Fans Emotional Over Taylor Swift's Personal Message on Monday
After spending several months of keeping a low profile with her boyfriend, Kansas Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift broke her social media silence to announce she finally reclaimed her entire music catalog.
Swift wrote after buying the master recordings from albums she released between 2006 and 2017, "I've been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals ever since I found out that this is really happening. I really get to say these words: All of the music I've ever made... now belongs... to me.
"All I've ever wanted was the opportunity to work hard enough to be able to one day purchase my music outright with no strings attached, no partnership, with full autonomy.
"I will be forever grateful to everyone at Shamrock Capital for being the first people to ever offer this to me."
Fans of Swifties were beyond thrilled for the 14-time Grammy winner. After years of feeling guilty for listening to her 2006 self-titled debut and 2017's "Reputation," the two albums Swift never re-recorded under the "Taylor's Version" tag, they blew up on all streaming outlets.
"Reputation" immediately soared to No. 1 on iTunes. The album earned its biggest streaming day on Spotify since its release 8 years ago with 9.9 million streams in one day.
Fans received a special personal message from the "Gorgeous" singer saying, "Hey, this is Taylor Swift. Listen to my entire catalog on Amazon Music Unlimited."
One fan posted the recording on June 2 and wrote, "Taylor's message for Amazon Music made me so emotional 🥹🤍 they're homeeee." One person commented, "Just ask Alexa to play Taylor Swift or any album, it should give you the message 🥹.
One Swiftie gushed, "you can ever hear the happiness in her voice 🥹🫶🏻." An X user posted, "BABY 🥲🥲🥲."This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
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