hold on to the memories

Beth - 23 - UK

[youbelongwithmes]

“and I don’t know why but with you I’d dance, in a storm in my best dress.”

every taylor swift music video: fearless (2010), fearless

[xcleanx]

may 2020 bring you your “i’m doing better than i ever was” moment

[wouldvebeensweet]

Taylor Swift calling out the white house on national television is big dick energy

[lostinwonderlandwithswift]

I’ve found a new first dance song for my wedding I’m sorry love story sweetie but lover has taken your place

@taylorswift @taylornation

[lostinwonderlandwithswift]

the storytelling on lover reminds me so much of speak now I’m absolutely OBSESSED

@taylorswift @taylornation

[lostinwonderlandwithswift]

will never get over the fact that niall horan is a hardcore swiftie the man has TASTE

@taylorswift @taylornation

[lostinwonderlandwithswift]

the storytelling on lover reminds me so much of speak now I’m absolutely OBSESSED

@taylorswift @taylornation

[lostinwonderlandwithswift]

I’ve found a new first dance song for my wedding I’m sorry love story sweetie but lover has taken your place

@taylorswift @taylornation

[lostinwonderlandwithswift]

I’ve found a new first dance song for my wedding I’m sorry love story sweetie but lover has taken your place

@taylorswift @taylornation

[lostinwonderlandwithswift]

scooter braun and scott borchetta further perpetuating the idea that rich white men are absolute trash and will step on any woman no matter how successful she is to benefit themselves

[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

[taylorswift]

A happy meal 🍔 🍟 💗

[sweetener]

Taylor Swift – You Need To Calm Down

[lostinwonderlandwithswift]

PEACE HAS BEEN RESTORED 🍔🍟

@taylorswift @taylornation

[lostinwonderlandwithswift]

STUNNING, BEAUTIFUL, PERFECT, SHOW STOPPING, AMAZING, FANTASTIC, EXQUISITE 🦋🥰

@taylorswift @taylornation

[taylorswift]

🌈HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!🌈 While we have so much to celebrate, we also have a great distance to go before everyone in this country is truly treated equally. In excellent recent news, the House has passed the Equality Act, which would protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in their places of work, homes, schools, and other public accommodations. The next step is that the bill will go before the Senate. I’ve decided to kick off Pride Month by writing a letter to one of my senators to explain how strongly I feel that the Equality Act should be passed. I urge you to write to your senators too. I’ll be looking for your letters by searching the hashtag #lettertomysenator.

While there’s no information yet as to when the Equality Act will go before the Senate for a vote, we do know this: Politicians need votes to stay in office. Votes come from the people. Pressure from massive amounts of people is a major way to push politicians towards positive change. That’s why I’ve created a petition at change.org to urge the Senate to support the Equality Act.

Our country’s lack of protection for its own citizens ensures that LGBTQ people must live in fear that their lives could be turned upside down by an employer or landlord who is homophobic or transphobic. The fact that, legally, some people are completely at the mercy of the hatred and bigotry of others is disgusting and unacceptable.

Let’s show our pride by demanding that, on a national level, our laws truly treat all of our citizens equally. 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈

Go to Petition · Support the Equality Act · Change.org.

[taylor-nation]

Taylor Swift for Entertainment Weekly