[bonki]

I do believe her when she says that this has great sentimental value for her as well (although I'm equally certain that's not the whole truth), since the business value, as you said, isn't as huge anymore as it used to be before her re-recordings. But she bought back the rights to everything, including artwork, music videos etc., so she got back a lot more than what she possibly could "work around" by just re-recording the music. The re-recordings are really, really good (in a reverse-engineering sense concerning the production), and to a casual listener or untrained ear they might sound identical (apart from the stuff that's intentionally different), but they aren't and to me they sound just off. Swifties probably prefer the new versions for the reason you explained, but I like the originals more since every nuance is engrained in my brain and to me the tiny differences are throwing me off when listening to the new versions.

[hsbauauvhabzb]

But also she made an estimated 2,000m from her recent tour, so this is equivalent to me buying a childhood video game from the bargain bin at the local game shop because I liked it as a kid.

Her PR game is on point though. Saying she bought it for ‘emotional reasons’ is a fairly standard explanation from her PR spin. It’s not impossible that she genuinely has emotional attachment to it, but I wouldn’t assume that’s anything more than an afterthought to the real reason she bought it.

I have the greatest respect for her. She is probably one of the most underrated business people of all time, while also being the Marilyn Monroe of the 21st century and being an uncompromising exemplary role model to women.

[snypher]

>She is probably one of the most underrated business people of all time

I'd like to hear more of your thoughts on this because on first look, I mean c'mon man, business people?

[bonki]

I concur 100%.