June 8, 2025

📈 STREAMING EXPLOSION: Taylor's masters victory triggers 55% catalog surge, 30.64 MILLION streams in one day!

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📈 STREAMING EXPLOSION: Taylor's masters victory triggers 55% catalog surge, 30.64 MILLION streams in one day!
🎵 "SPEAK NOW" SOARS: Original album rockets 430% as guilt-free Swifties flood back to banned recordings!
💕 SUPPORTIVE BOYFRIEND: Travis gushes "Shout out to Tay Tay" on podcast after masters triumph!
🍸 GIRLS NIGHT GLAM: Taylor and Selena serve Upper East Side luxury at chic Monkey Bar dinner!
💍 SWIFTIE CONVERT: Benny Blanco reveals Selena turned him into "full Swiftie" with deep cuts!
🏖️ FLORIDA ROMANCE: Taylor and Travis spotted on "intentional and meaningful" dinner date in Boca!
🤝 FRIENDSHIP REPAIR: Taylor and Blake "working towards good terms" but relationship "isn't the same"!
🎫 "TAYLOR SWIFT" BILLS: Michigan lawmakers crack down on ticket bots with song-reference-filled legislation!
💰 INDUSTRY IMPACT: Experts hail masters victory as potential "paradigm shift" for young artists!
🔥 SWIFTIE POWER: Fan loyalty cuts Big Machine profits, enables Taylor's $300M+ masters buyback!
👗 FASHION MOMENT: Taylor rocks sequined Gucci set while Selena stuns in khaki Ulla Johnson suit!

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Hey Swifties, Welcome back to Taylor Swift Today. I'm your host, Ali,

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and we have so many amazing updates in today's episode,

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from Taylor's master's purchase causing massive streaming spikes, to adorable

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girls nights with Selena Travis being the ultimate supportive boyfriend,

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and even political updates. There's so much to cover, let's

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dive right in. First up, let's talk about the incredible

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aftermath of Taylor buying back her masters. The numbers are

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absolutely mind blowing, you guys. According to Luminate, Taylor's overall

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streaming increased by fifty five point one percent on Friday alone,

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reaching thirty point six four million streams in just a

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single day. That's for an artist who doesn't even have

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new music out right now. The biggest winner was the

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original version of Speak Now, which increased by more than

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four hundred and thirty percent globally on Spotify. Can you

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believe that her debut album, Taylor Swift saw a two

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hundred twenty percent jump and reputation increased by nearly one

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hundred sixty percent. Even nineteen eighty nine, which had the

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smallest increase, still saw a massive one hundred ten percent bump.

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This just shows how much swifties have been waiting to

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stream the original's Guilt Free again. What I love about

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this is that it proves how ethical and loyal Taylor's.

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Fan base is.

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For years, We've been avoiding the original recordings to support

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Taylor's fight for her masters, and the second she got

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them back, we all rushed to stream them again. According

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to Luminate, her album consumption units came in at slightly

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above thirty one thousand units on Friday, compared to the

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usual twenty thousand units. Her catalog was averaging per day.

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That's the power of the Swifty collective. And can we

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talk about how supportive Travis has been throughout this whole journey.

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On the latest episode of New Heights, when Shaquille O'Neil

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revealed that I Knew You Were Trouble is his favorite

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song in the world, Travis immediately said, shout.

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Out to Taite.

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Just bought all of her music back, so it's finally hers.

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He also noted just got that song back too, which

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is so sweet. Plus, Travis was among the first to

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like Taylor's Instagram post announcing the news. He's been such

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an amazing partner through this whole Master saga. Speaking of

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cute couple moments, Taylor and Travis were recently spotted having

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another romantic dinner date in Florida. Fans caught them walking

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out together and they looked absolutely smitten. There's this adorable

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video where Taylor gives fans a quick smile while Travis

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sweetly says, have a good night, guys.

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They're both so gracious with their supporters.

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According to sources, Florida has been the perfect escape for them.

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Taylor has been coming and going to Florida and is

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still spending a lot of her time in NYC. Another

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insider added that Taylor is trying to spend as much

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time with him as she can by going to Boca.

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They are doing stuff separately out of necessity because of

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his train, but when they find time to connect, it's

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intentional and meaningful. This really shows how committed they are

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to making their relationship work.

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Despite their busy schedules.

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The source also mentioned that they are making fewer public

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appearances together because their relationship brings too much unwonted attention.

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But there isn't trouble in Paradise.

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After everything we've discussed in previous episodes about them wanting

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to keep things more private.

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This makes total sense.

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In friendship news, Taylor had the cutest girls night out

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with Selena Gomez in New York City. They went to

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Monkey Bar, which is such a chek choice, way more

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old school glamorous than Taylor's usual downtown spots like Via Kurota.

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Both of them absolutely nailed the Upper east Side esthetic.

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Taylor wore a black crape Gucci two piece set with

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sequin trim and metallic platforms, while Selena went for a

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khaki Ula Johnson suit with a brown halter top and

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gold sling back pumps. They looked like they stepped right

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out of Gossip Girl. This was actually Taylor's second girl's

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night of the week. She was also spotted at Via

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Carota with Dakota Johnson earlier, where they were later joined by.

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Their respective brothers.

