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@taylorswift please see this you mean everything to me and I would love to meet you

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Two paper airplanes flying

And I remember thinking

@taylorswift is paper Rings out of the woods 2.0

P.S. photo isn’t mine

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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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Billboard Music Awards

@taylorswift I am so excited for your performance tonight with @brendonurie I need to calm down!!!! You guys will do amazing!!!!

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@taylorswift @taylornation Hi Guys!!! I may have figured it out but I am not 100% sure. So just go with it lol. Um...okay with the tour of Nashville during the NFL draft and the tour of your high school. It seems like you miss home a lot and I was wondering if this is making you very nostalgic. Like home could be the single and album title? If I had to pick a single with Home in it it would be Home is where your heart is @taylorswift and you had a lot of hearts in your ME! Music video So if you can let me know if I’m on the right track please reblog or like thank you by the way can’t stop listening to the song and watching the video this is so much fun

#MEMusicVideo #Taylurking

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@taylorswift is this supposed to be a dance floor? #TS7teasers maybe???? Am I getting somewhere????

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I’m prepared to throw my phone @taylorswift what in the bloody blazes are you doing? #FeelingConfused #TS7Teasers

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Well this is AWESOME. Thank you TIME 💗Thank you Pari Dukovic and thank you for your unbelievably kind words Shawn Mendes (I had no idea you were writing this and just found out when I saw this!!)

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“You’re ANGELS for making this 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋”

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4.26

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@taylorswift what is going on 🤔 just tell us please

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@taylorswift what does this mean?

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What is happening April 26th @taylorswift

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raise your hand if taylor is the big sister you never had

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the angels💋👼🏼

Caroline @joes-deli

Sydney @thug-storyy

Ashley @ashleyadorestaylor

Rose @blankswiftt

Sarah @theirgetawaycar

Georgia @georgiaadorestaylor

Naomi @naomilovestay

Izzy @paintedswiftgolden

Sarah @theswiftiesarah

Brooke @brookewhatyoumademedo

Isabella @isabellalovestaylor

Corinne @ididsomethingbadd

Alex @taylorselenaswift

Gracie @wouldfallfromgracie

Sage @andtheyreadoffournames

Stephanie @swiftie-stephanie

Sam @samlovestay13

Lara @butterflytodustswift

Victoria @dress-bridge

Shan @reputayshann

Emily @emilyadorestay

Amanda @talrheartsamanda

Esmie @re-pu-ta-ti-on

Caroline @electrifiedswift

Anna @theygaveusourtrophies

Caroline @lighttayup

Ava @tswift2am

Olivia @flylikejetstreams

Madison @madisonlovesswift

Megan @meganlovestaylor13

Kayla @kaylovestayy

Zoe @hearitinthe-silence

Alex @delicateswiftiez137

Audrey @alltoo-enchanted

Ella @singitswiftie

Ema @fearless22swift

Emma @tayylorswuft13

Faith @thislcveisgood

Fifi @youramericanqueenn

Lily @lilyadorestay

Samantha @taylorswifticonic

Sandy @sandylovestaylor

Sarah @callitwhtyouwant13

Summer @swiftiesummer

Talia @swiftie-talia

Torrey @sunnshineswift13

Vanessa @downinflamestaylor13

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step into the daylight and let it go🦋

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Isn’t it, isn’t it delicate @taylorswift 💕