Taylor Swift's team has responded to accusations that she reportedly stole the merchandise logo for her new album, Folklore - which dropped last week - from a black designer.
After the 30-year-old released her eighth studio album on Friday, artist Amira Rasool took to Twitter to allege that the record's merch logo bared a striking resemblance to that of her online store, The Folklore, which exclusively sells items from Africa and the diaspora, per its website.
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"Wait hold up. Taylor Swift, it's one thing to use the name 'Folklore,' but we're out here stealing Black women's logos too?" she wrote on the social media platform.
"I am sharing my story to bring light to the trend of large companies/celebrities copying the work of small minority-owned business owners," Rasool continued on Instagram. "I am not going to let this blatant theft go unchecked."
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Now, in a statement issued to Good Morning America on Tuesday, according to PEOPLE, Swift's representative has responded to Rasool's claims.
"Yesterday, we were made aware of a complaint that the specific use of the word 'the' before 'folklore album' on some of the folklore album merchandise was of concern," the singer's spokesperson stated. "Absolutely no merchandise using 'the' before the words 'folklore album' has been manufactured or sent out."
"In good faith, we honored her request and immediately notified everyone who had ordered merchandise with the word 'the' preceding 'folklore album' that they will now receive their order with the design change."
Rasool has since thanked Swift's team for their swift action. "I commend Taylor's team for recognizing the damage the merchandise caused to my company @TheFolklore's brand. 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," she wrote on Instagram and Twitter.
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Rasool added that her lawyers have been in contact with Swift's to decide the "necessary next steps to make this situation right."