In the past, if you wanted to listen to a
Taylor Swift song, you had a few very limited options:
1. Open up an Apple Music account, as that was the only streaming service to feature Taylor's complete discography for two years.
2. Own physical copies of Taylor's albums, or pay for digital copies in full.
3. Watch Taylor's music videos in a different tab on your internet browser while going on with your day.
4. Listen to songs that Taylor was featured on, like Zayn's "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" on repeat.
But if you wanted to listen to a song like "Red" or "22" on another streaming platform, you were out of luck. She'd pulled her songs from platforms like Spotify after writing an open letter to Apple Music about its policy for paying artists fairly. "These are not the complaints of a spoiled, petulant child," she wrote when it was reported that Apple Music wouldn't pay artists for streams accrued during a user's three-month free trial. "These are the echoed sentiments of every artist, writer, and producer in my social circles who are afraid to speak up publicly because we admire and respect Apple so much. We simply do not respect this particular call."
(Apple quickly changed their policy, making way for commercials like Taylor's impression of Drake while at the gym, and Drake's returning of the favor. )
Fast forward to two years later, and Taylor's entire discography is officially back. Her official fan account tweeted the announcement, noting that it was in honor of 1989 selling over 10 million albums, and Taylor's songs hitting the 100 million songs mark from the RIAA . So the next time you need to scream-yell "We are never, ever, ever getting back together" or "Welcome to New York!" you can do so, regardless of your preferred streaming platform. The Tay is yours once more.
Taylor Swift song, you had a few very limited options:
1. Open up an Apple Music account, as that was the only streaming service to feature Taylor's complete discography for two years.
2. Own physical copies of Taylor's albums, or pay for digital copies in full.
3. Watch Taylor's music videos in a different tab on your internet browser while going on with your day.
4. Listen to songs that Taylor was featured on, like Zayn's "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" on repeat.
But if you wanted to listen to a song like "Red" or "22" on another streaming platform, you were out of luck. She'd pulled her songs from platforms like Spotify after writing an open letter to Apple Music about its policy for paying artists fairly. "These are not the complaints of a spoiled, petulant child," she wrote when it was reported that Apple Music wouldn't pay artists for streams accrued during a user's three-month free trial. "These are the echoed sentiments of every artist, writer, and producer in my social circles who are afraid to speak up publicly because we admire and respect Apple so much. We simply do not respect this particular call."
(Apple quickly changed their policy, making way for commercials like Taylor's impression of Drake while at the gym, and Drake's returning of the favor. )
Fast forward to two years later, and Taylor's entire discography is officially back. Her official fan account tweeted the announcement, noting that it was in honor of 1989 selling over 10 million albums, and Taylor's songs hitting the 100 million songs mark from the RIAA . So the next time you need to scream-yell "We are never, ever, ever getting back together" or "Welcome to New York!" you can do so, regardless of your preferred streaming platform. The Tay is yours once more.
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