Shamrock first purchased Swift's recordings in 2020 amid her feud with music executive Scooter Braun. The two had been at odds since Braun purchased Big Machine Label Group in 2019, Swift's former record label, assuming the rights to her master recordings.

Taylor Swift now controls her entire music catalog after she bought back the master recordings of her first six albums. "I’m trying to gather my thoughts into something coherent, but right now my mind is just a slideshow.

Taylor Swift announced she had purchased the masters of her first six albums and won't be rerecording "Reputation."