Taylor Swift will not be making her most recent album '1989' on Apple Music, or any other websites or apps that offer music streaming, according to Taylor's representative.
News about the record being available on Apple Music by its launch on June 30 following a pretty subtle feature during the tech company's keynote at this year's WWDC. While they were showing off the features of the service, they presented Taylor's 'Bad Blood' music video at the top of the carts, raising speculation that they have indeed secured rights to her hits.
However, Taylor's camp reiterated that there "are currently no plans to release '1989' to any streaming service in the near future."
On the other hand, Apple Music claims that the singer's older albums are still on the streaming service platform, including 'Fearless' in 2008, 'Speak Now' in 2010 and 'Red' in 2013.
The 'Bad Blood' singer opposes certain services that offer free streaming because she believes it would depreciate value of the music, and Apple Music is not an exception to Taylor's stand.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the 26-year old star has put an emphasis that music should not be 'free' and believes that it should be consumed as albums.
In November last year, Taylor Swift removed all of her albums from Spotify, the most in-demand streaming service, due to the company's free-to-stream version that devalues the art form of music.
After pulling her music out of Spotify, Swift's latest album '1989' turned out to be the top-selling album for the year, selling out a total of 1.3 million copies during its first week.
While '1989' would not be heard via Apple Music streaming, similar deals are already on the move in competing subscription-based music streaming services just like Rdio.
Apple Music launches on June 30 for $9.99 for individual subscriptions, and $14.99 for families with up to six amily members.
