On the four-year anniversary of Taylor Swift's "Folklore" album release, she explained to a sold-out Eras Tour crowd how she crafted and created her eighth era two days into the pandemic.

Swift announced on May 30, 2025 that she now owns all of her masters, including her self-titled debut album and 2017's “Reputation.”

Swift’s announcement comes a little over a week after sources told Page Six that she finally had a chance to buy back the original recordings of her first six albums.

The master recordings to the pop superstar’s earliest work were sold to Scooter Braun in 2019, and acquired a year later by the investing firm Shamrock Capital.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift said on Friday she had purchased the master recordings of her first six albums, giving her control of all of her music after a dispute with her former record label. Swift's masters had been sold in 2019 and the singer said she was not given the opportunity to buy them at the time.