Updated 4s to 8.1.1 and all my music disappeared. What?

I'm assuming my only option is to download things from icloud, but why did this happen in the first place? What about music that I didn't buy through iTunes but still very much legally own?
Has anyone else had this happen?

Simply connect the iPhone to the same computer where your iTunes music library is located.  You can then either restore all of your settings from you latest Backup, or just use iTunes to sync whatever Music you wish to the iPhone again.

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