Pop group 98 Levels is crediting Taylor Swift because the one who impressed them to rerecord their masters.
The boy band, comprised of Jeff Timmons, Nick Lachey, Drew Lachey, and Justin Jeffre, not too long ago instructed E! Information that they’ve been within the studio engaged on a brand new mission after their tour wrapped.
“We’re gonna rerecord 5 of our traditional hits in type of the rerecord/get-your-masters-back transfer,” Nick stated. “After which we’re additionally gonna have 5 new songs as nicely, and a brand new single popping out on the high of the yr.”
Jeff famous that the group has been speaking about doing it for a while as a result of “there have been alternatives for our songs. And you already know, you could have these battles with the label.” Nevertheless it was the worldwide pop star who truly pushed them to make the leap.
“We thought it’d be pure for us to do that, you already know, form of rerecording of our masters,” Jeff added. “Taylor Swift form of introduced it to the forefront. The followers have embraced that. And so we’re like, ‘OK, now’s the time to do it.’”
Swift made headlines in 2019 when she introduced that she would rerecord earlier variations of her songbook to personal her masters after Scooter Braun acquired Massive Machine Data and her catalog of grasp recordings. Since then, she has launched three rerecorded albums up to now, together with Fearless (Taylor’s Model), Purple (Taylor’s Model) and Converse Now (Taylor’s Model), along with her fourth, 1989 (Taylor’s Model), dropping Oct. 27.
“I really feel like, virtually earlier than Taylor did it, it was like, ‘Oh, you’re rerecording the masters,’” Drew stated. “It was type of like, ‘I’ll simply persist with the unique’ type of factor. When she did it and she or he was like, ‘No, that is my music. I need to take possession of it once more,’ individuals had been like, ‘Yeah Taylor!’ Now, all people’s like, ‘I need to rerecord my masters and get it again on the market.’ So, I really feel like there’s an acceptance and virtually an alliance between the artists and the followers now to help the rerecorded masters.”
98 Levels, who launched their debut album, 98 Levels, in 1997, amassed nice success within the music business within the late ’90s and early 2000s. However they ended up occurring a hiatus in 2003 earlier than later reuniting in 2012.
