The power of Taylor Swift

What hope is there for the rest of us when Taylor Swift can make a giant like Apple bend to her will?

That's what the superstar singer apparently did when she complained about the tech company not paying artists during the three-month free trial period of Apple Music.

"Apple Music will not be paying writers, producers, or artists for those three months," Swift wrote in an open letter. "I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company."

Quicker than you could say "1989" (the title of her album she threatened to withhold from the company), an Apple executive was tweeting what appeared to be a reversal of that policy.

Apple caves after Taylor Swift threatens to pull album

"#AppleMusic will pay artist for streaming, even during customer's free trial period," tweeted Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. "We hear you @taylorswift13 and indie artists. Love, Apple."