• 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕. •. . . . . . . . . . #travel #voyage #traveller #lovetravel #travelgram #hktraveller #hkblogger #hkgirl #instatravel #travelblog #utravelhk #hkiger #uhkphoto #photography #captchina #vsco #vocation #portrait #hkphotography #earthpix #like4like #likeforlike #travelreadyhk #kkdayhk (en Ex Convento Franciscano de Tecamachalco) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0kFYUsnhtB/?igshid=ky5r75wb30qn

• 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. • . . . . . . . #achadosdasemana #olhardevidroph #portraitparana #collectivetrend #muraldefotografias #book #retratomexico #profile_vision #creativos_retratos #likeforlikes #portrait #artofsystem #portraitphotography #maringapr #canalkarlymarques #portraitemfoco #paraisodetalentos #portraitstream #jardimfotografico #pursuitofportaits #galeriadasfotos #portvision #ilhadasfotos #portrait_shots #maringá #clubedosretratos #eternizeproject #galeriaeternize #ємραrcєriαєнмαisgσsτσsσ (en Ex Convento Franciscano de Tecamachalco) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0cY_kBHBnx/?igshid=xcparcxjdrqt

• 𝚂𝚒𝚒 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚒𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚒. • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #photo #PhotoshopCC #photographer #photooftheday #photographerslife #portraithood #portrait_hood #portrait #portraitphotography #video #videography #colours #sunset #fashion #fashionportrait #streetstyle #model #photography #photoshooting #photographerfocus #photographyislife #photographie #photos #photoshoot #photolife (en Ex Convento Franciscano de Tecamachalco) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0UzZ5lnkzq/?igshid=erqn6o2itury

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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,

💔

Taylor

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• 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐮𝐬. • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #newcastlensw #visitnewcastle #streetphotography #agameoftones #urbex #createexplore #shoot2kill #fujifilm #500px #hdr #worldshotz #streetmagazine #tonekillers #lightroommasters #moodygrams #streetmobs #urbanandstreet #igersone #superhubs #killergrams #shotaroundmag #twgrammers #rawurbanshots #streets_vision #heatercentral #fatalframes (at Museo Jumex) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwbCspvH-Rl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dt8t59q6szf4

• ᴀsᴘᴇᴛᴛᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏɴ è ɪʟ ᴍᴏᴅᴏ ᴍɪɢʟɪᴏʀᴇ ᴘᴇʀ ᴇssᴇʀᴇ ʟɪʙᴇʀɪ. • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #yourvisiongallery #portrait_society #portraitpage #instamood #instacool #photography #exposure #fashionmodel #modelsearch #ig_great_pics #photomodel #xelfies #postthepeople #profile_vision #portrait #portraitphotography #portraits_ig #vscoportraits #vscoportrait #majestic_people #pursuitofportraits #woman (at Bellas Artes) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwLlA-xndTg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hfzmrqb8y1sn

• 𝘌𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘠𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦. • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #portrait #nature #fotografia #photoshooting #mountains #wild #blacklight #yeyophotos #artofvisuals #picoftheday #portraitmood #portraits_mf #portraitvision #creative_ace #ourmoodydays #moodygrams #serialshooters #visual_creatorz #globe_visuals #theuniversalart #visualAmbassadors #igcreative_editz #creartmood #portraitgasm #enter_imagination #TheCreativers #portraitkillers #creativegrammer (at Museo Jumex) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwGWktNHajW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kqzpvwi5mklx

• 𝙽𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚘 𝚍𝚒 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚌𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚘𝚒 𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚊. • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #instalike #tbt #portraitphotographer #portrait #headshots #style #portraits_ig #pixel_ig #vogue #facesobsessed #endlessfaces #highfashion #instagood #photooftheday #love #fashion #beautiful #happy #picoftheday #instadaily #girl #smile #beauty #amazing #instamood #photography #bestoftheday #model #girls #goodmorning (at Edinburgh, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv-ziroH9EL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mnl95ophdtz

🌹• 𝔻𝕖𝕧𝕚 𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕝𝕥𝕣𝕖 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕖 𝕧𝕖𝕕𝕚. •🌹 . . . . . . . . . . #flowers #rouses #blossom #morning #happy #color#decor#spring#love#amazing #relax #dreams#organic #beautiful#best #coffeelover#flora #fresh #atmosphere (at Puebla, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv0joG_HHmN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1b3bqo1s82o48

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•𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝙽𝙾𝚆.• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #tree_magic #naturephotography #clouds #sundown #sungoesdown #natur #nature #natura #see #sunset #sunsetlovers #pordosol #tramonto #beautifulofnature #sunset_capture #sunset #sonnenuntergang #landscape #coucherdesoleil #sunsetporn #sunset_vision#orangesky #water #waterreflection #beautifulsky #sunset (at Tepeaca, Puebla, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvYDLOTnL3v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l5392g0fdu9y