My Diary

“If you want to live together, you first need to learn how to live apart.” – Anonymous

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“WHEN SOMEONE HELPS YOU AND THEY STRUGGLING TOO, THAT’S NOT HELP THAT’S LOVE”

— Unknown

[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

[jeannenotsoperfect]

I like the idea. That someone, somewhere is made for you, forever. 👫💕

#Redamancy 💑

[thelovejournals]

What’s wrong is that every morning and every night, I lie in bed wondering why you’re not beside me.

K.A. Tucker, Ten Tiny Breaths (via wordsnquotes)

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Distance is hard, but a life without you would be ten times harder. Tu me manques beaucoup mon bèbè, je t'aime 😭😘💕 (Imissyou a lot my baby, iloveyou)

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@raphmigueldelacruz craving for my baby so bad 😔💕

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"If you want to live together, you first need to learn how to live apart."

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#Goals 😍

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🚲👫😂 #Saturday9 (at Don Bosco Subdivision Better Living Paranyaque)

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👍

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Hold me like you'll never let me go 😍😘 #DecemberOne 💕

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I like the idea. That someone, somewhere is made for you, forever. 👫💕 #Redamancy 💑

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As he touched my hand and said, "This would be the symbol of our love." Corny but sweet 😍😘 Thankyou baby - Love baby 🐷

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#MyEatingPartner 👶 #ZarksBurger ✔ #FatGoals 🙈😂

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I really hope so ...

I have this kind of annoying laugh but I hope you wouldn’t get tired listening to it. I made a lot of corny jokes, but I hope you wouldn’t let me stop ‘cause I know it will make your day after all. I’m sorry I couldn’t stop hurting you, but I hope you knew I was being so sweet and comfortable doing it with you. I may not be perfect and never will, I’ve made lot of mistakes, I have flaws, I am also fvcking insecure and can be really sucks at sometimes but I hope you will understand me and still accept what and who I was yesterday, what and who I am today, and lastly, what and who I've might become tomorrow when it comes.

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Ruff ❤

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If happy is her, I'm happy for you. 🎤 - Demi #StoneCold