Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun: Part 1 | 24

Diss and Tell

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.2 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In 2019, the pop music landscape was rocked when Taylor Swift took to Tumblr to expose that her arch-nemesis in the industry, Scooter Braun, had gained control over her life's work by owning the masters to her first six albums. She detailed how Braun—a manager, music business executive, and owner of Big Machine Label Group, along with Scott Borchetta—had taken advantage of her. Swift called on her fans to 'let them know how you feel.' And they did. Within a day, 'Swifties' brought record company offices to a standstill, sent threats to Braun's family, and cast the once-unknown executives into the limelight. In the first episode of this two-part series, we delve into the 'Taylor-verse' and expose the unsavory side of the music industry.

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0:00.0	A listener note, this episode contains adult language.
0:09.4	All right, Sydney, what would you say is your top three least favorite things about Taylor Swift?
0:15.1	And I want you to say it right into the microphone. Make sure it's on.
0:18.8	You're trying to make me lunch meat for Swifties, and I'm not taking that bait.
0:23.9	They have the grinders ready, and they will put your entire body in it without a second thought.
0:29.3	Yes, they will hunt my entire family down.
0:32.7	So you've never gotten on the wrong side of Swifties before?
0:36.3	No, I choose my battles wisely,
0:39.0	and that is one that I know I'm not really prepared for. You know what bears to poke and which
0:45.7	ones to leave alone. Absolutely. And Taylor Swift is a bear that we usually don't touch,
0:51.2	but today we're getting into it. Oh, Lord.
0:57.3	So, this is a big one.
1:03.7	It's one that, unfortunately, is forcing us to care about music rights, but, you know,
1:08.4	it's one of those things that everybody collectively suddenly learned about because of Taylor Swift.
1:09.5	Like, we didn't know anything about music rights, personally speaking, before June 2019.
1:15.9	Because that's when Taylor Swift went on Tumblr, of all places.
1:21.2	And she poured her heart out in this post about the sale of her cherished master recordings,
1:28.7	Mega Manager Scooter Braun has just bought Taylor Swift's Masters,
1:34.5	and Taylor is pissed.
1:36.2	I think it's just generally upsetting that there is an adult man named Scooter.
1:40.7	Really?
1:41.3	We cannot emphasize that enough.
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