Gilded Guilt

In the days after Taylor Swift bought the master recordings of her music from the private equity firm that controlled them, girls (and grown women) went to TikTok to express how much this meant to them. Swift had been using this narrative of her exploitation at the hands of music executive Scooter Braun for years to justify rerecording old albums and issuing new versions of older material. The implication was that she had little choice. The boot of capitalism was on the back of her neck. Only by investing in her financially could we all help her get free.