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American singer Taylor Swift has broken her silence after her feud with Scooter Braun was rekindled.
After Variety reported that the businessman had sold the singer’s Big Machine Records masters of her first six albums, the Lover Hit maker responded in a letter revealing that she and her team had attempted to buy back her records.
The letter posted on her social media platforms shows how she was trying to be ‘silenced’ for good when she was notified about Braun and Shamrock Holdings sales that would allow Braun to make money on her name.
“I simply cannot, in good conscience, be involved in benefiting Scooter Braun’s interests directly or indirectly,” he said writing to Shamrock.
In the letter, he writes: “As you know, for the last year I have been actively trying to regain ownership of my master recordings. With that goal in mind, my team tried to enter into negotiations with Scooter Braun. “
“The Scooter team wanted me to sign a rigid confidentiality agreement stating that I would never say another word about Scooter Braun unless it was positive, before we could even look at BMLG’s financial records (which is always the first step on a purchase of this nature), “she continued.
“Then, I would have to sign a document that would silence me forever before I could get a chance to bid for my own work. My legal team said this is absolutely NOT normal, and they have never seen an NDA like this filed unless it was to silence an assault accuser by paying him. I wouldn’t even quote a price to my team. These master recordings were not for sale to me. “
“A few weeks ago, my team received a letter from a private equity company called Shamrock Holdings, informing us that they had bought 100% of my Scooter Braun music, videos and covers.”
“This was the second time my music was sold without my knowledge. The letter told me that they wanted to contact me before the sale to inform me, but that Scooter Braun had required that they not contact me or my team, or the deal would be void. “
“As soon as we started communication with Shamrock, I knew that under his terms, Scooter Braun will continue to benefit from my old music catalog for many years to come. I was hopeful and open to the possibility of a partnership with Shamrock, but Scooter’s involvement is nothing to me. “
“I recently started re-recording my previous music, and it has already proven to be exciting and creatively satisfying. I have many surprises in store, “he said before finishing the letter.
