Overview

• Swift announced she purchased her master recordings from Shamrock Capital for around $360 million, regaining sole ownership of the first six albums she recorded under Big Machine Records.
• The deal resolves the dispute that began in 2019 when Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings acquired her former label and later sold the masters to Shamrock Capital.
• To mark the milestone, Swift and Selena Gomez dined privately at Monkey Bar in Midtown Manhattan, where Gomez celebrated the news on Instagram.
• Friends and fans including Travis Kelce and Flavor Flav joined the public chorus of congratulations following Swift’s open-letter announcement.
• Swift is still working on re-recording her 2017 album 'Reputation' and has completed less than a quarter of the project.