United Kingdom, June 2 -- Carole King has praised Taylor Swift as an inspiration.

The 'Cruel Summer' hitmaker revealed on Friday (30.05.25) that she had regained control of the rights to all the songs from her early albums, 'Taylor Swift', 'Fearless', 'Speak Now', 'Red', '1989' and 'Reputation', and the 83-year-old singer-songwriter has joined Taylor in celebrating the milestone.

Carole shared the announcement on her Instagram Story and over a photo of Taylor raising her hands in celebration, she wrote: "You continue to inspire! [heart, heart hands and music notes emojis] (sic)"

Taylor was furious in 2019 when music manager Scooter Braun bought her former label, Big Machine Records, and her master recordings, which he then sold on to S...