “Those two albums can still have their moments to re-emerge when the time is right... But if that happens, it won’t be from a place of sadness and longing for what I wish I could have. It will just be a celebration now.”
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