Swiftie Lounge 13 & Friends

Meet Gauge. The first song he heard by @taylorswift was Mary's Song when he was born and I held him in my arms for the first time. 11 years later, he's heard Taylor's music every day since.

“Tay. My girl Tay. That was backstage after we performed at her concert, I believe we did ‘Hands To Myself’. It was one of the first times I also got to see the tour which was awesome, and super-proud. She has obviously been in my life for over a decade and she has seen a lot that’s gone on and what’s happened in my life, and she has always been there. She has never gone anywhere, and I appreciate her friendship and her love very much.”

Guys - It’s been announced recently that the American Music Awards will be honoring me with the Artist of the Decade Award at this year’s ceremony. I’ve been planning to perform a medley of my hits throughout the decade on the show. Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun have now said that I’m not allowed to perform my old songs on television because they claim that would be re-recording my music before I’m allowed to next year. Additionally - and this isn’t the way I had planned on telling you this news - Netflix has created a documentary about my life for the past few years. Scott and Scooter have declined the use of my older music or performance footage for this project, even though there is no mention of either of them or Big Machine Records anywhere in the film.

Scott Borchetta told my team that they’ll allow me to use my music only if I do these things: If I agree to not re-record copycat versions of my songs next year (which is something I’m both legally allowed to do and looking forward to) and also told my team that I need to stop talking about him and Scooter Braun.

I feel very strongly that sharing what is happening to me could change the awareness level for other artists and potentially help them avoid a similar fate. The message being sent to me is very clear. Basically, be a good little girl and shut up. Or you’ll be punished.

This is WRONG. Neither of these men had a hand in the writing of those songs. They did nothing to create the relationship I have with my fans. So this is where I’m asking for your help.

Please let Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun know how you feel about this. Scooter also manages several artists who I really believe care about other artists and their work. Please ask them for help with this - I’m hoping that maybe they can talk some sense into the men who are exercising tyrannical control over someone who just wants to play the music she wrote. I’m especially asking for help from The Carlyle Group, who put up money for the sale of my music to these two men.

I just want to be able to perform MY OWN music. That’s it. I’ve tried to work this out privately through my team but have not been able to resolve anything. Right now my performance at the AMA’s, the Netflix documentary and any other recorded events I am planning to play until November of 2020 are a question mark.

I love you guys and I thought you should know what’s been going on.

This morning I had a thought and I tweeted it, it looked something like this:

“What I find most saddening about Andrea’s health struggles is that it shows that no matter how much money you have, what level of access to care, the best treatments and doctors; it doesn’t matter. That punches me in the gut and I hope it changes in the future. Support research 💗”

I wish I could have written more of what was on my heart but Twitter’s character limit really limits how much you can say. In the hour that followed I thought to myself...wait, I can do something about this. WE can do something about this. We are quickly coming upon the season of giving. I wanted to do something to help. So, with the help of @spainlovestay and @heyshannonmarie I spent some time this afternoon putting together a crowdrise campaign as a Swiftmas gift to @taylorswift, Andrea, and the rest of the family to raise money for the American Cancer Society to help fund cancer research. Our goal for this campaign is to raise $13,000 by Christmas and it is dedicated to Andrea. So far the response has been wonderful and I am SO HOPEFUL that we can meet or maybe exceed our goal.

I think most of anyone reading this has known someone who has had to deal with cancer. My best friend lost her mom in February, my other best friend’s dad has been fighting for years, another friend lost his dad just weeks ago. My mother in law and sister in law are breast cancer survivors, one of my close friends unfortunately lost her battle with breast cancer at just 40 years old. I could go on. Bottom line, WE NEED MORE RESEARCH.

If you are willing to help, you can do so by sharing the campaign or by donating. I have nearly 9,000 followers on Twitter and about 2,000 here on Tumblr. That means that if 1/11th of my followers donated $13 we could get there. We have nearly 2 months. WE CAN DO THIS. Skip your coffee for just 2 days and join me in supporting research to end this awful disease. Let’s show Taylor and Andrea how generous this fandom can be and that when we put our minds to it, we can do amazing things 💗 🎄🎁

Hi, @taylorswift 👋🏻💕

We are Cookie Gangsta.

We've been your huge fan since we listened to your song for the first time.

We didn't know each other before but you and your songs made us as best friends.

Since then, we have held so many parties in Tokyo and celebrated your birthday and new album release.

Our dream is just one thing.

It is that meet you and welcome you to our Gang⭐︎like this drawing!!!

And we have a good chance to dream come true.

We just knew you're going to come to Tokyo on November 6 and going to have a special event at there.

That's the best chance ever, isn't it?!❤️

I was SO EXCITED when I know this big news.

So, I hope you notice my message and want to meet us!!!

We want you know that we always love you and support you.

So.....meet us in the afterglow🧡

with love to our LOVER

Hi @taylorswift

I dream of making cookies with You 🍪♡

I'll bake cookies and wait until my dreams come true.

Am I crazy???

Anyway I hope to see you in Tokyo on November 6th♡♡

Karin

Today marks the 1 year anniversary of the day I met Taylor. @taylorswift I was truely enchanted to meet you. I remember screaming and jumping up and down during the show and to turn around and see Andrea beckoning me over was the most amazing feeling. Taylor you made me the happiest girl in the world that night after waiting 9 years to meet you. I love you so much and I couldn’t ask for a better role model in my life. Your music gets me through so many tough times and I am so lucky to have you in my life. I hope you are living your best life and I’m so happy that Lover has done as well as it’s doing. I support you in everything you do and I am so proud of you. There are so many things I wish I had said to you but some things can’t be put into words. Telling you the extent of what you have done to change my life is impossible. But just know that I love you forever and always. @taylorswift You are my light in a sea of darkness. I love you and I can’t wait to see you again on tour xoxo