Music: On World: Off

My name is Gage. The only accurate description of me is the one on urban dictionary.

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[diarygirls]

book one harry: *loses 2 house points* oh my god they’re all going to hate me this is the biggest atrocity i have ever committed in my academic career, i have forever tarnished the reputation of gryffindor house

book six harry: *loses 70 points for gryffindor* * almost gets expelled* ask me if i give a motherfuck??

[bauliya-deactivated20170628]

Realistic character development

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This meme I found on twitter describes survivorship bias in politics better than I could

[insomniac-arrest]

“I have a mental illness”= generic, vulnerable, people judge you for it

“My bloodline is cursed to fight unseen demons”= heroic, fairy tale-esque, too weird to be open for further questioning

[bibo-deactivated20240915]

My wife left me bc I don't like bagels

[postmarxed]

Good luck ever getting a girl to even look at you again after admitting you don't like bagels

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[trip-dancer]

[toastbutteregg]

in 3 years @isnt

[patchoulism]

Guys will never tell you this, but actually, when you edge during masturbation, you have a balance meter like during grinds in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater.

[striders]

today on “weirdly specific but extremely relatable goodwill finds”

[hugostolz]

did the dwemer like have to solve their own stupid puzzles any time they wanted to go anywhere in their garbage cities or was that just for keeping visitors out

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what’s the mood for july?

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[theweirdwideweb]

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SPREAD THE WORD!

[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

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