Taylor Swift’s fans celebrate with #TaylorIsFree as hitmaker can once again record her old music

She’s allowed one of her songs to be used for the first time in a political ad encouraging people to vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the presidential election.

And Sunday marked another milestone for Taylor Swift, according to her fans on Twitter.

They got the hashtag #TaylorIsFree trending, according to NME.com, to  celebrate the fact that as of November 1, the pop superstar can now re-record her original music again.

In 2019, Scott Borchetta of Big Machine Records sold Swift’s back catalog to Scooter Braun in a $300 million deal.

As a result of the subsequent bitter feud between the parties, Swift declared she would re-record her albums, starting with her first self-titled release in 2006 through to 2017’s Reputation.

She said during an interview on Good Morning America in August last year that her contract allowed her to begin recording her old tracks from November 2020.

Meanwhile, she has given permission for her politically-charged song Only the Young to be used in a video in support of the Democratic Party.  

The promo begins with Senator Kamala Harris, the vice-presidential nominee, asking: ‘Why are so many powerful people trying to make it so difficult for us to vote?’ 

The video then goes into Swift’s song which is played to backdrop of events from the last four years under the Trump presidency, including issues of immigration, children being separated from their parents at the border, and the coronavirus pandemic.

In 2018, Swift broke with years of silence over her political views when she attacked a Republican running for office in her home state of Tennessee.

The pop superstar came out swinging as she vowed to oppose senate candidate Marsha Blackburn over her voting record on women’s rights and LGBTQ rights. 

Swift said she refuses to vote for someone ‘who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love.’ 

She took issue with Blackburn voting against gay marriage, supporting business owners who refuse service to gay couples, voting against equal pay laws, and against a bill which aimed to protect women from domestic violence.

Swift said at the time: ‘I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country.’

She went on: ‘I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG.

‘I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent.’