THIR-TAY LOOKS GOOD ON YOU

appreciation post for taylor’s and the starlights’ adorable choreo tonight :’)

a mother (taylor swift) concerned that one of her children (cats) is missing

Happy birthday but make it santa 🎅

Taylor Swift performing at AMAS 2019

Taylor Swift’s parents, Andrea and Scott, watch as Taylor is presented the Artist of the Decade Award at the 2019 AMAs.

YES GIGI 👏

it's just so telling bc like many people have already pointed out, she's been singing several older songs on TV this era like GMA and The Voice so to block her singing on the AMA's shows that it's so deeply personal in that they don't want her to be celebrated as an artist...they don't want her to be recognized as artist of the decade or be given any praise for her accomplishments which is???? so ugly??? it was never about business or even about making money, it has been personal from the get go. it has been a means of control and devaluing her work and her as an artist. i know there's a lot of specifics that we don't know and will never know but it's so alarmingly clear that they both have no respect for and don't even see her as a person, an artist, or even as their colleague in the entertainment industry

i feel physically sick right now. no other label does this to an artist when they swap labels. this is personal, it’s unprofessional, and it’s fucking disgusting.

Don’t know what else to do

Guys - It’s been announced recently that the American Music Awards will be honoring me with the Artist of the Decade Award at this year’s ceremony. I’ve been planning to perform a medley of my hits throughout the decade on the show. Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun have now said that I’m not allowed to perform my old songs on television because they claim that would be re-recording my music before I’m allowed to next year. Additionally - and this isn’t the way I had planned on telling you this news - Netflix has created a documentary about my life for the past few years. Scott and Scooter have declined the use of my older music or performance footage for this project, even though there is no mention of either of them or Big Machine Records anywhere in the film.

Scott Borchetta told my team that they’ll allow me to use my music only if I do these things: If I agree to not re-record copycat versions of my songs next year (which is something I’m both legally allowed to do and looking forward to) and also told my team that I need to stop talking about him and Scooter Braun.

I feel very strongly that sharing what is happening to me could change the awareness level for other artists and potentially help them avoid a similar fate. The message being sent to me is very clear. Basically, be a good little girl and shut up. Or you’ll be punished.

This is WRONG. Neither of these men had a hand in the writing of those songs. They did nothing to create the relationship I have with my fans. So this is where I’m asking for your help.

Please let Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun know how you feel about this. Scooter also manages several artists who I really believe care about other artists and their work. Please ask them for help with this - I’m hoping that maybe they can talk some sense into the men who are exercising tyrannical control over someone who just wants to play the music she wrote. I’m especially asking for help from The Carlyle Group, who put up money for the sale of my music to these two men.

I just want to be able to perform MY OWN music. That’s it. I’ve tried to work this out privately through my team but have not been able to resolve anything. Right now my performance at the AMA’s, the Netflix documentary and any other recorded events I am planning to play until November of 2020 are a question mark.

I love you guys and I thought you should know what’s been going on.

Taylor

they’re holding her art hostage and tying her hands behind her back everything else we went through until now is just PRACTICE SWIFTIES LETS FUCKING GO

the fact that nobody can even react properly to the news that netflix has been filming her for literal years for a documentary because there’s so much else going on…. holy fuck