Was Scooter Braun Involved in Taylor Swift’s Masters Deal? The Truth

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There’s no invisible string tying Taylor Swift to Scooter Braun.

Following Taylor Swift’s acquisition of her initial six album master recordings from Shamrock Capital, a source familiar with the negotiations disclosed to TopMob News that her talent manager, who previously owned the rights to Swift’s early music through Ithaca Holdings LLC, had no involvement in this recent transaction.

According to the source, nobody from outside influenced this transaction; instead, all praise for securing this opportunity goes solely to Shamrock Holdings and Taylor’s Nashville team.

The source stated, ‘This event has come to pass that Taylor Swift now owns all her music, and it’s significant regardless of Scooter Braun, not due to his involvement.’

Since 2019, there has been a strained relationship between the Grammy winner and Scooter, primarily due to his corporation’s acquisition of Big Machine Records, which was Taylor’s first label, for approximately $300 million. This deal gave them control over her albums including ‘Taylor Swift’, ‘Fearless’, ‘Speak Now’, ‘Red’, ‘1989’, and ‘Reputation’.

At that point, Taylor claimed she hadn’t been offered the chance to purchase her master recordings, referring to it as a particularly unfavorable situation.

She expressed on social media after the sale that “Scooter took away my life’s labor, denying me the chance to purchase it.” In essence, she stated that her musical heritage, which was targeted for destruction by Scooter, will soon be under someone else’s control.

In 2020, Scooter (who claimed he was bound by a tight Non-Disclosure Agreement during negotiations) along with his company, sold Taylor’s music collection to Shamrock Holdings. Meanwhile, Taylor began rerecording her earlier albums under Republic Records and Universal Music Group.

During the disagreement, Taylor Swift put out her re-recorded versions: Fearless (Taylor’s Version), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), Red (Taylor’s Version), and 1989 (Taylor’s Version). Additionally, she released new albums like Lover, Folklore, Evermore, Midnights, and The Tortured Poets Department.

Fearless (Taylor’s Version), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), Red (Taylor’s Version), and 1989 (Taylor’s Version). On top of that, she produced new albums like Lover, Folklore, Evermore, Midnights, and The Tortured Poets Department.

As a diehard Swiftie, I couldn’t contain my excitement when Taylor announced her master ownership on May 30th! She hinted that her self-titled debut and the iconic Reputation, the only albums yet to receive an official rerecording, will resurface when the perfect moment arises.

However, should it transpire, she expressed in a statement on her site, it wouldn’t stem from a feeling of sorrow and yearning for what she couldn’t have.

Taylor added, “All of the music I’ve ever made, now belongs…to me.”

Keep reading for more enchanting facts about Taylor.

Taylor Swift penned every single track on her ‘Speak Now’ album alone; no collaborators were involved. She stood solo as the writer for this album which hit shelves in October 2010, making her only 20 years old at the time of its release.

2. She spent her childhood on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania, where she comes from, which is reflected in the title and composition of her holiday song.

3. She’s named after James Taylor. That’s right, from one music legend to another.

4. She was once a model for Abercrombie & Fitch, much like celebrities such as Channing Tatum, Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Roberts, and Ashton Kutcher; Taylor Swift also modeled for the brand in 2003.

5. In 2006, she presented Eric Church with his first gold record as a gesture of appreciation, after he had been fired from Rascal Flatts’ tour earlier. As reported by the Arizona Daily Star, Church said that she called him after the firing and expressed her admiration for his work. He jokingly told her that she would owe him a gold record because the audience loved her. Although he was just joking, when Church did indeed receive her first gold record, she kept her promise and gave one to him with a note saying “Thanks for playing too long and too loud on the Flatts tour. I sincerely appreciate it. Taylor.

6. She possesses flexible elbows that bend beyond normal limits. During her 2016 interview with Vogue for their 73 questions series, Taylor mentioned that she isn’t sure if this is a talent, but she can flex her elbows in a way that most people cannot – a trait known as double-jointedness.

7. Her drink of choice? Vodka and Diet Coke, as revealed in that same Vogue video.

8. She muted her social media comment section to “drown out some of the disturbance.” In her article for Elle titled “30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30,” Taylor shared, “social media can be beneficial, but it can also overwhelm your mind with pictures of what you’re not, how you’re falling short, or who is in a more exciting location than you at any given instant. One method I use to weaken this bothersome self-doubt is to disable comments. Indeed, I deactivate comments on my posts. In doing so, I’m sharing updates about my life with my friends and followers, but I’m also teaching my mind not to crave validation from others telling me that I look amazing.

Originally, Taylor had planned to call her seventh studio album “Daylight.” However, since this album was a follow-up to “reputation,” she felt “Daylight” might be too obvious a choice. When she penned the song titled “Lover,” she decided that would make a fitting title for the album instead.

10. Taylor Swift, at only 20 years old, became the youngest artist to receive the Album of the Year award solo, which she earned in 2010 with her critically acclaimed album, “Fearless”.

