Taylor Swift is rebranding her album merch after a Black-owned business accused her team of ripping off its design
Rasool shared photos on Twitter and Instagram that showed cardigans and sweatshirts with the words “The Folklore Album” for sale on Swift’s website.
Rasool called the design change “a great first step” and said her and Swift’s teams were discussing the situation.
“I commend Taylor’s team for recognizing the damage the merchandise caused to my company @TheFolklore’s brand,” she wrote on Tuesday. “I recognize that she has been a strong advocate for women protecting their creative rights, so it was good to see her team is on the same page.”
CNN has reached out to Rasool and Swift’s publicist for comment, but has not heard back.
Swift’s decision to shake it off and correct course stands in contrast to the way that Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum, handled a similar situation.
Initially, it seemed that the parties would be able to sort things out. But things broke down and the group filed suit in Nashville’s US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The suit asserts that the group was granted a trademark on the name “Lady A” in 2011, after several years of using it interchangeably with “Lady Antebellum” for their goods and services.
CNN’s Lisa France contributed to this report.