Scooter Braun says it’s time to move on from talking about Taylor Swift’s master

CNN
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Scooter Braun wants to change the subject.

The music executive particularly wants people to stop talking about his very public and controversial sale of megastar Taylor Swift’s master recordings, saying: “Five years later, I think it’s time to put an end to the issue. “

Appearing at Bloomberg’s Screentime event in Hollywood on Thursday, Braun added that after watching the Max docuseries “Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Blood,” which hit theaters in June, he felt the fallout from the sale recorded, felt that there were “a lot of things misrepresented.” (Max and CNN are owned by the same parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.)

“I think that in any kind of conflict it’s important that people actually communicate directly with each other. I think it’s not the right place to do this on social media and in front of the whole world,” Braun said. “I think when people actually take the time to stand in front of each other and have a conversation, you usually realize that the monster isn’t real.”

He added that there was no personal conversation with Swift.

Despite her objections, Braun acquired the master recordings of Swift’s first six albums from her former label, Big Machine Label Group, in 2019.

The sale prompted Swift to post a lengthy statement on her social media pages at the time, calling the agreement her “worst-case scenario” and announcing her plans to regain control of her masters by re-recorded the acquired albums.

Swift has since released four of the six albums since 2019, calling them “Taylor’s Version” albums where she recorded never-before-heard songs labeled “From the Vault Tracks.”

“I want to own my music and I believe that any artist who has the desire to own their music should be able to do that,” Swift told her Minneapolis Eras Tour audience last year after the release of “Speak Now ( Taylor’s version).

On Thursday, Braun mentioned Swift when asked at the Bloomberg event which artist’s career he would most like to be involved in. To the audience’s surprise – evident by the audible murmurs and gasps – he mentioned Swift by name.

“I think this is an artist you should always bet on,” Braun said, “and he’s already a big star that you can always bet on because he always wants it and does everything he can to be present and relevant, always.” is Taylor Swift.”