'Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.'
that Justin has since changed the caption on his 'gram shortly after Taylor's Tumblr post.) “Or when his client, Kanye West, organized a revenge porn music video which strips my body naked. Now Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to buy. Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.”
According to Taylor, she never thought Borchetta would sell the label to Braun. “Any time Scott Borchetta has heard the words ‘Scooter Braun’ escape my lips, it was when I was either crying or trying not to," she wrote. “He knew what he was doing; they both did. Controlling a woman who didn’t want to be associated with them. In perpetuity. That means forever.”
Despite signing off as “sad and grossed out,” Taylor’s post ended on a positive note. “Thankfully, I am now signed to a label that believes I should own anything I create,” she said. “Thankfully, I left my past in Scott’s hands and not my future. And hopefully, young artists or kids with musical dreams will read this and learn about how to better protect themselves in a negotiation. You deserve to own the art you make. I will always be proud of my past work.
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