India, May 31 -- Imagine your legacy not belonging to you.

Well, that's the silent nightmare pop icon Taylor Swift has been grappling with since 2019. That year, her first record label, Big Machine, sold the master recordings of 6 of her original albums to music executive Scooter Braun. If you're wondering why the billionaire hitmaker didn't choose to simply buy back the master recordings then and there - just know she didn't have the right to. The 'deal' per se with Big Machine was, that she could 'earn back' an original album each (mind you, hers to begin with anyway if we speak of IP) for every new album that she recorded for the label.

Known best for turning her pain into big bucks-minting melodies, Taylor then embarked on a VERY, v...