The one guy who has been standing in the way of Taylor Swift having her masters the past few years has been Scooter Braun.
Taylor Swift, who also happens to be the girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, posted on social media on Friday, May 30, for the first time since the end of her Eras tour last year and announced that she has regained control of her masters. The Grammy-winning musician came out with an emotional statement about what it means to get to have those masters back in her hands and really have all the rights over her music.
The one guy who has been standing in Swift’s way of having her masters the past few years has been Scooter Braun. One could call him her “nemesis,” as The Independent points out, at least when it comes to her musical career. Now, Braun has commented on Swift buying back the rights to her first six albums.
Swift’s feud with music mogul Braun started in 2019, when Braun’s Ithaca Holdings acquired Big Machine Records, which gave him full control over Swift’s first six albums. At the time, Swift said it was a “worst-case scenario” and said she wasn’t allowed to purchase her masters outright and instead was given a deal to “earn” the albums back one album at a time.
But, in 2020, Braun sold the masters to Shamrock Capital more than over $300 million. Even though Swift criticized the move at the time, saying it was the second time her music was sold without her even knowing about it, it ended up being a great thing for Swift, because she eventually worked out a deal with Shamrock Capital to purchase those masters.
Now, Braun has broken his silence about the deal. His five-word statement after the move is simple: “I am happy for her,” he said.