This moment finally happened in spite of Scooter Braun, not because of him,” a source close to negotiations told Vanity Fair of the landmark deal that closes the book on a years-long, career-defining beef.

Swift lost control of the masters when Braun snapped them up from the pop diva’s former label. She made her dissatisfaction with the deal known publicly; Braun sold the recordings to Shamrock for roughly $300 million, but Swift complained Braun would still benefit from her work.