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Kelly Clarkson thinks Taylor Swift should re-record her early material

15 July 2019, 10:31 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

Kelly Clarkson has advised Taylor Swift to re-record her older songs in order to own her masters.

Last week, Big Machine Records announced a limited vinyl release of Taylor Swift's "Teardrops On My Guitar", despite the feud between Swift and Scooter Braun, who has just acquired the label.

The label owns the masters of Taylor Swift's first six albums. When Swift found out about Braun taking over Big Machine Records, she wrote on Tumblr, "I learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world. All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years."

She added, "Now Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to buy. Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.

Justin Bieber came forward in support of Braun on Instagram, alongside Braun's wife, Yael Braun, and Sia. Then Sky Ferreira shared a message about exploitation in the music industry, and "ME!" collaborator Brendon Urie shared his support for Swift alongside Lily Allen.

On Saturday (13 July), Kelly Clarkson offered some advice to Swift on Twitter, writing, "just a thought, U should go in & re-record all the songs that U don’t own the masters on exactly how U did them but put brand new art & some kind of incentive so fans will no longer buy the old versions. I’d buy all of the new versions just to prove a point."

Taylor Swift's new album Lover drops on 23 August, and is available to pre-order now.
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