Somebody’s lying here. But who is it?
There’s something fishy about this Big Machine situation that’s hard to nail down. Photo: DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS/Getty Images for TIME Somebody’s lying. It is not possible for manager to the stars, Scooter Braun, to be the terror Taylor Swift says he is and also the sweetheart defender of the arts that Justin Bieber and Demi Lovato have stepped up and stated that he’s been in prickly situations sometimes involving Swift.
Whether Taylor Swift is speaking unpopular truth to music-industry evil or getting out front of a story that might make her look bad over a long holiday, the issue of ownership in mainstream music is a thorny one. Music-industry deals can be Faustian bargains. You’re giving something not yet tangible away on the promise of immediate gain.
Swift is right to say that the music business is a place where people who write great music often toil at the mercy of people who don’t. Her efforts in spotlighting artists’ and songwriters’ struggles in an industry that sells and trades their life’s work like antiques shows are noble. Her row about how streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify treat and pay artists was vital. Her sexual harassment case cast light on predatory practices music-industry women have faced for years.
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