Record executives deny they’re standing in her way
#WeStandWithTaylor is trending again after Taylor Swift accused two big players in the music industry of blocking upcoming projects.
And it’s turning into a battle of "he said, she said" that’s playing out over the internet.
On one side is Swift, who said record executives Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta are preventing her from performing a medley of her greatest hits at the upcoming American Music Awards (AMAs).
She said they’re also blocking access to her old songs for a Netflix documentary.
On the other side is Braun’s company, Big Machine Label Group, which released a statement today denying Swift’s accusations.
That hasn’t stopped Swifties from voicing their support for their favourite star.
This isn’t the first time fans have thrown their weight behind Swift in her battle against Braun and Borchetta.
Swift doesn’t own the original or “master” recordings for her first six albums.
Those belong to her former record label, Big Machine, which Borchetta sold to Braun back in June.
At the time, Swift said she always expected Borchetta — who helped launch her career at age 15 — to sell her masters.
But she said she was “sad and grossed out” that her catalogue went to Braun, who she has accused of bullying her for years.
How common is this?
It’s common for artists not to own their masters.
New artists often sign over those rights when they get a record deal as a way to convince a label to take a chance on them.
So, if Swift doesn’t own the originals, why should she have access to them?
“Neither of these men had a hand in the writing of those songs,” said Swift in her Twitter post.
“I just want to be able to perform my own music. That’s it.”
Scooter Braun, left, and Scott Borchetta say they never tried to stop Taylor Swift from performing at the AMAs or doing a Netflix special. (Steven Ferdman/AFP/Getty Images, Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)
"At no point did we say Taylor could not perform on the AMAs or block her Netflix special,” said Big Machine Label Group in its statement.
The thing is, Swift’s ability to perform was never in question, the singer’s publicist Tree Paine said in a statement released Friday. It was her ability to play certain songs.
Paine pointed out that in its statement, Big Machine didn’t say whether it told Swift she couldn’t use any of her older material on the AMAs or in the Netflix doc.
On the contrary, Paine said, Big Machine “flatly denied” Swift’s request to use her older material.
With files from The Associated Press
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November 16, 2019 at 09:11AM
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