🎉 MASTERS VICTORY: Taylor Swift buys back ALL her original recordings in "greatest dream come true"!

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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Calarugashawk Media.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Hey Swifties, Welcome back to Taylor Swift Today. I'm your
host Ali, and oh my gosh, we have earth shattering
news to start today's episode. Taylor Swift has officially bought
back her original master recordings from her first six albums.
This is literally the biggest Taylor Swift news we've had
in years. Plus We've got updates on Taylor and Travis's
Miami living situation, engagement rumors, and so much more. Let's

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dive into this historic moment, Swifties. This is not a
drill in what can only be described as one of
the most dramatic business developments in pop music history. Taylor
Swift has purchased her catalog of recordings from Big Machine Records.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
After six years of turmoil.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
She acquired those six albums and all associated visuals from
Shamrock Capital for an undisclosed nine figure sum that she's
calling exceptionally fair and reasonable. I wrote a handwritten letter
to fans saying to say this is my greatest dream
come true is actually being pretty reserved about it. She
thanks Shamrock Capital, adding all I've ever wanted was the

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opportunity to work hard enough to be able to one
day purchase my music outright, with no strings attached, no partnership,
with full autonomy. I will be forever grateful to everyone
at Shamrock Capital for being the first people to ever
offer this to me and get this. She even joked,
my first tattoo just might be a huge Shamrock in

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the middle of my forehead.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
I am living for this energy.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
But here's what's really incredible about Taylor's statement. She explains
how everything that happened, even the painful parts, led to
this moment. She wrote, I'm extremely heartened by the conversations
this saga has reignited within my industry, among artists and fans.
Every time a new artist tells me they negotiated to
own their master recordings in their record contract because of

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this fight, I'm reminded of how important it was for
all of this to happen. Now, about those Taylor's versions
we've all been waiting for. Taylor will be reissuing her
old Big Machine albums, but she's confirmed that both the
originals and the re recorded versions will.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
Continue to be available.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
She addressed the elephant in the room about reputation Taylor's
version with full transparency saying, I know, I know what
about REPTV Full Transparency. I haven't even rerecorded a quarter
of it. The reputation album was so specific to that
time in my life, and I kept hitting a stopping
point when I tried to remake it. She explained, all
that defiance, that longing to be understood while feeling purposely misunderstood,

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that desperate hope, that shame born snarl and mischief. To
be perfectly honest, it's the one album in those first
six that I thought couldn't be improved upon by redoing it,
not the music or photos or videos, so I kept
putting it off. But don't worry, She's not abandoning the
project entirely, she said. There will be a time if

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you're into the idea for the unreleased vault tracks from
that album to Hatch, I've already completely re recorded my
debut album, and I really love how.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
It sounds now.

Speaker 2 (03:08):
Those two albums can still have their moments to re
emerge when the time is right. If that would be
something you guys would be excited about. But if it 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. The most emotional part of her
letter had me in tears. She wrote, I'm trying to
gather my thoughts into something coherent, but right now my

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mind is just a flashback sequence of all the times
I daydreamed about, wished for, and pined away for a
chance to get to tell you this news, all the
times I was these close reaching out for it, only
for it to fall through. I almost stopped thinking it
could ever happen after twenty years of having the carrot
dangled and then yanked away.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
But that's all in the past. Now.

Speaker 2 (03:51):
I've been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals
ever since I found out that this is really happening.

Speaker 1 (03:58):
And then she got to say the words she's been
dreaming of.

Speaker 2 (04:00):
All of the music I've ever made now belongs to me,
and all my music videos, all the concert films, the
album art and photography, the unreleased songs, the memories, the magic,
the madness, every single era, my entire life's work. She
concluded by thanking fans, thanks to you and your goodwill,

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teamwork and encouragement. The best things that have ever been mine,
finally actually are signing off as elated and amazed. Now
there was some drama around the reporting of this story.
The New York Post initially reported it, but sources close
to the negotiations say elements of that story were wrong,
including a grossly inflated price tag and false claims about

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Scooter Braun's involvement.

Speaker 1 (04:46):
A sourced told Variety, contrary.

Speaker 2 (04:49):
To a previous false report, there was no outside party
who encouraged this sale. All rightful credit for this opportunity
should go to the partners at Shamrock Capital and Taylor's
Nashville based management team.

Speaker 1 (05:01):
Only Taylor now owned all of her music, and.

Speaker 2 (05:04):
This moment finally happened in spite of Scooter Braun, not
because of him. Speaking of Scooter, his response was surprisingly
brief and classy.

Speaker 1 (05:13):
I am happy for her. That's it.

Speaker 2 (05:16):
After six years of drama that started when his Ithaca
Holdings bought the catalog in twenty nineteen, leading to death
threats and public feuding, he kept it simple.

Speaker 1 (05:26):
This whole saga has been such a journey.

Speaker 2 (05:30):
It started nearly six years ago when Braun acquired Scott Borchetta's.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
Big Machine label group for around three.

