2019 Lover is released in July, with hits like “Lover,” “You Need to Calm Down,” and “The Man.” She announces the Lover Fest tour. Her Big Machine boss sells her catalog to Scooter Braun, Kanye West’s manager, with whom she has bad blood. She responds by announcing plans to rerecord her albums. Everybody assumes it’s a bluff. She stars in the big-budget Hollywood box-office bomb Cats. Another cat, Benjamin.
