”And So I Became The Butt Of The Joke”

Tell me something boy, ain’t it hard keeping it so hardcore?

Now I understand the butterfly... she is literally free

It’s always been my belief that when a musician chooses to release his or hers art to the world it belongs to anybody who is willing to listen. It’s always been a trade-off between personal integrity and how many people you want to reach basically. There is always a price to fame and you’ve paid it alright.

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

Any artist’s role is to try and express what we all feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all

Imagine the track 17 and 18.

The object of tennis is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return.

In baseball, the object is to go home!

And to be safe! I hope I'll be safe at home!

While we’re looking for things to do at home, I thought it’d be fun to share behind the scenes of my dad’s acting debut. 🎾

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The more you know the less you feel

Some pray for what others steal

Blessing’s not just for the ones who kneel luckily

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tag yourself i’m literally the pride flag that was wildly catapulted on stage last night

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What a lovely exit 😉

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Hey Alfred, tell me how do you feel after that fabulous 30th birthday filter we hear you had?

ah great yeah we had a great time

tell me was Perry there?

yeah with his boxing

was he?

yeah

the boxing’s alright is he?

turned up fine all the best

goood, feel like the man now?

yeah feels great yeah having a great time

and now Slowhand lets his rhythm guitar take sort of second place

as he tells in his song

All About Tayla (Perry's Version) REMIX

The mood board for the gasoline remix is just this one photo

Blessed are the bones in spirit

For theirs is the bible of

None of the above

Blessed are the superstars

For in the magnificence of their light

We understand better our own insignificance

Texted are the celebrities

4 you can only truly own what you give away

Like your fame

Have you seen her all in gold?

Like a queen in days of old

She shoots her colors all around

Like a sunset going down

Have you seen a lady fairer?

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