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It's so nice to see Taylor making time for her

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friendships and having some normal girl time. Speaking of Selena,

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her fiance Bennie Blanco just revealed the sweetest story about

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how Selena converted him into a swifty In an interview

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with In Style, Benny admitted he wasn't always a devoted

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Taylor Swift fan and doesn't listen to much contemporary music.

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But Selena, being a true swifty through and through, played

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him Taylor's deep cuts, and now he's a full swiftye

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Benny said. In the car, We'll have our little swifty moment.

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She's a true swifty through and through. Then she got

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me on the train and now I'm a full swifty.

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Selena would play me the deep cuts and I was like, Damn,

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Taylor's pen is so fire. I love that even music

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producers who work with the biggest names in the industry

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are blown away by Taylor's song writing. He also shared

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that he met Selena when she was just sixteen, saying,

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they say, you've probably already met the person that you're

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going to spend the rest of your life with. I

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never believe that stuff until it happened to me, and

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now I get to kiss her. It's like my own

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little fairy tale. I concoct it so sweet. Now let's

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address some updates on the Blake Lively situation that we've

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been following closely. According to People magazine, Taylor and Blake

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are making progress in their relationship and working towards being

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on good terms, but their friendship isn't the same as

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it was before. The source says they aren't as close

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and haven't been spending as much time together as they

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did in the past. This makes sense given everything we've

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covered about Taylor being dragged into Blake's legal battle with

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Justin Baldoni, the subpoena drama, and the allegations about Blake

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allegedly threatening to leak private texts. The Insider revealed that

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Taylor is working to trust Blake again, but it's going

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to take some time. Their friendship, which dates back to

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twenty fifteen, has definitely been strained by this whole legal mess,

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but it sounds like they're both making an effort to

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repair things. As we mentioned in previous episodes, the trial

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for Blake versus Justin Baldoni is still scheduled for March

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twenty twenty six, so this drama isn't going away anytime soon,

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but at least it seems like Taylor and Blake are

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working through their personal issues separately from the legal battle.

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In some really exciting political news, Michigan lawmakers have approved

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what they're calling the Taylor's Swift Bills to crack down

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on ticket bots. Republican State Representative Mike Harris led the

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House Judiciary Committee in unanimously approving House Bills four two

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six' two and four two six, three which aim to

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tackle the growing problem of bots buying.

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Up tickets to concerts and sports games for.

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Resale the problem was especially widespread During Taylor's eras, tour

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which is why they're calling these The Taylor Swift. Bills

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Representative harris said in a, statement AND i love. This these,

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days buying tickets for, popas pular shows or sporting events

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is like navigating a labyrinth because of the cheaters who

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mastermind ticket bought. Plots people just hope they're the lucky

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one and can get a reasonably priced ticket before the

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bots buy them all. Up by empowering state prosecutors to

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impose some karma on unethical bought, operators our bipartisan plan

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will bring more affordable happiness to. Fans did you catch

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all those tailor song? References, labyrinth, mastermind the lucky, one

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karma and? Happiness this representative definitely did his. Homework the

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bills would authorize The Michigan Attorney general to pursue legal

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action against bought operators with civil fines of up to

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five thousand dollars per ticket fraudulently. Obtained this is actually

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part of a national. Trend states Like arizona And iowa

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have passed or are advancing similar. Legislation as someone who

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remembers the absolute chaos of trying to get aristour, Tickets

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i'm so here for. This nobody should have to pay

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thousands of dollars to set scalopers when they could have

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gotten face value tickets if.

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Bots weren't hogging them. All more in a, moment.

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Let me also touch on an important op ed perspective

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About taylor's master's. Victory industry experts are pointing out that

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this isn't just a win For, taylor it could signal

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a paradigm shift for other, musicians especially younger. Ones the

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piece emphasizes how the deck is often stacked against, artists

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and even someone as successful As taylor faced difficult terms

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to acquire her Masters.

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Initially what Makes taylor's situation unique.

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Compared to other artists who sold their catalogs for hundreds of,

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millions Like Bob, Dylan Bruce, springsteen And queen is that

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those musicians benefited from their, sales Whereas taylor got nothing

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from the original sale of Hers, now at just thirty,

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five she's in the rare position of owning her entire,

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catalog something that usually doesn't happen until artists are much,

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older if at. All the op ed also highlighted How

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taylor's victory wouldn't have been possible without her.

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Swifties the loyal fan base who.

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Only bought and streamed her re recordings in support of her,

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fight helped cut Into Big machines profits and Enabled taylor

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to make enough money from The heiras tour to buy

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back her. Masters it's a perfect example of how fan

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power can be a huge asset in the music. Industry

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the key takeaway for new artists is to prioritize negotiating

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smarter deals from the outset and to build that kind

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of deep connection with.

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Fans taylor's situation proves that.

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When fans deeply connect with an, artist their collective power

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can change.

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Everything and that's all.

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For today's episode Of Taylor's Swift, today what do you

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think about those incredible streaming numbers After taylor got her master's?

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Back are you loving these girls' nights With selena And?

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Dakota and how excited are you about The Taylor swift

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anti bought? Bills don't forget to, like subscribe and turn

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Queen this Is ali signing off until next, Time stay

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