Selena Gomez is celebrating her longtime friend Taylor Swift’s latest victory.
On Friday (May 30), the Rare Beauty founder showed her support for Swift after the pop superstar revealed she had officially purchased back the masters to her first six albums.
“YES YOU DID THAT TAY!!!” Gomez wrote in all caps on her Instagram Story. “SO proud!”
Swift made the announcement earlier in the day by posting photos of herself with the covers of her first six albums on Instagram, directing fans to a heartfelt letter on her website. In the lengthy message, the 14-time Grammy winner reflected on the emotional journey of reclaiming her music.
“To say this is my greatest dream come true is actually being pretty reserved about it,” she wrote. “To my fans, you know how important this has been to me — so much so that I meticulously re-recorded and released four of my albums, calling them Taylor’s Version.”
“The passionate support you showed those albums and the success story you turned The Eras Tour into is why I was able to buy back my music,” the singer added. “I can’t thank you enough for helping to reunite me with this art that I have dedicated my life to, but have never owned until now.”
Swift acquired the masters from private equity firm Shamrock Capital for somewhere around $360 million, sources tell Billboard. The sale comes six years after Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings purchased her catalog from Big Machine’s Scott Borchetta in 2019, later selling his ownership of Swift’s music to Shamrock in late 2020.
Of the pop superstar’s purchase, Braun tells Billboard, “I am happy for her.”
Gomez and Swift’s friendship spans nearly two decades. The two first met in 2008 through the Jonas Brothers — Swift was dating Joe at the time, while Gomez was linked to Nick. Since then, they’ve remained close, consistently supporting each other through the many highs and lows of their personal lives and careers. Check out a full timeline of their longtime friendship here.
