One of Taylor Swift’s musical inspirations has reacted to the pop star reclaiming her music empire.
After the 35-year-old Eras Tour artist announced that she has bought her master recordings for around $360 million, Carole King sent her an encouraging message.
The 83-year-old icon — who Swift inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 — reposted the announcement via Instagram Stories, and added the note, ‘You continue to inspire!’
The now-expired post also featured a string of emojis, including a pink heart and music notes.
Swift celebrated the milestone achievement by stepping out for dinner with Selena Gomez in New York City on Saturday night.
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One of Taylor Swift’s musical inspirations has reacted to the pop star reclaiming her music empire; Taylor and Carole King pictured in 2021
After the 35-year-old Eras artist announced that she has bought her master recordings for around $360 million, King sent her an encouraging message
The 83-year-old icon reposted Taylor’s announcement via Instagram Stories, and added the note, ‘You continue to inspire!
The Bad Blood hitmaker has previously opened up about how King’s music has inspired her.
Before introducing the Tapestry songstress at the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, she said could not ‘remember a time when I didn’t know Carole King’s music.’
The Pennsylvania native shared at the time, ‘I was raised by two of her biggest fans, who taught me the basic truths of life as they saw it: That you should treat people the way you want to be treated, that you must believe you can achieve whatever you want to in life, and that Carole King is the greatest songwriter of all time.’
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She added elsewhere in the monologue, ‘Carole taught artists like me that telling your own story is worth the work and struggle it takes to earn the opportunity for your story to be heard.’
Along with her presenting duties, Swift performed a cover of King’s co-written hit Will You Love Me Tomorrow, which reportedly brought King to tears.
The 1960 track was originally recorded by The Shirelles and co-written by the inductee.
During her induction speech, the musician thanked the 22 singer for her contributions to music and acknowledged her for ‘carrying the torch forward’ in pop songwriting.
It came after King presented Swift with the Artist of the Decade Award at the American Music Awards in 2019.
Swift used Instagram to share the big news with her 281 million followers on Friday
Taylor inducted Carole into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2021
Swift accepts the Artist of the Decade award from King during the 2019 American Music Awards
Billboard reported that Swift spent near $360 million to buy back her music catalog from Shamrock Capital after ‘bully’ Scooter Braun sold her masters to the private equity firm in 2020 (a year after buying them from Big Machine).
‘I almost stopped thinking it could ever happen, after 20 years of having the carrot dangled and then yanked away,’ Taylor wrote on her website on Friday.
She continued, ‘But that’s all in the past now. I’ve been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals ever since I found that this is really happening. I really get to say those words. All of the music I’ve ever made… now belongs… to me.’
Her Instagram post teasing the full statement about the masters read, ‘You belong with me. Letter on my site :).’
It was accompanied by several pictures of her in a simple pale blue sweater and light wash jeans while posing and smiling with six of her records.