Taylor Swift Shares Displeasure with Scooter Braun Purchasing Big Machine Label
Taylor Swift has shared her response to Scooter Braun buying Big Machine Label. The music producer purchased Taylor’s old label and her entire catalog for $300 million.
Taylor took to her Tumblr today, June 30 to say, “Some fun facts about today’s news: I learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world. All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years.” The singer went on to say in the post, “Like when Kim Kardashian orchestrated an illegally recorded snippet of a phone call to be leaked and then Scooter got his two clients together to bully me online about it. (See photo) Or when his client, Kanye West, organized a revenge porn music video which strips my body naked. Now Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to buy. Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.”
Taylor wrapped up the post saying, “Thankfully, I am now signed to a label that believes I should own anything I create. Thankfully, I left my past in Scott’s hands and not my future. And hopefully, young artists or kids with musical dreams will read this and learn about how to better protect themselves in a negotiation. You deserve to own the art you make. I will always be proud of my past work. But for a healthier option, Lover will be out August 23.”
Thoughts?
UPDATE: Justin Bieber has responded to Taylor’s Tumblr post. You can see what Justin has to say under the jump. What do you guys think?
UPDATE 2: Big Machine Records has spoken out about Taylor’s post. You can read their post here.
UPDATE 3: Demi Lovato has take to social media to share her support for Scooter Braun. Demi recently signed with Scooter earlier this year after firing Phil McIntyre last year.