Speaker 2 (05:36):
Hundred million dollars Taylor slammed the deal in a legendary
Tumblr post, saying she learned about it as it was
announced to the world and attacking Braun for bullying her.
She announced her plan to re record her first six albums,
which led to the incredible Taylor's Version Era and ultimately
the record breaking Era's Tour that grossed an estimated two

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point two billion dollars, money that helped her buy back
this catalog. What I love most is how Taylor frames
this victory. She's not bitter about the past six years.
She sees them as necessary to get to this point.
The re recordings sparked conversations about artists, writs The Heiress
tour broke records, and now she owns everything.

Speaker 1 (06:17):
It's the ultimate comeback story.

Speaker 2 (06:20):
Now, speaking of Taylor's current life, let's talk about where
she and Travis are spending their quality time these days.
According to an exclusive report from People magazine, Taylor is
currently staying with Travis in Miami while he's training for
the upcoming NFL season. The couple was recently spotted on
a romantic dinner date at Harry's in West Palm Beach,

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and sources say Taylor is extending her time in Florida,
specifically to support and spend time with Travis during his
training How cute is that the source revealed that Travis
had been working on Friday before his dinner date with Taylor,
but left early to go meet her. They also noted
that the athlete still seems very happy with his girlfriend,

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as if we needed confirmation of that. What I love
even more is that Travis's mom, Donna, showed her support
by liking a fan photo that captured moments from their
cozy booth dinner. Donna continues to be the ultimate supportive
future mother in law. This Miami arrangement really shows how
committed they are to making their relationship work despite their
incredibly busy schedules. Remember how we've talked in previous episodes

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about Travis wanting to focus more on football this season
and take a step back from the spotlight. Well, having
Taylor there to support him during training camp is probably
exactly what he needs.

Speaker 1 (07:37):
It's giving major relationship goals.

Speaker 2 (07:40):
Taylor literally following her man to Florida to be there
for him during this crucial time in his career, and
speaking of their future together, Engagement rumors are absolutely swirling
right now. The Daily Mail got an exclusive from a
source who claims that everyone is just waiting for Travis
to ask her parents for her hand in marriage, and
that her parents will say yes and they can't wait

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for them to get engaged.

Speaker 1 (08:04):
The insider was very.

Speaker 2 (08:05):
Confident, saying nothing seems to be imminent, but it will
one hundred percent happen.

Speaker 1 (08:10):
Here's what really got me emotional.

Speaker 2 (08:12):
The source said that Taylor and Travis are treating this
relationship as their last relationship, and when they get engaged,
when they get married, and when they start a family,
it will be exactly when it's meant to happen. Like,
can you imagine They're both approaching this with such seriousness
and intention.

Speaker 1 (08:30):
It's not just a flingk. They're planning there forever.

Speaker 2 (08:34):
The timeline for these alleged engagement plans is particularly interesting,
according to the source, Once he has done playing, the
conversation will be front and center. Given that Travis is
thirty five and this upcoming NFL season could potentially be
his last, that means we could be looking at an
engagement as early as next year. The source also gushed

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about how impressed Taylor is with Travis, especially how he
interacts and treats his parents and her parents whether they
are all together or not. Remember that sweet Mother's Day
celebration we talked about in previous episodes. That's exactly the
kind of family first behavior that apparently has Taylor's heart.

Speaker 1 (09:12):
The insider also said.

Speaker 2 (09:13):
That Taylor has been able to see the person Travis
is by the way he treats family, and she just
loves it. When they start a family of their own,
she knows that it will be perfect because she has
seen it firsthand that he puts in the work to
be such a family man. And don't even get me
started on this next part. They are enjoying every part
of their relationship, and their parents are all in friends

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are all about it too. It is just a perfect
life for them all right now. They can't believe they're
good fortune, but they also aren't taking it for granted.

Speaker 1 (09:43):
I'm literally melting. Now.

Speaker 2 (09:46):
Let's address the elephant in the room, Taylor's absence from
the twenty twenty five American Music Awards. Despite being nominated
in six categories, Taylor was a no show, and now
we know why. According to reports, her absence was directly
linked to the ongoing Blake Lively drama. Sources told The
Daily Mail that she avoided the AMAS because she didn't

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want to deal with thousands of questions about the Blake
Lively saga, and that it is all anyone wants to
talk about, and Taylor.

Speaker 1 (10:13):
Is really tired of it.

Speaker 2 (10:15):
This makes total sense when you think about everything we've
covered in recent episodes. Taylor was hit with that subpoena,
which was later withdrawn. There were allegations about witness tampering
and threats to leak private text messages, and the whole
situation has apparently left her completely floored.

Speaker 1 (10:32):
And very upset.

Speaker 2 (10:34):
The Insider explained that Taylor is very keen to move
on and doesn't want to keep dealing with it. What's
even more shocking is the revelation about how that subpoena
got withdrawn. Sources are claiming that someone in Taylor's inner circle,
allegedly her father, Scott Swift, voluntarily handed over proof that
Blake's legal team had threatened to leak private messages between

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Blake and Taylor if she didn't publicly support Blake. The
source said Scott Swift did not want his daughter to
be dragged into this any further, and he voluntarily gave
up this information as part of a deal that would
include Baldoni's team with drawing their subpoena for Taylor.

