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im glad that “what does the fox say” and dabbing weren’t popular at the same time

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Chopped but every time someone is eliminated the judges sing an Oompa-Loompa style song about what they did wrong

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it appalls me that some people have not experienced the cinematic masterpiece that is high school musical

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“that’s the spirit” i say as i gesture to the spirit that’s been haunting my home for years. when will they leave or start contributing to the household by doing something like helping with laundry. when will they pay rent

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Comedian and vlogger Elijah Daniel became mayor of Hell, Michigan, proceeded to ban all heterosexuals, and then was impeached. This singlehandedly saved 2017

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hi, taylor. first, i’m so sorry you’re going through this. you don’t deserve this, but i’m so glad to see you have good friends who are standing up for you. second, i listen to punk music (because at 27, i guess i’m still 15), so i usually don’t find myself listening to yours. that said, one song from you moves me every time i hear it. safe and sound from the hunger games soundtrack. it’s hauntingly beautiful. and i won’t pretend i haven’t fallen prey to the traps laid out by the media and evidently this asshole scooter. i’ve allowed myself to think you aren’t the kind, caring person i’m sure you are, despite the fact that i’d see interviews or clips of you being silly and i’d be reminded of myself. i’ve always felt a weird kinship with your personality, but i ignored my instincts to trust what dickheads in this world were saying. and for that i’m deeply sorry. so in the very, VERY off chance you see this reblog (and bear with me because it’s been years since i’ve been on this thing) i just want you to know that an insignificant woman in an insignificant town in arkansas who may not be an active fan of your music IS an active fan of YOU. i’m with you. and i’ll be buying your next album when it comes out.

♥️

ashley

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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the government, watching me from the cameras: “the lack of motivation on this girl. incredible.”

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Let's solve the mystery behind #DMKHalloween in #DisneyMagicKingdoms! http://thndr.me/IQuQNZ

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I hate waitressing by Sarah Schauer

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I hate waitressing part 7 by Sarah Schauer

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dont joke about murder i was murdered once and it offends me

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Tanisha Always On Beat LOL

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Americans and Mexicans playing volleyball over the border in Arizona

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being in a public restroom and hearing someone shitting really loud

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