Taylor Swift to re-record all her songs to gain ownership control

Just before the release of her new album, "Lover," Taylor Swift announced that she will re-record her old songs. In an upcoming interview with CBS's Tracy Smith, which will be aired on Sunday, she revealed this news.

The well-publicised issue escalated when Swift's former record label, Big Machine Records, was sold to music mega manager, Scooter Braun. This gave him ownership over all of Taylor Swift's previously released albums. In simple language, if any advertisement, film or TV show would want to use her songs, they will have to seek permission from Scooter Braun and he will have to be paid a licensing fee.

Since Braun closely works with Kanye West, who has an open feud with Taylor, she was heartbroken when she heard the news. In a Tumbler post, she described it as "my worst-case scenario."

In the CBS interview, Smith asked Swift if she is planning to re-record all her songs before the upcoming release of the new album, "Lover." "Oh yeah," she confirmed, saying, "Yeah, absolutely."

The international superstar is planning to re-record her old songs with her new record label, Republic Records. If she does this to her whole songbook, she will have the copyrights over all her songs and the middleman, Scooter Braun, will no longer be able to benefit from her work. She will be able to decide the fate her own songs.

Many stars supported Taylor Swift when news about the issue broke out. Halsey wrote, "She deserves to own the painstaking labour of her heart." Kelly Clarkson wrote, "@taylorswift13 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."

Her new album "Lover" is set to be released on Friday, August 23. The star described her new album to be "healthier" than the past ones.

Before this incident, Swift had a battle with streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify over royalties.