Swift claimed that this would negatively impact both her ability to perform for the American Music Awards, in which she would be performing a hits medley in honor of receiving the Artist of the Decade Award, and the production process for her Netflix documentary series. On Nov. 14, Taylor Swift made a post on her Tumblr account alleging that Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun were prohibiting her from performing songs still …
Borchetta said he texted Swift about the deal on Saturday "to inform her prior to the story breaking on the morning of Sunday, June 30th so she could hear it directly from me.". Now, the conversation has pointed directly at the awards show.
A month later, during a conversation with Good Morning America in August, Swift explained she'll be legally allowed to re-record her old albums in 2020. Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved.
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Swift made the statement in a Tumblr post after Braun's media holding company, Ithaca Holdings LLC, acquired the company that owned her catalog. Rumors fester in the absence of communication. Taylor Swift called out Scooter Braun after he acquired her music catalogue. After singing a few verses from her song Man of of her most recent album, Lover Swift sheds the the jacket and proceeds with her medley. "I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta (founder of Big Machine Label Group) would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future," she wrote. What we know about Amy Coney Barrett's judicial abortion record, Trump is expected to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, U.S. soars past 7 million COVID-19 cases as some states relax restrictions, Louisville sees third straight night of Breonna Taylor protests, NASA astronaut to cast her ballot 200 miles above Earth, Calif. braces for power shutoffs and weather that could fan flames, 15-year-old girl facing deportation after hospital arrest, Thousands in London protest lockdowns and social distancing rules, As fossil fuel jobs falter, renewables come to the rescue, Battleground Tracker: Latest polls, state of the race and more, 5 things to know about CBS News' 2020 Battleground Tracker, CBS News coverage of voting rights issues.
What is especially sinister is that if even Swift — multi-grammy winning, multi-platinum charting artist of the decade — still faces these issues, then imagine what might be happening to up and coming artists.
According to Swift, Borchetta and Braun did not want her to perform her music on television because they viewed it as re-recording her old music. But, I truly doubt that she 'woke up to the news when everyone else did," ' Borchetta said. In response, Big Machine Records put out a statement saying that “at no point did we say Taylor could not perform on the AMAs or block her Netflix special.” However, Big Machine’s statement did not directly address Swift’s allegation that they were blocking her from using songs still owned by Big Machine Record.
"Scott Borchetta told my team that they'll allow me to use my music only if I do these things: If I agree to not re-record copycat versions of my songs next year (which is something I'm both legally allowed to do and looking forward to) and also told my team that I need to stop talking about him and Scooter Braun," she wrote in the statement. Record label approval is only needed for contracted artists' audio and visual recordings and in determining how those works are distributed.". Swift has spoken in-depth about her feud with Scooter Braun and her former music label, Big Machine Label Group, in the past year. What happens if the president doesn't accept the election results? Subscribe to our email newsletter.
© 2019 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. She said the purchase was her "worst case scenario," since she doesn't own the rights to the music created while she was with the Big Machine Label Group.
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She claimed her plan was to create new versions of all her albums. By Vanna Quiroz Updated on: July 1, 2019 / 8:17 AM / CBS News
Taylor Swift claims she never had the opportunity to purchase her master recordings from former record label Big Machine Records, which was just sold to Scooter Braun. Taylor Swift performs onstage as Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, SZA and Becky G perform at The Prime Day concert, presented by Amazon Music at on July 10, 2019, at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.
This is what happens when you sign a deal at 15.". Although Swift stated that she had “made peace with the fact that eventually [Borchetta] would sell them,” she said that she was deeply upset that he had decided to sell them to Braun. See why nearly a quarter of a million subscribers begin their day with the Starting 5.