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Taylor Swift Finally Owns Her Masters & Miley Cyrus’s "Something Beautiful" Is Her Best Yet

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Show Notes

This was one of the biggest music weeks in a long time. Taylor Swift now officially owns her masters—her first six albums are finally hers—and Miley Cyrus just dropped what I truly believe is the best album of her career. I break it all down in this week’s episode.

We get into the full Taylor masters timeline, the $360M deal, what this means for the re-records, and whether Reputation (TV) is actually off the table. Plus: my review of Something Beautiful, Lorde’s raw return, and Addison Rae proving she’s more than a TikTok star.

In this episode: Taylor Swift’s masters: full backstory + what happens next Miley Cyrus Something Beautiful review + top 3 tracks Lorde’s “Man of the Year” breakdown Addison Rae’s comeback with “Fame is a Gun”

Chapters: 00:00 - Welcome to Live From Mars 02:01 - Miley Cyrus' Something Beautiful 12:44 - Addison Rae's "Fame is a Gun" 17:51 - Lorde's "Man of the Year" 20:00 - Taylor Swift Buys Back Her Masters 33:39 - Next Week's Sneak Peek

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