Taylor Swift says her master tapes sold for the second time

Taylor Swift He said Monday that his master recordings had been sold to a private equity company, denying him the opportunity to buy back the tapes and regain control of the rights to his first six albums.

“This was the second time my music was sold without my knowledge,” the 30-year-old singer wrote in a Twitter post.

Swift also said that she had started re-recording her first songs and that it had “proven to be exciting and rewarding.”

Swift’s comments came after a long dispute with his former record company, Big Machine Group, and with the music executive. Scooter braun on the rights to some of his biggest hits, including “Shake It Off” and “You Belong to Me.”

Braun bought the Big Machine record label in 2019 after Swift left the label in 2018 for a new deal with Universal Music Group. Braun and the pop star have been embroiled in a bitter public feud ever since.

Swift, a ten-time Grammy winner, wrote Monday that she received a letter a few weeks ago from a private equity firm. Shamrock Holdings “letting us know that they had brought 100% of my Scooter Braun music, videos and covers.”

He added that under the terms of the sale, Braun “will continue to benefit from my old music catalog for many years to come.”

Braun did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Hollywood media outlet Variety reported Monday that Braun had sold the primary rights to Swift’s first six albums to a mutual fund in a deal believed to be worth more than $ 300 million.

Variety did not name the mutual fund.

Los Angeles-based Shamrock Holdings could not immediately be reached for comment.