To Apple, Love Taylor - Episode 186 - Taylor Talk: The Taylor Swift Podcast
Taylor Talk: The Taylor Swift Podcast | reputation | 1989 | Red | Speak Now | Fearless | Taylor Swift
Adam Bromberg
4.3 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2015
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Episode 186 - When Taylor Swift speaks, Apple listens. Early on June 21st, Taylor Swift posted a letter on Tumblr asking Apple to reconsider its compensation structure during the 3 month free trial period for the upcoming Apple Music streaming service. During Apple Music’s 3 month free trial period, Apple said they would not pay the artist, a point Taylor Swift strongly disagreed with. However, by the power of Swift and concerned artists everywhere, APPLE AGREED TO CHANGE THEIR MODEL! This is a huge victory for Taylor and artists everywhere who deserve to be fairly compensated for their art.
But…. that awkward moment when you record a podcast after Taylor wrote her letter to Apple but moments before Apple announced their decision. Cue immediately out-of-date podcast episode. Still though, in Episode 186, Adam and Diane get to debate between Apple vs. Taylor, and discuss the big questions in the music industry right now: How should artists be compensated? Who should compensate them? Even though Apple now sided with Taylor Swift, the compensation discussion is still an important discussion to have. Let us know what you think in the comments below. Enjoy the episode!
Highlights from Episode 186 of Taylor Talk: The Taylor Swift Podcast
Main Discussion: “To Apple, Love Taylor”
– Taylor has been pushing Music Has Value since she wrote her Wall Street Journal editorial last summer.
– We learned with Spotify that if Taylor doesn’t agree with a music streaming service’s compensation structure, she’s out.
– “We don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation.” BOOM.
– The Apple fanboy in Adam has a hard time deciding whether or not to side with Team Apple or Team Swift (Spoiler alert: Apple is Team Swift).
– The big question: Does a music streaming service’s promotion of the artist count as compensation?
– If Taylor can influence the largest company on the planet, what else is she capable of?
Other Topics:
– Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there, including Scott Swift!
– Echosmith, Rachel Platten, Cara Delevingne, and Mariska Hargitay surprised the crowd at the 1989 World Tour stop in Philadelphia!
– OK! Magazine needs to stop their disgusting, misogynistic articles right now. #Feminism
– You know you’re a Swifty when there was never a more perfect time to wear your TEAM TAYLOR jersey.
Calendar
– June 21: The 1989 World Tour – Amsterdam
– June 23: The 1989 World Tour – Glasgow, Scotland, UK
– June 24: The 1989 World Tour – Manchester, UK
– June 27: The 1989 World Tour – London, UK
– June 29 & 30: The 1989 World Tour – Dublin, Ireland
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is Taylor Talk, the number one Taylor and welcome to episode 186 of Taylor Talk the Taylor Swift |
| 0:22.1 | podcast my name's Adam I's Adam and it's a duo episode again today just the duo b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b just the two just the two of us |
| 0:31.4 | Steve is off doing Father's Day festivities because he's a good son. |
| 0:35.3 | Fatherly activities. That being said, it is Father's Day. We're recording on June 21st, 2015, |
| 0:41.2 | so happy Father's Day to Papa Swift, you know the the Scott |
| 0:46.3 | Swift the man who hands out all the guitar picks at the concerts as well as every |
| 0:50.0 | other daddy out there celebrating today. This is my first Father's Day. My puppy Clark is, he's |
| 0:58.8 | nine months old, he's a little nine monthold puppy. He, yeah, okay. |
| 1:04.0 | Happy Father's Day. |
| 1:05.0 | Thank you, thank you. |
| 1:06.0 | You know, do what I can. |
| 1:07.1 | So in the news this week, there are a handful more of 1989 World Tour guests |
| 1:11.8 | on June 12th in Philadelphia. |
| 1:13.4 | Taylor brought out Morishka Hargatee and Kara, whose last name I can't pronounce |
| 1:17.5 | but it's her friend who from Paper Towns and modeling and |
| 1:21.1 | We should have looked that up before we recorded. |
| 1:23.0 | Delavine. |
| 1:24.0 | That would have been responsible. |
| 1:26.0 | It would have been responsible. |
| 1:27.6 | Delavine? |
| 1:28.6 | Delavine? |
| 1:29.6 | Taylor's friend Kara, to walk the catwalk during style, Mariska also came back for night |
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