Taylor Swift Says the NDA Scooter Braun Wanted Her To Sign Was 'Not Normal'
Scooter Braun officially sold Taylor Swift‘s music masters, and now Swift is speaking out. In a letter to her fans, Swift explained the situation from her perspective and provided fans with documentation of her communication with Shamrock Holdings, the investment fund that purchased her masters. In the letter, Swift also told fans that Braun wanted Swift to sign a non-disclosure agreement that her legal team deemed to be “not normal.” Taylor Swift | Kevork Djansezian/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Scooter Braun bought Taylor Swift’s masters in 2019 Braun purchased Big Machine Label Group from Scott Borchetta in June 2019, and in doing so he purchased the masters to Swift’s first six albums. In a Tumblr post, Swift expressed her disappointment with Borchetta and Braun, as she wanted the opportunity to purchase her own music masters on her terms. “For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work,” Swift wrote on Tumblr. “Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in. I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future.” RELATED: When Will Taylor Swift Re-Record Her Masters? Scooter Braun recently sold the music masters After months of public feuding with Swift, it was reported that Braun sold Swift’s music masters to an investment fund for over $300 million. It was later revealed that Shamrock Holdings was the investment fund in question. Starting in November 2020, Swift was able to begin re-recording her first five albums. By doing so, Swift could dramatically decrease the value of her masters. This is because fans could choose to only support Swift’s new releases instead of the albums she…
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