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I gathered 90 Swifties (including myself) to let Taylor know how much we love and appreciate her. @taylorswift thank YOU for everything you’ve done for us and we will be here for you no matter what!

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@taylorswift @taylornation

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@taylorswift @taylornation 💘

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I gathered 90 Swifties (including myself) to let Taylor know how much we love and appreciate her. @taylorswift thank YOU for everything you’ve done for us and we will be here for you no matter what!

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@taylorswift @taylornation

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There are 19 hands in the hallway

... but only 2 days until The Man Music Video

can’t say i’m shocked @taylorswift @taylornation 🥰🥰🥰

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The Man Lyric Video is out now!

adoreyou

taylor will never do anything as funny or iconic as this ever again

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this will never be lived down in the fandom

tayloraswift

we will never let this go I hope you know that @taylorswift

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This was the day I learned fire is hot. 🤦‍♀️

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i stand with taylor. ❤️

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I stand with Taylor💗

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i stand with taylor💘

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i stand with taylor 💖

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I stand with Taylor. ❤️🙋🏽‍♀️

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I stand with Taylor 🦋💗

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i stand with taylor !💗💗

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i stand with taylor❤️❤️

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I stand with taylor 💗

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I stand with Taylor 💗🦋

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I stand with Taylor 💗 💗

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I stand with Taylor💗❤️💕

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i stand with taylor 💗🦋💗

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I stand with Taylor💗💗💗

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i stand with Taylor♥️🦋

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i stand with Taylor 💋⭐️💞💫💘

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i stand with taylor 💓💜💋

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i stand with taylor 💞💗😘

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I. STAND. WITH. TAYLOR.

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i stand with taylor💋❤️

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I STAND WITH TAYLOR❤️

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i stand with taylor 💗

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I stand with Taylor💞

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i stand with taylor. forever.🖤

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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Taylor, I just feel like reminding you that you have never let us down, ever, and you never will. You’re a special, awesome person and we love you so much. We’ve been through everything with you, we’ve supported you through all your decisions, and we’ll never leave your side. Please never forget that.