Taylor Swift Rerecords ‘Wildest Dreams’ in Fresh Copyright Salvo

Sept. 17, 2021, 4:53 PM UTC

Taylor Swift dropped a rerecording of her 2014 hit single “Wildest Dreams” on Friday, part of an effort to gain control of her older work amid a feud with music manager Scooter Braun.

Swift has been rerecording old albums to keep Braun and others from profiting from their ownership of her catalog. Braun, known as the manager for artists such as Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, acquired her work in 2019 when he bought the country label Big Machine. Last November, he sold her first six albums to an investment firm for $300 million. “Wildest Dreams” is a track ...

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