people are out hear losing their mind over the post from Taylor’s Nation saying the Taylor Swift has an album to release like she didn’t announced The Tortured Poets Department at the Grammys.. hey I’m excited too but she’s the album being released is TTPD!
Although I do not condone violence I’m glad these kids refused to be bystanders. As a Latino person it pains me to see this is what my people go through just to have a better life.
@ThrowbackTaylor “How long could we be a sad song
‘Til we were too far gone to bring back to life?
I gave you all my best me’s, my endless empathy
And all I did was bleed as I tried to be the bravest soldier,
Fighting in only your army,
Frontlines don’t you ignore me…”
recently i went to a volksfest and while i was in line to get a boba drink i spotted a lesbian couple showing affection to each other in the vicinity of the kids attractions. nobody cared, and it warmed my heart. in america this would’ve been a whole issue. do better USA.
I heard my mom asking our neighbor for some salt. We had salt at home, so I asked her why she was asking. She told me, “They don't have much money, and they sometimes ask us for things. So I asked for something small that wouldn't burden them. I want them to feel as if we need them too. That way, it will be much easier for them to ask us for anything they need.” Anonymous
“Why Is Taylor Re-recording Her First Six Albums?” — A Much-Needed Refresher.
1. The masters of her music were sold — NOT JUST to anyone, but to her NEMESIS.
This isn’t a simple “she should’ve read her contract” (when she was 15 y/o) scenario. And this isn’t even some “many artists don’t own their master rights anyway, she isn’t special” thing. We and Taylor are perfectly aware of that. That’s why she had, FOR THE LONGEST TIME, offered to buy the master rights of her first 6 albums from her former label, Big Machine Records (BMR), at reasonable price and conditions.
However, BMR repeatedly refused, with their latest “offer” in 2018 requiring her to renew her contract — and with each new album UNDER THEM (i.e., BMR would’ve owned those new albums), only by then would each of her old albums be “set free” (allowed to be bought by Taylor) in exchange.
BMR essentially wanted Taylor and her music to be HELD HOSTAGE, with her new albums being the “ransom” — for merely a CHANCE to buy her old albums (something that should’ve been allowed unconditionally) — and thus WOULD’VE chained Taylor into an ENDLESS LOOP/CYCLE.
Taylor, like any sane person (especially someone who write every single song in her discography), refused.
2. It was later exposed that, BEHIND HER BACK, her former record label sold her masters (as well as the company) NOT JUST to anyone, but to her absolute nemesis — Scooter Braun (with the notorious Carlyle Group as one of Scooter’s financiers). The man who orchestrated the entire 2016 KimYe debacle, having been Kanye’s former manager (reportedly fired by A.G., D.L., and J.B. very recently). The person who paid countless tabloids before, during, and way after 2016 in an elaborate demolition job to tarnish Taylor’s reputation.
3. Despite Scooter’s lies (of him “offering to sell” Taylor’s masters back to her), it was later exposed that the said offer was ONLY to be allowed to look at BMLG (the record label company)’s financial records, merely the first step in a purchase of this nature — and what did Scooter want in exchange JUST FOR THIS? He wanted *the* Taylor Swift to sign an ironclad NDA stating she would never say another word about Scooter unless it was positive. LMFAO. He really wanted to bind, trap, and silence Taylor forever before even giving her a CHANCE to bid on (not buy) her own work. The songs and albums SHE put her sweat and tears into for over a decade. Her legacy. Her life’s work.
Taylor’s high-profile legal team advised that this was NOT normal (and that they’d never seen an NDA like this presented unless it was to silence an assault accuser by paying them off). That NDA that Scooter was demanding (just for Taylor to be given a chance) was THAT vile. Such an exploitative move on so many levels. This, on top of the fact that Scooter wouldn’t even quote Taylor’s team an actual price.
4. Upon seething from the unexpected, unprecedented, against-all-odds success of Taylor’s 1st re-recording, Scooter then “sold” Taylor’s old masters to ANOTHER entity — but NOT fully, though, since he insisted a clause where he would STILL continue to profit from Taylor’s old albums despite him having already sold off the masters. The said new entity/company tried to be in talks with Taylor (again, still NOT to outright sell her the masters nor anything actually good), which she respectfully declined since she couldn’t, in good conscience, agree to something that would indefinitely benefit Scooter — the man who actively and continuously attempted to destroy her character, her reputation, and everything she has worked for (years before, during, and even after this entire issue).
5. EVEN TODAY, Scooter is slowly creeping in, curating and planting seeds of misinformation in his staple tabloids, waiting for the perfect opportunity to claw his way back to the top, reverse the narrative to his favor, and bury the woman who he THOUGHT he could subjugate but then ultimately prevailed over him, as evident now more than ever.