Overview

• Taylor Swift described breaking down in tears and collapsing when her mother called with the news that her first six album masters were hers again.
• She revealed she sent her mother Andrea Swift and brother Austin to Los Angeles to negotiate directly with private equity firm Shamrock Capital instead of using lawyers.
• Swift said she led with personal emotion in the pitch by framing the masters as her handwritten diary entries rather than a mere financial asset.
• The $360 million transaction followed her successful multi-album re-recording campaign and was secured after her Eras Tour amplified her leverage.
• During the podcast appearance she also announced her twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, set for release on October 3.