Happylittlepunk Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 (edited) “The regret I have there is that I made the assumption that everyone, once the deal was done, was going to have a conversation with me, see my intent, see my character, and say, great, let’s be in business together. And I made that assumption with people that I didn’t know.” In 2019, music executive Scooter Braun purchased the master rights to Taylor Swift’s early albums after he acquired her former label, Big Machine Label Group. The move, which Swift called her “worst case scenario,” has led the pop star to re-record her music. Now, Braun has shared his perspective on the acquisition in a new interview with NPR. In an episode of the podcast The Limits With Jay Williams, Braun explained his “regrets” about how the situation was handled. Find the episode below. When asked if he would have handled things with Swift differently, Braun responded, “Yes, I would have. I learned an important lesson from that.” He went on to explain, “I think that when you have a conflict with someone, it’s very hard to resolve it if you’re not willing to have a conversation. So the regret I have there is that I made the assumption that everyone, once the deal was done, was going to have a conversation with me, see my intent, see my character, and say, great, let’s be in business together. And I made that assumption with people that I didn’t know.” Braun continued: I think in any conflict, you can say, I didn’t do anything. It’s their fault. And you could be right. You could be justified. And you could say, this is unfair, I’m being treated unfairly, or you can say, OK, I’m being treated unfairly. I don’t like how this is feeling. I can’t fix this, so how am I going to look at it and learn from it? And I didn’t appreciate how that all went down. I thought it was unfair. But I also understand, from the other side, they probably felt it was unfair, too. So I choose to look at it as a learning lesson, a growing lesson, and I wish everyone involved well. And I’m rooting for everyone to win because I don’t believe in rooting for people to lose. Last year, Hybe—the South Korean entertainment conglomerate formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment—acquired Braun’s Ithaca Holdings, including companies such as SB Projects and Big Machine Label Group, in a deal worth over $1 billion. Taylor Swift will release her new album, Midnights, on October 21. She reportedly turned down an offer to perform at the Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show in order to focus on re-recording her music. So far, Swift has shared Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red (Taylor’s Version). https://pitchfork.com/news/scooter-braun-says-he-would-have-handled-taylor-swift-catalog-acquisition-differently/amp/ Edited October 1, 2022 by Happylittlepunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BtDecember Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 You manages Kanye West and Justin Bieber, how could you just assume Taylor wants to work with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slw84 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 So this went in a different direction It's giving messy passive aggression vibes. You made your money. Taylor wasn't allowed to buy her stuff. Why are you still talking about it? You knew it was because of some messy shade get back stuff. It's been years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donquizote Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Loser. He must have thought that taylor couldnt outsmart him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquiddiamonds Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Shut up. You still made mad money over it and handed them down to people that will see its worth decrease. If not for Taylor and fans handing him a stalemate with the re-recordings he wouldnt be out there trying to clean his image in the public opinion court Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slw84 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 minute ago, BtDecember said: You manages Kanye West and Justin Bieber, how could you just assume Taylor wants to work with you? Because he didn't. Taylor was made cocky towards the likes of Bieber, Kanye and her label (and she had the right to be considering she made them alot of money). They used this situation to get back at her because they knew she was going to leave and gave her a terrible option to buy her stuff back. It's like when the housewives are given friend contracts so that Bravo can ensure they quit because after having a big housewife contract you don't accept a friend role for less pay and less power to have held over your head against cast mates. Her label and Scooter were in cahoots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherish Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Awww, poor him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Wilson Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Honestly I wouldn’t be interested in owning those basic songs about quinceaneras with sub par vocals either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lover. Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holiest Dreams Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Does he get tired of pulling up to a publication every 6 months to straight up lie it’s so funny how the new narrative he’s pushing completely contradicts the one he initially pushed back in 2019–20, proving Taylor was right (wbk, but ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonedIvy Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Ricky Wilson said: Honestly I wouldn’t be interested in owning those basic songs about quinceaneras with sub par vocals either You clown, he doesn’t regret it because he doesn’t want to own them, he regrets it because it ruined his image and it made him look like a shady businessman. He made a **** ton of money sadly and her catalogue, both old and new, is worth so so much that anyone who owns her masters is exorbitantly wealthy. F*cking dumb ass and the quinceañera drag doesn’t even make sense, who tf is playing folklore or evermore or reputation at a quinceañera. Hell who is playing ANY Taylor music at a quince. It’s such racial ignorance I can’t even bother to debunk it. Edited October 1, 2022 by WeFoundTrouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazzyGrant Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Imagine how tired we are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnightdawn Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Sadly Miss Swift makes and takes things personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jude Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 He still made profit from it. This dramatic boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
State of Grace. Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 boo ******* hoo. this man cries about it every few months in a new interview. the re-recordings are lowkey the best thing that has happened to her career after folklore so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eóghan Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 This clown I swear. That infamous insta story with Justin Bieber says it all. 20 minutes ago, Ricky Wilson said: Honestly I wouldn’t be interested in owning those basic songs about quinceaneras with sub par vocals either I'm surprised you haven't been banned yet because all the comments I've seen from you so far are incendiary towards different mpgs/celebs. Kuddos to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conquxror Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Of course he regrets it Not only it backfired tremendously and it made him look like an *******, it also literally consolidated Taylor’s dominance in today’s pop scenario with the re-recordings. She’s not going anywhere and she’ll stay winning for a least three more consecutive years by dropping those albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auraeolux Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 If he was so intent on having a conversation why didn't he seek it before the purchase?? he's really trying to paint her as the immature one and failing miserably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexyzinger Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 25 minutes ago, Ricky Wilson said: Honestly I wouldn’t be interested in owning those basic songs about quinceaneras with sub par vocals either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raver Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 29 minutes ago, Ricky Wilson said: Honestly I wouldn’t be interested in owning those basic songs about quinceaneras with sub par vocals either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicLoverDude Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Sure Jan. You wanted to make a lot of money, got it, and you paid an even bigger price by losing your positive reputation. Sorry Scooter but there will be no lover era for you. Taylor won the war by doing the re-recordings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildHeart Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 32 minutes ago, Ricky Wilson said: Honestly I wouldn’t be interested in owning those basic songs about quinceaneras with sub par vocals either Unfortunately he was, that's why he paid +300M for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slw84 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 minute ago, MusicLoverDude said: Sure Jan. You wanted to make a lot of money, got it, and you paid an even bigger price by losing your positive reputation. Sorry Scooter but there will be no lover era for you. Taylor won the war by doing the re-recordings Positive reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headlock Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Oh shut up, the fact that he wants to be a public figure and is so worried about his image is beyond ******* weird. You are a manager, and a horrible one at that considering he routinely runs his clients into the ground by over-working them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slw84 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 12 minutes ago, conquxror said: Of course he regrets it Not only it backfired tremendously and it made him look like an *******, it also literally consolidated Taylor’s dominance in today’s pop scenario with the re-recordings. She’s not going anywhere and she’ll stay winning for a least three more consecutive years by dropping those albums. Stan teas. This would make sense if he snatch her catalog so that she can suffer and drop off the face of the planet which would not do well for the catalog. But it was great to see Taylor maneuver into something that makes her rebrand the eras without label politics and compromises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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