Scooter Braun has reacted to the announcement of Taylor Swift that he bought the rights of his entire discography.
“I’m happy for her,” said Braun, 43, Us Weekly In a statement on Friday, May 30.
Swift, 35, revealed several hours before he acquired the rights of his music from Shamrock Capital. (Braun had previously sold the catalog to the Risk Capital firm after buying it from Big Machine Records.)
“I had almost stopped thinking that this could happen once, after 20 years of having the carrot hanging in front and that they took it over and over again,” wrote Grammy’s winner in an extensive letter. “But all that was already in the past … now I can really say these words: all the music that I have created throughout my life now belongs to me.”
He added: “To say that this is my biggest dream, it is really quite measured,” he said. “To my fans, you know how important this has been for me, so much that I re -recorded meticulously and launched four of my albums, calling them ‘Taylor’s version.’ The passionate support that showed these albums and the success story in which they turned to The Eras Tour This is the reason I could repurchase my music. I cannot thank you enough to help me gather with this art that I have dedicated my life, but I had never possessed so far. “
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Getty Images (2)In his statement, Swift pointed out that he has the complete property “without ties” of his songs, musical videos, concert movies, photography of albums and unrewed tracks, in addition to “memories, magic (y) madness.”
Big Machine sold the rights of the first six swift albums to Braun in 2019, for the disgust of the pop star. At that time, Swift said that he was never given the option of owning his own work and, therefore, he planned to re -record those albums. To date, Swift has launched the “Taylor’s version” versions of Fearless, Speak Now, Grid and 1989staying Reputation and his homonymous debut album still in the drawer.
Swift pointed out on Friday that he hadn’t even re -recorded “a room” Reputation 2017.
“The album Reputation It was so specific to that moment of my life, and I kept finding a point of detention when trying to rebuild it, “Swift wrote.” All that rebellion, that desire to be understood as I felt that I intentionally misunderstood me, that desperate hope, that roar born of shame and mischief. “
He added: “To be totally honest, it is the only album in those first six that I thought could not be improved when removering it. Neither music nor photos nor videos. So I kept postponing it. There will be a moment (if you are interested in the idea) to emerge unpublished clues from that album.”
However, Swift has completed Taylor Swift (Taylor’s version).
“I have completely re -recorded my debut album, and I really love how it sounds now,” Swift continued in his note. “Those two albums can still have their moments to reappear when it is the right time, if that is something that would excite them. But, if it happens, it will not be from a place of sadness and yearning for what I could have had. It will simply be a celebration now.”
