In the last few years, Taylor Swift has been re-recording her first six albums and releasing them as (Taylor’s Version), and there might be some who’d be asking: What’s the meaning in all of this?
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Swift was only 15 when she signed a 13-year deal with Big Machine Records, owned by Scott Borchetta. Essentially, that contract gave the label full ownership over her master recordings, aka the original records of every song and every performance she did with them. She released six albums under Big Machine: Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, and Reputation.
Her contract ended in 2018, and she signed under a new label, Universal’s Republic Records. This time, she deservingly owns the rights to her music, which she also wanted for her past albums. Unfortunately, Borchetta had his own agenda.
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According to the singer, he gave her an opportunity to sign back with them and earn her albums back one at a time in exchange for new ones. She knew it wouldn’t end well for her, so she made the hard choice to leave them all behind.
However, things changed when she learned Borchetta sold her catalog to Kanye West’s former manager, Scooter Braun. As we all know, there’s bad blood there and a whole agenda of manipulation and control. Needless to say, she wasn’t having any of it.
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In 2020, Swift began again by announcing that she would take back what’s rightfully hers by rerecording all six albums. This way, she gets to own them and take control of her musical legacy. She would have the final say on how they are used, and she wouldn’t be forced to commodify her art for the sake of profit.
Hopefully, that answers any confusion you have about the meaning behind Taylor’s Version.