Scooter Braun says he has ‘regret’ about Taylor Swift debacle
taylor Swift’s creative independence has Scooter Braun wishing he could go back to december, turn around and make it all right. the megaproducer, who famously sold Swift’s masters to a hedge fund last year sparking her ongoing project to record all of her original music, says he would have rewritten that scandal if he could, but also accused the songstress of not telling the truth about how it all went done.
“I regret and it makes me sad that taylor had that reaction to the
deal,” Braun told Variety in a cover story out on Wednesday.
“all of what happened has been very confusing and not based on anything factual. I don’t know what story she was told. I asked for her to sit down with me several times, but she refused. I offered to sell her the catalog back and went under (a nondisclosure agreement), but her team refused. It all seems very unfortunate. open communication is important and can lead to understanding. She and I only met briefly three or four times in the past, and all our interactions were really friendly and kind. I find her to be an incredibly talented artist and wish her nothing but the best.”
In june 2019, Swift said she had tried to acquire the rights from Braun herself but was told she could only “earn” them back by extending her contract with Big machine.
“this is my worst case scenario,” she wrote on tumblr at the time. “this is what happens when you sign a deal at fifteen to someone for whom the term ‘loyalty’ is clearly just a contractual concept. and when that man says ‘music has value’, he means its value is beholden to men who had no part in creating it.”
Braun said he resented being called a “bully” and how the ordeal has affected his public perception.
“I always try to lead with appreciation and understanding,” he told Variety. “the one thing I’m proudest of in that moment was that my artists and team stood by me. they know my character and my truth. that meant a lot to me. In the long run, I’m happy for my life’s work to be the legacy I leave behind.”
(new york daily news/tnS)