MEGAN

17 🇬🇧 27/05/18. Instagram @meganlovesswift

[taylorswift]

Most of the things I had planned this summer didn’t end up happening, but there is something I hadn’t planned on that DID happen. And that thing is my 8th studio album, folklore. Surprise 🤗Tonight at midnight I’ll be releasing my entire brand new album of songs I’ve poured all of my whims, dreams, fears, and musings into. I wrote and recorded this music in isolation but got to collaborate with some musical heroes of mine; Aaron Dessner (who has co-written or produced 11 of the 16 songs), Bon Iver (who co-wrote and was kind enough to sing on one with me), William Bowery (who co-wrote two with me) and Jack Antonoff (who is basically musical family at this point). Engineered by Laura Sisk and Jon Low, mixed by Serban Ghenea & Jon Low. The album photos were shot by the amazing Beth Garrabrant. Before this year I probably would’ve overthought when to release this music at the ‘perfect’ time, but the times we’re living in keep reminding me that nothing is guaranteed. My gut is telling me that if you make something you love, you should just put it out into the world. That’s the side of uncertainty I can get on board with. Love you guys so much ♥️

[taylorswift]

folklore will have 16 songs on the standard edition, but the physical deluxe editions will include a bonus track called “the lakes.” Because this is my 8th studio album, I made 8 deluxe CD editions and 8 deluxe vinyl editions that are available for one week 😄 Each deluxe edition has unique covers, photos, and artwork. Available exclusively here.

[taylorswift]

In isolation my imagination has run wild and this album is the result, a collection of songs and stories that flowed like a stream of consciousness. Picking up a pen was my way of escaping into fantasy, history, and memory. I’ve told these stories to the best of my ability with all the love, wonder, and whimsy they deserve. Now it’s up to you to pass them down. folklore is out now.

📷: Beth Garrabrant

[waffleswiftt]

all i think about is karma.

[fearlessbandito]

“somewhere right now, your future woman of the year is probably sitting in a piano lesson or in a girls choir, and today, right now, we need to take care of her.”

“i was eleven at the time, and i was in a choir, and i was learning to play piano…you took care of me, so thank you.”

[9tay8tay9]

My mood right now

[bassbeatswift]

THE ARCHER

I could only use a minute but indeed it did make me cry

Thank you for always writing such beautiful relatable music @taylorswift you will never cease to amaze me

(Hope you like my pyjamas)

@taylornation

[bassbeatswift]

I LOVEMIT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT @taylorswift HOW DO YOU ALWAYS MALE ,E CRY SO EASILY @taylornation

[tswiftlaura]

hey taylor!!🌎💖

i thought it would be an AMAZING idea to gather swifties from all around the world and show you how diverse our origins are!

so here is a collage made exclusively of swifties who were kind enough to participate in this project :)

that’s 68 different countries &over 500 swifties!

hope you like it❤️

@taylorswift

[bassbeatswift]

This is such a cool project to be a part of thank you for involving me!!

@taylorswift

[taylorswift]

I am a cat now and somehow that was everything #CatsMovie

[whisperingswift]

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

[taylorswift]

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

[bassbeatswift]

This is vile, it makes feel sick. We will always be with you Taylor, always.

[nevergettingoutofthewoods]

Sunshine on the street 🌞

[shutoffthelights]

hey uhhhh @taylorswift not to question you but you do know there’s a leaked concept that you and katy dress as fries and a burger and kiss. you do know that’s dumb, right? please tell me you know it’s dumb

[shutoffthelights]

also this isn’t me making jokes or anything. if there is indeed a scene like that, you need to cut it right now before it airs because it’s genuinely a really bad idea. seriously.

[shutoffthelights]

in case y’all are confused as to where i got this information!

[taylorswift]

Guys. That is ABSOLUTELY false. To be an ally is to understand the difference between advocating and baiting. Anyone trying to twist this positivity into something it isn’t needs to calm down. It costs zero dollars to not step on our gowns. 💗✌️

[swiftie-stephanie]

This lady at Denny’s just told me that I need to calm down

[taylorswift]

This was my prime. This was it.

[taylorswift]

There were five posts in the fence.

[bassbeatswift]

she’s telling us to calm down yet she’s giving us content like this. WHAT DO YOU WANT @taylorswift ?!