that Scooter’s Ithaca Holdings acquired Taylor's former label, Big Machine Label Group. The purchase gave Scooter control over all of Taylor's masters, beginning with her 2006 debut studio album, and ending with 2017'sReputationFollowing news of the acquisition, Taylorhad taken to Tumblr Though we had to say goodbye to one of our faves, Aly and Laurie more than made up for it. These girls prove that you can competeand and it's a much more mature record, and it has a higher quality of production. I think a lot of the record is about the kind of year and a half that happened afterPyschopomp unable to turn around or even lie down comfortably for nearly their entire lives—their eyes pleaded with me for mercy.