Hell yeah on owning her future masters and that Spotify deal sounds so cool and exactly what I love to see an artist of her caliber trying to do with their impact. Excited to dig into what all of this will mean for her/the industry at large while I’m in the car for 9 hours tomorrow.
Quite a blow to Big Machine, although an inevitable one... sigh. I hope next time around she realizes her own power and starts her own imprint.
well here's what will be super interesting in the future I think: UMG is still trying to buy BMR. So, does Borchetta want a big payday or to possibly cause bad blood by holding out and keeping the masters under their roof?
I would certainly hope he's grown enough that he wouldn't behave like a child throwing a temper tantrum, but... it also wouldn't surprise me because men in the music industry rarely can.
How Taylor Swift’s Deal With Universal Affects Other Artists – Rolling Stone Interesting aspect of this deal.
Just released a compilation album of all the secret songs from the reputation tour Nothing new but somewhat interesting. Probably just her old label making a quick buck.
do you mean this? Definitely strange that they made it a new album on services, yet call it a playlist (because it is), BUT didn't set it up like a playlist, like the Taylor's favorite songs playlists are
IIRC her Big Machine contract stipulates 6 albums and a greatest hits comp, so it’s probably to fulfill that and fully move on to UMG.
Every time she does a performance like that it just reminds me that I just want her to release acoustic versions of her entire catalog.