Celebrities React to Taylor Swift’s Emotional Announcement originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Taylor Swift was the talk of the entertainment world on Friday after she announced her purchase of the original recordings of her first six albums: “Taylor Swift,” “Speak Now,” “Fearless,” “Red,” “1989” and “Reputation.”

According to a report by Billboard, Swift paid around $360 million for the master recordings of the albums, which she didn’t own after they were sold to music executive Scooter Braun.

Swift’s former label, Big Machine Records, owned the rights to the aforementioned albums. However, Braun acquired them after his company, Ithaca Holdings, bought her former label.

Shamrock Capital eventually got the rights to Swift’s albums and has now sold them to her. The amount Swift paid is reportedly close to what the private equity firm paid for the master recordings.

“I really get to say these words: All of the music I’ve ever made… now belongs… to me,” Swift wrote in her letter announcing the news, adding that she has been “”bursting into tears of joy” because of it.

“To say this is my greatest dream come true is actually being pretty reserved about it. 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.”

Swift also posted on social media to confirm the news, sharing a photo of her sitting while surrounded by the covers of her first six albums. She wrote in the caption, “You belong with me.”

Aside from her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, as well as Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany Mahomes, several other celebrities reacted to the major development.

Her good friend Selena Gomez even sent a “proud” message to her to celebrate the occasion.

As posted by several Swift fan pages, musicians such as Suki Waterhouse, Carole King, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, Sabrina Carpenter, Ice Spice, Kesha and Tate McRae have liked her post.

The same goes for other personalities like Gigi Hadid, Rachel Zegler and Dixie D’Amelio.

Now, it will be interesting to see what Swift does next. In the letter she posted on her site, she did say that she has “completely re-recorded” her entire self-titled debut album, while she hasn’t even re-recorded a quarter of “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)”.

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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on May 31, 2025, where it first appeared.