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Taylor Swift’s Albums 2006-2020

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Taylor Swift + tweets about Christmas (1/?) (x)

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CARA HAD TIME TODAY.

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For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work. 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. I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future. I had to make the excruciating choice to leave behind my past. Music I wrote on my bedroom floor and videos I dreamed up and paid for from the money I earned playing in bars, then clubs, then arenas, then stadiums. 

Some fun facts about today’s news: I learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world. All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years. 

Like when Kim Kardashian orchestrated an illegally recorded snippet of a phone call to be leaked and then Scooter got his two clients together to bully me online about it. (See photo) Or when his client, Kanye West, organized a revenge porn music video which strips my body naked. Now Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to buy. Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.

This is my worst case scenario. This is what happens when you sign a deal at fifteen to someone for whom the term ‘loyalty’ is clearly just a contractual concept. And when that man says ‘Music has value’, he means its value is beholden to men who had no part in creating it. 

When I left my masters in Scott’s hands, I made peace with the fact that eventually he would sell them. Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter. Any time Scott Borchetta has heard the words ‘Scooter Braun’ escape my lips, it was when I was either crying or trying not to. He knew what he was doing; they both did. Controlling a woman who didn’t want to be associated with them. In perpetuity. That means forever. 

Thankfully, I am now signed to a label that believes I should own anything I create. Thankfully, I left my past in Scott’s hands and not my future. And hopefully, young artists or kids with musical dreams will read this and learn about how to better protect themselves in a negotiation. You deserve to own the art you make.

I will always be proud of my past work. But for a healthier option, Lover will be out August 23. 

Sad and grossed out,

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Taylor

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But really though

life goal in 2018: hug Taylor Swift

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I am tired of this heavy weight on my chest. I am tired of everything it wants. I am tired of controlling everything that holds chaos. I am tired of holding everything altogether when every piece of me wants to break. I am tired of holding myself back from the pain that demands to be felt in order for me to grow. I am tired of holding on to nothing when things eventually fall apart. I want to take a rest from everything that destroys me in the end.

Juansen Dizon // Tired (via juansendizon)

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When depression hits hardest, it’s not your best day. It’s not even a good day. It’s a dark day. Or days. Or weeks. And I want you to know that it’s OK if nothing inspires you to keep living during those days. Don’t let others who don’t understand, aren’t willing to try to understand, don’t want to understand…don’t let those people make you feel guilty for suffering from depression despite your kid, your talent, your education, your job, etc. You don’t have to justify your mental illness to the world. You just have to try to see the next day the best you can.

Nik Wiles, “An Honest Letter on the Inspiration to Keep Living” (via twloha)

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“Don’t blame me, love made me crazy...” @taylorswift #taylorswiftnow #reputation #taylorswift #taylornation #lwymmd (at South Street Seaport)

#taylorswift #taylorswiftnow #reputation #taylornation #lwymmd

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The #CallItWhatYouWant lyric video is out now! Watch it here!

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This is everything!!!

NOW I KNOW WHY YOU SAY IT’S BETTER THAN RED. BECAUSE IT’S EMOTIONALLY UPGRADED. RED WAS CREATED TO SHOW US HOW TO DEAL WITH HEART BREAK, 1989 WAS CREATED TO SHOW US HOW TO LIVE AFTER HEART BREAK AND SEEMS LIKE REPUTATION WILL SHOW US HOW IT IS TO BE HAPPY IN LOVE 

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@taylorswift my whole ride home from work!! Thank goodness I got out in time!!!

#reputation #taylorswift #callitwhatyouwant

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When you’re dying for @taylorswift to notice you but realize you’re a boring soul who can’t get out of bed to save my life 😑

TAYLOR I LOVE YOU! You give me life through my toughest times and inspire me to keep trying when it all gets so rough!! Can’t wait to listen to reputation non stop for months!!

#reputation #taylorswift #taylornation #depression

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Trueeeeee

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🎶I love Taylor, and Taylor loves me🎶

-The song I sing to myself 30 times a day

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@taylorswift @taylornation throwback to when I had longer hair and didn’t know the lyrics very well

#ready for it #taylorswift #taylornation #reputation

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Are you ready for it? @taylorswift @taylornation

#gif #taylorswiftismyhero #areyoureadyforit? #ready for it #reputation