The debate surrounding the ownership of Taylor Swift’s pre-Lover music catalog is heating up again. In the last few months, Swift’s concerns about her old music catalog being owned by Big Machine Records took a backseat to her promotions for her new Lover album. But with an American Music Awards performance on the way, it appears she’s still fighting for control of her old music behind the scenes. Swift is now accusing Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun of preventing her from performing her old songs live at the AMAs. Swift and Big Machine Records didn’t respond to Elite Daily’s request for additional comment, but Taylor Swift’s statement about the AMAs and her Netflix documentary says a LOT.
On Thursday, Nov. 14, Swift shared a screenshot of her statement on the issue, captioned, "Don’t know what else to do." In a series of three screenshots, she asked fans and artists to help plead her case to Borchetta and Braun. She wrote,
She went on to reveal Netflix is producing a documentary about her life, but Braun and Borchetta are preventing her from using her old music for that project as well, writing,
Swift claims Braun and Borchetta had a list of demands in order to allow the use of her old music:
Read Swift’s statement in its entirety below.
Big Machine Label Group released a statement of its own denying Swift’s accusations and, in turn, accused her of creating a narrative that "does not exist." The company wrote,
Big Machine went on to accuse Swift of owing Big Machine Records millions of dollars. The company claimed it’s been trying to find a mutually beneficial solution behind the scenes to no avail. Its statement continued:
In a statement to Elite Daily, a spokeswoman for Swift claims Big Machine is misrepresenting the situation and the label owes Swift millions in royalties, not the other way around. Elite Daily reached out to Big Machine regarding this claim as well, but didn’t get a response.
Following Swift’s statement, the singer’s fans and her celebrity supporters trended #IStandWithTaylor to show their support.
Whether Swift will actually perform a medley of her old songs at the AMAs on Nov. 24 remains to be seen.
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