Overview

• Taylor Swift finalized a deal on May 30 to purchase the master recordings of her first six albums from Shamrock Capital for approximately $360 million.
• The acquisition grants her control over her music videos, concert films, album art and previously unreleased songs from her early catalog.
• Travis Kelce marked the milestone on his New Heights podcast on June 4, dancing along to Swift’s original 2012 track "I Knew You Were Trouble" with Shaquille O’Neal as guest.
• This buyback resolves rights lost when Big Machine Records sold her masters to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings in 2019 and follows her strategy of re-recording four of those albums.
• Kelce’s public celebration highlights the couple’s mutual support and the growing intersection of sports and entertainment.