Speaker 1 (11:11):
This whole situation has.

Speaker 2 (11:12):
Apparently put a serious strain on Taylor and Blake's friendship.
Sources told People magazine that their friendship has halted and
that Taylor wants no part in this drama. While another
source tried to soften it by saying they're just taking
some space, it sounds like this could be a long
term rift.

Speaker 1 (11:29):
The Insider revealed that Taylor.

Speaker 2 (11:31):
Has been aware that Blake has been exploiting her name
for a while now, but this subpoena takes it to
a whole new level. Honestly, this whole Blake situation is
so messy, and I completely understand why Taylor would want
to avoid any public appearances where she'd be bombarded with
questions about it. The AMAS should be about celebrating music,
not getting grilled about legal drama she never wanted to

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be part of. On a more positive note, let's talk
about Taylor's impact on the NFL New York Giants. Legend
Michael Strahan recently spoke at a sports business journal conference
and had nothing but praise for our queen. He said,
sports have leaked into pop culture and it's a win
for everyone. Taylor Swift is one of the best things
to happen to the NFL.

Speaker 1 (12:15):
The numbers back this up too.

Speaker 2 (12:17):
Since Taylor burst onto the NFL scene, viewership is up
by nearly seven percent. And here's the really incredible part.
Viewership among girls age twelve to seventeen has spiked by
over fifty percent. That's a whole new generation of football
fans thanks to Taylor. Think about all the young girls
who are now watching football with their families, learning about

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the game, and maybe even getting interested in playing sports themselves.
That's Taylor's impact. Of course, not everyone is thrilled about
the Taylor effect. An anonymous NFL player told The Athletic
back in November that while it's bringing more attention to
the game, he feels like they've been using her face
and showing her like six seven times per game, which

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makes people sick of it. But honestly, Michael Strahan's take
is much more mature and business savvy. The NFL is
smart to embrace Taylor's influence because she's bringing in viewers
and revenue like crazy. With Travis making his return for
the twenty twenty five season and Taylor continuing to support him.

Speaker 1 (13:17):
Hello Miami training camp.

Speaker 2 (13:19):
We can definitely expect her to remain very present in
the football world, and you know what.

Speaker 1 (13:24):
Good for her.

Speaker 2 (13:24):
She's supporting her man and bringing joy to millions of
fans in the process.

Speaker 1 (13:29):
More in a moment.

Speaker 2 (13:36):
Finally, let's address some ridiculous commentary from conservative pundit Ben Shapiro,
who recently called Taylor middle aged in what can only
be described as a completely unhinged grant. On his podcast,
he complained about celebrities who pretend to be Love Lauren
sixteen year old girls when they're actually thirty five, specifically

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targeting Taylor. He also went after Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez,
and even comedian Theo Vaughn, claiming they're all masquerading as
seventeen year olds.

Speaker 1 (14:07):
First, of all, thirty five is not middle aged.

Speaker 2 (14:09):
Technically, middle age is defined as forty to sixty, so
he can't even get his facts straight. Second, since when
is it a crime for artists to write about universal
experiences like love and heartbreak? Taylor's lyrics resonate with people
of all ages because emotions don't have an expiration date.
Shapiro admitted he's been eighty since he was fifteen and

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called himself a buddy duddy grumpy old man, which honestly
explains everything. The backlash on social media was swift and brutal.

Speaker 1 (14:39):
One critic wrote, you're jealous, aren't you.

Speaker 2 (14:42):
People flew all over the world to see Taylor Swift
and you're barely a blip on a list of podcasts
you lose. Another said, the saint you care about is
effing ridiculous, and honestly they're not wrong. Imagine having so
little going on in your life that you spend time
ranting about house.

Speaker 1 (15:00):
Successful artists express themselves creatively.

Speaker 2 (15:02):
What's really telling is that Shapiro celebrated when Troll's booed
Taylor at.

Speaker 1 (15:06):
The Super Bowl.

Speaker 2 (15:08):
Like imagine being an adult man who gets excited about
people being mean to a woman who's just there supporting
her boyfriend. It's giving major small energy vibes. Taylor Swift,
at thirty five, is at the absolute peak of her
career and personal happiness. She's a billionaire, she just completed
the highest grossing tour of all time. She's in a
loving relationship with someone who treats her like a queen,

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and she's continuing to break records and inspire millions of
people worldwide. If that's what Shapiro considers middle aged behavior,
then sign me up. The truth is Taylor's authenticity and
vulnerability in her songwriting is exactly why she's so successful.
Whether she's writing about teenage heartbreak from her past or
current experiences as an adult woman navigating love and life,

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her music connects with people because it's honest and relatable.
That's not immaturity, that's artistry. And that's all for tid's
episode of Taylor Swift Today. What do you think about
Taylor and Travis's Miami living situation? Are you as excited
as I am about those engagement rumors? And how do
you feel about Taylor skipping the AMAS to avoid Blake
Lively drama. Don't forget to like subscribe and turn on

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notifications so you never miss an update about our queen.
This is Ali's signing off until next time, Stay fearless, Swifties,

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