Taylor Swift Finally Owns All Her Music!

Taylor Swift is overjoyed!

She had been massively disappointed when she was unable to buy the rights to her own recordings six years ago, but today, May 30th, 2025, Swift announced she has purchased all her early recordings from Shamrock Capital.  Taylor published some photos with her first six albums that she hadn’t previously owned.

Taylor said… “All of the music I’ve ever made now belongs to me.”  Every aspect of her career, including videos, concert films, art, photography, and unreleased material, are all under her control.  Swift praised Shamrock Capital for their handling of the sale, and she said the price was reasonable for both sides, and not the high amount speculated in the media.  Shamrock paid $300-million, so the number was likely somewhere north of that when Swift bought the rights.  The popular estimate is $360-million.

So where does that leave “Taylor’s Version” of her Reputation album?  Fans have been expecting the re-recorded album to be released any day, but Taylor says she hasn’t even recorded a quarter of it.  She says she “kept hitting a stopping point”, and that it may be the only one of her first six albums that can’t be improved upon.  So what about the other album that hasn’t been released in Taylor’s Version?

Better news on this one.  Taylor says the new recording of her debut album is complete, and “I love how it sounds now.”  Unfortunately, no release date was announced.

Taylor Swift’s fight to own her recordings, and the unusual step she made of re-recording her first six albums was a big deal in the music industry.  The “Taylor’s Version” albums were massively successful, and some other artists have made similar moves.  All the attention the Swift saga received has made a difference for artists entering the music industry.  Swift said… “Every time a new artist tells me they negotiated to own their master recordings in their record contract because of this fight, I’m reminded of how important it was for all of this to happen.”