2024 saw Taylor create a remarkable milestone at the Grammys, as she was the first female artist to secure her fourth Album of the Year award (for ‘Fearless’, ‘1989’, ‘Folklore’ and ‘Midnights’).

12. In just a few months after its release, the singer’s album titled “Lover” managed to sell over 1 million copies in pure sales within the U.S., as reported by Chart Data. This made it the first album of the year 2019 to achieve this significant milestone.

13. Additional historic achievements! At the 2019 American Music Awards, Taylor broke Michael Jackson’s record, making her the most honored artist at the AMAs.

14. As a youngster, Taylor harbored dreams of becoming a stockbroker, much like her father. However, she eventually discovered her genuine passion lay in music, prompting her family’s move from Pennsylvania to Tennessee, marking the beginning of her professional journey.

15. At about 12 years old, she picked up playing the guitar following some basic chord lessons from a tech repairing her computer. Subsequently, she penned down her initial melody titled, “Lucky You.

17. I can’t get enough of Phoebe Waller-Bridge! When discussing my admiration for Fleabag with Entertainment Weekly, I gushed, “She has this unique ability to make you laugh out loud, leave you stunned, and tug at your heartstrings within mere minutes in that show.” Incidentally, I had the privilege of sharing the stage with the Amazon Prime star during her hosting gig on SNL!

17a. In 2009, Taylor penned her own monologue for her performance on Saturday Night Live, a rarity among celebrity guests. Her captivating “Monologue Song (La La La)” left an indelible impression on the show’s team.

18. She’s been best friends with Selena Gomez ever since their respective relationships with the Jonas Brothers (in case you missed it, Selena supported her friend when she returned to SNL in November 2021 to perform a 10-minute version of “All Too Well”). Way back in 2008, Taylor dated Joe Jonas, while Gomez was with his younger brother Nick. They soon became good friends and have remained close ever since. Taylor even offered to be the flower girl at Gomez’s wedding to her fiance Benny Blanco.

19. Do you recall the “redhead Abigail” mentioned by Taylor in her song “Fifteen,” which talks about growing up? Interestingly, they’ve remained close friends over the years! Her name is Abigail Anderson, and Taylor was even a bridesmaid at her wedding in 2017.

20. She is the godmother, having that title for the son of actress Jaime King (Leo Thames) as well as the close friend of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, who are the parents of James, Inez, and Betty (their daughters).

She holds the role of godmother for Jaime King’s son Leo Thames and is also a good friend to Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, who are the parents of James, Inez, and Betty.

21. Taylor mentioned during a Q&A session in August 2019 (as part of a SiriusXM Town Hall special) that she might not perform her song “Soon You’ll Get Better,” which deals with her mother’s struggle with cancer. She explained, “It was tough to write, it’s difficult for me to sing and listen to. But sometimes music can be challenging like that.

22. Taylor Swift doesn’t use the app previously known as Twitter on her phone anymore. In a conversation with Billboard, she shared, “I find myself feeling overloaded when I open Twitter, so I usually close it right away. For a while now, I haven’t had Twitter installed on my phone because I prefer to limit the amount of news I consume. I follow political happenings, but I don’t care about celebrity gossip like who’s dating whom or what fashion choices they make. My brain can only handle so much information at once.”

23. Taylor mentioned in Sept. 2019 that she doesn’t go to therapy, instead preferring to share her experiences with her mother who has witnessed most of her life over the past 29 years. “It takes so long to explain everything to someone new,” she said, “but my mom has been there through it all.

24. As stated in an interview, the lines she loves most from her “Lover” album are: “Gentlemen, could I have your attention, please? / Every guitar string scratch on my hand, I use it to embrace this powerful attraction towards this man, making him my lover.

25. Taylor has become a billionaire! As per a report published by Bloomberg in October 2024, Taylor’s success in the industry for more than a decade, particularly through her Eras Tour, propelled her to amass a fortune worth a billion dollars.

26. The 2019 Netflix movie titled “Someone Great” sparked her musical creativity. She mentioned during an interview with Elvis Duran that the film made her cry and for nearly a week, she found herself waking up from dreams where she was living out the movie’s storyline—as if it were happening to her in real life. The emotions and dynamics of the characters inspired lyrics in her head, which she later worked on with Jack Antonoff in the studio. This collaboration resulted in Taylor’s song, “Death By a Thousand Cuts.

27. She sets aside a specific space for her deeply emotional tracks. From “All Too Well” to “The Archer,” the megastar typically places a ballad in the fifth position on her albums.

28. She’s no longer shying away from public viewings: In fact, she’s been openly cheering for her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, at NFL games since 2023. As she put it to Time magazine, “When a relationship is public, it means I get to witness him doing what he loves, we support each other in the spotlight, and people are there. We don’t care about being seen. The opposite is hiding our relationship to an extreme degree, and we’re just proud of each other.

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2025-05-31 01:19