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- Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff recreated their well-known ‘Getaway Automobile’ behind-the-scenes video to have fun Swift regaining management of her first six albums
- The masters for her first six albums had been bought to Scooter Braun six years in the past, sparking her re-recording challenge
- Swift cited The Eras Tour as a significant component in her skill to regain management of her “life’s work”
Nothing good begins in a getaway automobile, aside from a Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff collaboration.
Amid the information that Swift, 35, purchased her original masters from Shamrock Capital, six years after her catalog was bought to Scooter Braun, her longtime collaborator joined her in celebrating the information on Friday, Could 30.
Antonoff, 41, and Swift re-created the famously viral second during which they made the Status observe “Getaway Car.” The clip noticed viral fame on-line a number of years in the past, resulting in the continued success of the Status deep reduce. Swift’s work with Antonoff marked a transition into synth pop, a stark distinction to her early nation and retro-pop sound.
Within the new video, posted to X, Swift mimes alongside to the lyrics of “Getaway Automobile,” whereas holding her Scottish Fold cat Meredith. Antonoff sings alongside to the lyric “I am in a getaway automobile,” earlier than Swift units Meredith down to leap and scream alongside to the lyrics “That was the final time you ever noticed me” together with her fellow musician.
Swift wore a comfy gray sweatshirt within the video, whereas Antonoff wore a black varsity model merch jacket for his solo challenge Bleachers.
The preliminary video noticed viral fame partially as a result of it provided one of many first glimpses at Swift’s time working with Antonoff as a producer on an album. Antonoff co-produced two tracks on Swift’s 1989 songs “I Want You Would” and “You Are In Love,” earlier than making much more contributions to Status.
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The Grammy-winning duo would go on to collaborate on Lover, folklore, evermore, Midnights, The Tortured Poets Division, Fearless (Taylor’s Model), Crimson (Taylor’s Model), Converse Now (Taylor’s Model) and 1989 (Taylor’s Model). These collaborations expanded past Antonoff’s signature synth-pop sound, notably on the folksy summer season basic “august” from folklore.
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The 14-time Grammy winner announced in an Instagram post that she regained management of her first six albums, directing followers to a handwritten letter posted to her website.
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“Hello. I am attempting to assemble my ideas into one thing coherent, however proper now my thoughts is only a slideshow,” Swift wrote. “A flashback sequence of all of the instances I daydreamed about, wished for, and pined away for an opportunity to get to inform you this information. All of the instances I used to be thiiiiiiiiiiiiis shut, reaching out for it, just for it to fall by. I virtually stopped considering it might ever occur, after 20 years of getting the carrot dangled then yanked away. However that is all previously now.”
Swift now owns all of her authentic work. Within the letter, she confirmed that she has already completed re-recording her 2006 self-titled debut album and has lower than 1 / 4 of Status re-recorded.
“These 2 albums can nonetheless have their moments to re-emerge when the time is correct, if that will be one thing you guys could be enthusiastic about,” Swift wrote. “But when it occurs, it will not be from a spot of disappointment and eager for what I want I might have. It’s going to simply be a celebration now.”