On Sunday, Swift wrote a scathing note on Tumblr claiming Braun hadused Justin Bieber and Kanye West to team up against heron social media in light of her feud with West and Kim Kardashian regarding the lyrics of West’s song “Famous.”
“All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years,” Swift wrote of the moment she’d learned Braun bought her masters from Big Machine Label Group founder, Scott Borchetta. “Like whenKim Kardashianorchestrated an illegally recorded snippet of a phone call to be leaked and then Scooter got his two clients together to bully me online about it.”
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Atop the photo, she circled Braun in red and wrote, “This is Scooter Braun, bullying me on social media when I was at my lowest point. He’s about to own all the music I’ve ever made.”
Lovato, who signed with Braun in May, offered her support for the manager on her Instagram Story, declaring her loyalty to “the ones on my team.”
“I have dealt with bad people in the industry and Scooter is not one of them. He’s a good man. Personally, I’m grateful he came into my life when he did. Please stop ‘dragging’ people or bullying them. There’s enough hate in this world as it is,” she wrote.
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“Y’all can come after me all you want but I’m always gonna stay loyal to my team. I value loyalty more than most people in this world and if my name is gonna be brought into conversations I’m gonna stand up for myself and the ones on my team.”
The “Tell Me You Love Me” singer announced their partnership with a photo of the pair smiling beside her new contract on Instagram.
“GUYS!!!!!!! Dreams came true today for me. I officially have a NEW MANAGER!!! And not just any new manager but the one and only @scooterbraun!!!!” she wrote. “Couldn’t be happier, inspired and excited to begin this next chapter with you Scooter!!! Thank you for believing in me and for being apart of this new journey. Let’s DO THIS!!!!!!”
She and Swift, meanwhile, have had an on-and-off friendship over the years, with Lovato making headlines in 2016 for appearing to criticize the singer over a $250,000 donation she made to Kesha amid her legal battle with Dr. Luke.
“Take something to Capitol Hill or actually speak out about something and then I’ll be impressed,” Lovato wrote on Twitter.
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She later defended herself on Instagram, writing that she was not explicitly “shading” Swift.
“If you take it that way then fine. I’m just tired of seeing women use ‘women empowerment’ and ‘feminism’ to further brands without actually being the ones that have the uncomfortable conversations,” she wrote.
Swift’s note about Braun’s $300 million purchase of her masters called the scenario her “worst nightmare.”
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“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,” she wrote. “This is my worst case scenario.”
Her message prompted support from celebrities includingHalseyandCara Delevingne, as well as criticism from those close to Braun, like Bieber.
The “Sorry” singer wrote alengthy Instagram messagedefending Braun and apologizing for the 2016 Instagram photo.
Borchetta, meanwhile, alsodefended selling Swift’s music to Braun, and denied her claim that “any time Scott Borchetta has heard the words ‘Scooter Braun’ escape my lips, it was when I was either crying or trying not to.”
“Was I aware of some prior issues between Taylor andJustin Bieber? Yes. But there were also times where Taylor knew that I was close to Scooter and that Scooter was a very good source of information for upcoming album releases, tours, etc, and I’d reach out to him for information on our behalf,” Borchetta continued.
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“Scooter was never anything but positive about Taylor. He called me directly about Manchester to see if Taylor would participate (she declined),” he said, referring to Braun’s clientAriana Grande’s Manchester One Love concert that raised funds for the victims of the May 2017 terrorist attack outside her concert that killed 22 and injured over 100 people.
He added, “Scooter has always been and will continue to be a supporter and honest custodian for Taylor and her music.”
source: people.com
