.taylorswift13 made sure to reference her ongoing battle with Scooter Braun, whose Ithaca Holdings company currently owns the masters of her entire catalog.
You didn’t think the “Woman of the Decade” would pass up the opportunity to drop some gems at Billboard’s Women in Music celebration, did you? Of course Taylor Swift slammed Scooter Braun and “toxic male privilege” during her speech at last night’s ceremony. Her legendary statement lasted for just over fifteen minutes, spanning everything from her battles with musical shareholders, investors, and label heads, to the changes she’s made as an artist over the past decade.
Taylor made sure to reference her ongoing battle with Scooter Braun, whose Ithaca Holdings company currently owns the masters of her entire catalog. “This just happened to me without my approval, consultation or consent,” Taylor explained. She even points out that she was never given the opportunity to buy out her own music—that privilege went straight to Scooter Braun.
“After I was denied the chance to purchase my music outright,” she said, “my entire catalog was sold to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings in a deal that I’m told was funded by the Soros family, 23 Capital and that Carlyle Group. Yet, to this day, none of these investors have bothered to contact me or my team directly—to perform their due diligence on their investment. On their investment in me.
View this post on Instagram @taylorswift accepted her #BBWomenInMusic Woman of the Decade award with a speech discussing the institutionalized sexism she’s witnessed in the industry over the last decade, including calling out Scooter Braun by name. Hit the link in bio for more on her statements. Meanwhile, Scooter Braun allegedly tried to “reach out” to Taylor a few months back, having cited the fact that he never received a response from her team.
View this post on Instagram @taylorswift discussed the evolution of her albums, the future of pop music, toxic masculinity, ownership of her catalog and more in her #BBWomenInMusic Woman of the Decade acceptance speech. Her impassioned speech ended on a moment of hope, however. Hope for what’s the come in her own career, as well as in a bettered music industry at large.
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