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Unperturbed! , Even if the storms be raging, Even when the noise is drowning, Even if the circumstances are unfriendly, Even when the stars don't align, , Am UNPERTURBED! God knows better and He has my back. , , , #kingdomdaughter #daughteroftheking #resonanceng https://www.instagram.com/p/B2KNCmbgD9z/?igshid=150jazq9b92l4

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FRIDAY KULTURE was designed for you... Yes You! , , I can't exaggerate how much fun we are going to have with all these amazing people @mistarpush @fortune_angelo @djhorphuray @dedaakinola , Before you start calling me a gossip, i heard there are lots a fantastic prices to be won... 😂 , So make it a date, on the 16th of August | 7pm | The Kulture Yard, 2b Abba Johnson crescent off Adeniyi Jones Avenue, ABC bustop, Ikeja. DON'T BE LATE! , , #kingdomdaughter #daughteroftheking #resonanceng #ceo #kingdomlifestyle #kingdombenefits #fridaykulture (at Lagos, Nigeria) https://www.instagram.com/p/B05sr-ZgaNA/?igshid=59eopsy0vg30

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This has serious got me feeling all type of ways!...Tell a friend to tell a friend to make it a date! Reposted from @resonanceng - F I N A L L Y! It's official FRIDAY KULTURE has been activated! , It's just going to be Fun without Filters, a one of it's kind yard party... So, makes it a date , Friday 16th of August At The Kulture Yard 2b Abba Johnson Crescent Off Adeniyi Jones Avenue, ABC bustop, Ikeja. DJ Spins at 7pm ENTRY IS FREE , , #resonance #resonanceng #r14 #gangup #maninmotion #beachgangup #beachday #funside #jesusgang #fungang #lovegang #justgang #party #music #art #love #christianity #gospel #loveofmusic #kingdombenefits #rappers #musicians #kingdomlifestyle #reggae #hiphop #rock #fortheculture #funnofilters #kultureyard #yardparty (at Lagos, Nigeria) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0vX348AZjo/?igshid=1da996dkpdymg

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You see this right here, has been a long time coming... And thanks to our mentor and number one supporter, the "king awon boyz" @buchibwai for partnering with us on this and providing his platform @kultureyard Maximum Respec' fada!!! , , Just so you know, FRIDAY KULTURE kicks off this month and there are TWO things i guarantee will happen... 1. UNDILUTED ENTERTAINMENT 2. FUN, NO FILTERS , , , #resonance #resonanceng #r14 #gangup #maninmotion #yardparty #overstand #music #games #partygang #jesusgang #fungang #lovegang #justgang #party #music #art #love #christianity #gospel #loveofmusic #kingdombenefits #rappers #musicians #kingdomlifestyle #fridaykulture #funnofilters #funside #undilutedentertainment (at Lagos, Nigeria) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0p601eglY_/?igshid=1nzk3kjv9zcak

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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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“It’s the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, compassion, art, love. All of them pointless. But they’re what keeps life from being meaningless.”

— Tim Winton

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“It’s the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, compassion, art, love. All of them pointless. But they’re what keeps life from being meaningless.”

— Tim Winton

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“It’s how I fill the time when nothing’s happening. Thinking too much, flirting with melancholy.”

— Tim Winton, Breath

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It’s totally okay to say “you know what, this isn’t making me happy” and to walk away from whatever or whoever is keeping you from the happiness you deserve

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