

Things remained quiet between Taylor and Scooter for a few months, until the 2019 American Music Awards.

Thanks.” November 2019: Taylor And Scooter Clash Over AMAs That month, he also replied to a fan’s encouragement (“scooter just ignore the trolls, just a daily reminder u are loved!”) by saying, “I’m good. However, in July 2019, he seemingly joked about the “toll” that the “last couple of weeks” had taken on him by posting a FaceApp photo, one that showed him looking elderly and tired. Scooter wouldn’t address Taylor’s comments – or the fan backlash - directly until later that year. Understandably, Taylor’s fans were furious that a man she accused of “bullying” her now owned her body of work. That means forever.” July 2019: Scooter Responds – Sorta Controlling a woman who didn’t want to be associated with them. Any time Scott Borchetta has heard the words ‘Scooter Braun’ escape my lips, it was when I was either crying or trying not to. “Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter. “When I left my masters in Scott’s hands, I made peace with the fact that eventually, he would sell them,” she continued. I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future.” “Instead, I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in. “For years, I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work,” Taylor wrote in her Tumblr post. Then, the news broke that Scooter had bought all her masters. After leaning into the “snake” motif with her album Reputation, Taylor was about to start a new chapter of her life with Lover, her first album with Universal Music/Republic Records.
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However, the alleged full conversation was leaked in 2020, in which Kanye supposedly told her that he would say, “Taylor Swift might owe me sex.” In this alleged call, he also doesn’t tell Taylor that he’s going to call her a “b-tch.” After the alleged call was leaked, Taylor seemingly felt vindicated, saying the leak proved she “ was telling the truth the whole time.” June 2019: Scooter Buys Taylor’s Musicįast forward three years after the “Famous” call. Kim famously posted a snippet of Taylor and Kanye’s convo on Snapchat, which seemed to dispute Taylor’s claims that Kanye didn’t tell her about the song ahead of time. Specifically, she claimed he never said he would rap, “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that b*tch famous.” Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, supporting players in Taylor Swift’s feud with Scooter Braun (AP) “He’s about to own all the music I’ve ever made.” In the post, Taylor accused Scooter of “incessant, manipulative bullying,” specifically citing the 2016 phone call between her and Kanye over his song, “Famous.”Īs Taylor fans known, she claimed that Kayne (who was managed by Scooter at the time) didn’t share the song’s lyrics during the call. “This is Scooter Braun, bullying me on social media when I was at my lowers point,” she wrote in a 2019 Tumblr post while including Justin Bieber’s now-infamous “ Hey Taylor What’s Up” Instagram photo. Scooter feud is the sale of her masters, but she claims things went south long before that. Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun, a true definition of ‘Bad Blood’ (AP) August 2016: Feuding Over “Famous”Īt the heart of the Taylor vs. The sale didn’t end her feud with Scooter – quite the opposite, actually – so here’s how this all started. Disney, a nephew of Walt Disney, according to The New York Times. In late 2020, Taylor’s music was sold again, this time to Shamrock Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment firm founded by Roy E. Taylor denounced the sale at the time, and a bitter back-and-forth followed. Scooter’s Ithaca Holdings LLC acquired Big Machine Label Group and all of its recording assets, including the rights to Taylor’s first six albums, for the reported price of $300 million. The clash between Taylor and Scooter came to a head in June 2019. While these other dramas were over things like VMA nominations and (allegedly) backup dancers, Taylor’s battle with Braun concerns something more important: her music. However, her feud with Scooter Braun is much more personal. From her long-standing (and thankfully ended) rivalry with Katy Perry to her brief clash with Nicki Minaj to her on-again/off-again battles with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Taylor has clashed with some of the biggest names in music.
