FOR MY QUEEN

I WANT TO BE DEFINED BY WHAT I LOVE

[andyoucallmeupagain]

‘Is it cool that I said all that?’

[magsluvstay13]

@taylorswift !!!!!!!!! THIS IS SO SWEET!!!!!

My cousin and I were skipping down Cornelia street with the song playing and an older woman noticed and started to laugh. She stopped us and said, “I can’t even tell to how many of you girls have come on this street now because of your Artist of the Decade.”

She said she’s lived there her whole life and she remembers when Taylor lived there, and she’s so happy to see all that she’s accomplished and how she’s helping others. 💕

She said she hadn’t heard the song yet but she couldn’t wait to order the album from amazon so she could listen. So I played it for her and she was smiling ear to ear!

She said: “the world isn’t kind, but you’ve got sweet hearts. We’re leaving this up to you girls. You’ll do big things. You can change the world, it’ll be hard but you can do it”

I told her she’s an honorary Swiftie and I can guarantee Taylor is so happy to have her support!!!! The absolute sweetest 💖💘💞

@taylornation

[swiftlyfindingmyplaceinthisworld]

SHE KNEW SHE WAS MAKING A MEME, SHE DID THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR US

[tswiftvibesonly]

Serena is HERE for Lover and just can’t calm down over @taylorswift’s journals 💕

[taylorswift]

This album is very much a celebration of love, in all its complexity, coziness, and chaos. It’s the first album of mine that I’ve ever owned, and I couldn’t be more proud. I’m so excited that Lover is out NOW: taylorswift.lnk.to/Lover

[selenastaylors]

me thanking joe alwyn for his service

[thisloveisglowing]

Taylor hinted at The Man in the ME! music video

[tswiftvibesonly]

So excited about this, @taylorswift! Oh, and thanks for sending some fun for my not so CALM kitty as well 🤗💕!!!

[swiftthisway]

Just an idea . . .

Wouldn’t it be cool if all we reblogged for the next 13 days is … LOVE YOU, @taylorswift.  Nothing more.  Nothing less.  Just those 3 words and her tag.  If anyone else participates, feel free to reblog their “LOVE YOU” message to Taylor.  I’ll start …

[forever-loving-taylor-swift]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[bakersgonnabakebakebake]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[peruvian1989swiftie]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[ustraitorsneverwinn-blog]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[baseball-cap-for-a-crown]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[taylorsromeo-blog]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[taylorsromeo-blog]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

Can we just appreciate that @swiftthisway got this to 3.5K notes! Feel like this could have another go around!

[swiftthisway]

Love you @taylorswift

[loveusincefearless]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[iwascryinginagetawaycar]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[tricialovestaylor-deactivated20]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[xxrevengeoftheswiftxx]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[tslyricx]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[toherdivine-deactivated20200807]

LOVE YOU, @taylorswift

[meggymugginslovestaylorswift]

I LOVE YOU @taylorswift 

[worldsoldestswiftie]

💙 🐑@taylorswift

[indiaspark]

LOVE YOUUUU @taylorswift

[nirubuh]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[petalsforarrmor-deactivated2024]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[begging-4-footnotes-in-the-story]

LOVE YOU!! @taylorswift

[swiftsreputation-nz]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[waterjuiice]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[swiftieemerald]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[kingofmyheartbodysoull]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[metyouinabar]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[stoodbythetrack]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[state-of-swift89]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[getaway-catt-blog]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[mymymymyloverswift]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[worldsoldestswiftie]

Sooo much 😗

[swiftie-love-1989]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[cehoward1970-blog]

Love You @taylorswift

[ireadallthebooksbesideyourbed]

Love you @taylorswift

[paperrringss]

Love you @taylorswift

[rumorsfly]

Love you, @taylorswift

[justloatheyoulately]

Love you 💕 @taylorswift

[thisloveispizza]

love you forever @taylorswift 💓

[repu-kate-tion]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[redlippedswift13]

love you @taylorswift 💗💗💗

[swiftslover]

LOOOOVE YOUUUU 😘 @taylorswift

[tswift-and-me-deactivated202102]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[ellieswiftie7]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift 💕

[randonlovestaylor]

LOVE YOU 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 @taylorswift

[talldrinkofhappy]

Love you, @taylorswift

[makenalovestay13]

Love you @taylorswift 💗💗💗

[maria-loves-taylor]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift 💖

[i-got-a-school-girl-crush]

Love you, @taylorswift 💕💓💞

[charlielovestay-deactivated2020]

LOVE YOU 💗💗

[monicabutterfly]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift 💜

[silkyswift08]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift 🤗❤️

[wisteria-grows-in-my-dreamland]

LUUUHYUUUUU @taylorswift

[repu-kate-tion]

LOVE YOU 💗

[folklaurens]

LOVE YOUUUUUUUUU ❤️❤️❤️🦋

[blueboxshenanigans]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[taylorswift]

LOVE YOU TOO!! 💗💗💗💗💗

[tswiftvibesonly]

LOVE YOU @taylorswift

[swiftlyfindingmyplaceinthisworld]

I kind of had a long-ass rant on Twitter.

[folklorefran]

tattoo this on my forehead

[sippinaugustwine13]

Yes to all of this

[tswiftvibesonly]

So excited about this, @taylorswift! Oh, and thanks for sending some fun for my not so CALM kitty as well 🤗💕!!!

[wereabetterman]

Taylor is such a smart businesswoman and has proven time and time again that she knows her worth and what direction her career should go in. To believe people, that she just walked away from all the work she’s ever made without blinking is to not know how much she values all of those life lessons, times in the studio, tours, etc. her music is so much more than money. It’s her truth and that’s priceless. She deserved the option to own them.

[madisonlovesswift]

I love how every conversation of change gets manipulated into spiraling hate and accusation. The whole point was Taylor wanting the rights to her own music and standing up for herself and other artists who are affected by this as well. This isn’t a hate battle. It’s not a “spill the tea about the other person” party. It’s not “where’s the lie”. It’s purely “I don’t own the rights to my music. I want the rights to my music and I want other artists to own their creations as well”. Why does everything have to turn into a battle of how many people can i get to hate Taylor Swift? missing the point luvs

[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

[helpmeholdontoyou]

Now would be a great time to release that long version of All Too Well ..............

[livelovetaylorswift]

Like can you just not…

[taylorswift]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[jessicaswiftie1989-deactivated2]

Taylor broke Instagram this is so funny

[taylorswift]

I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative. 😂