Why Does Taylor Swift Have To ReRecord Her Songs

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00:00 Why does Taylor Swift have to re-record her songs?

00:03 Taylor's former manager, Scooter Braun, bought the rights to Taylor's first six

00:07 albums for $300 million.

00:09 Taylor signed her first record deal when she was only 14 years old, so she never owned

00:14 any of her music.

00:15 Taylor tried to buy her old albums from her label, Big Machine, but they wouldn't let

00:19 her.

00:20 Instead, they sold them to Scooter without even telling her or offering her the same

00:23 type of deal.

00:24 Taylor said Scooter bullied her throughout her career and bought her old records to ruin

00:28 her life.

00:29 In 2018, Taylor refused to re-sign with Big Machine Records and signed with Republic Records

00:35 instead.

00:36 They will allow Taylor to own any new music she makes, but Taylor's also re-recording

00:39 the albums Scooter bought, and it's for an important reason.

00:43 Taylor wants to re-record the albums so she can own them.

00:45 Because Taylor originally wrote the songs, she has the publishing rights to cover and

00:49 release them again.

00:50 Now, when the new re-recorded albums are streamed and bought, Taylor will get the money and