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Then her team received a letter from the private equity firm Shamrock Holdings.<\/p>\n
This letter informed her team that Shamrock Holdings had purchased 100% of Swift\u2019s music, videos, and album artwork. For a second time, her music had been sold without her knowledge or authorisation.<\/p>\n
The letter detailed Shamrock\u2019s intention to reach out before the sale being hindered by Braun threatening the deal would not go through if they did so. As communication continued with Shamrock\u2019s team, Swift quickly learned of their policy which meant that Braun would still profit from her work.<\/p>\n
On November 17th,<\/sup> 2020 Taylor posted a statement on Twitter, including a copy of the email sent from her to Shamrock Holdings. She explained that she was optimistic for a partnership with Shamrock but Braun\u2019s profiting from her work made this a \u201cnon-starter\u201d for her.<\/p>\n Swift has already begun her re-recording process with \u2018fearless\u2019 set to release on April 9th<\/sup>. \u2018Love Story (Taylor\u2019s version)\u2019, one of Taylor\u2019s most well-known songs, was released on February 11th<\/sup>, starting the sure to be a magical process of hearing all of Swift\u2019s songs reimagined 15 years later.<\/p>\n But that\u2019s only the technical mumbo jumbo \u2013 the essence of this scandal is Taylor revealing how easy it is to be manipulated as a young artist.<\/p>\n Swift was a mere 15 years old when signing with Big Machine and Scott Borchetta, too young to yet know the ins and outs of the music industry. She was led into an arrangement where she would never own the music she was creating and releasing.<\/p>\n In her Tumblr post, she points out that Borchetta knew exactly what he was doing in selling her music to Braun. She explained; \u201cAny time Scott Borchetta has heard the words \u2018Scooter Braun\u2019 escape my lips, it was when I was either crying or trying not to. He knew what he was doing; they both did. Controlling a woman who didn\u2019t want to be associated with them.\u201d<\/p>\n Swift has been repeatedly harassed and tortured in the public eye by male artists working under Scooter\u2019s label and upon selling her work.<\/p>\n Scott acknowledged this and chose to ignore it. It\u2019s a classic example of men in the music industry not caring about females\u2019 wellbeing and choosing to profit from their abuse instead of helping them. This clear disregard of the abuse and bullying Swift has been subject to by Braun and his cohorts are barely even a minor example of the sexism woman in the music industry are subject to on the daily.<\/p>\n Once you begin to even slightly look into this area, case after case start popping up \u2013 it\u2019s absolutely undeniable. At the moment, social media seems to have been taken over by the #freebritney movement, especially since the Framing Britney Spears documentary aired.<\/p>\n Mainstream media and the godforsaken \u2018\u2019gossip blogs\u201d form an attachment to a young female celebrity and the next thing the world is discussing who they\u2019re in bed with \u2013 if you haven\u2019t noticed, this doesn\u2019t tend to happen to male artists as frequently.<\/p>\n This is something Spears and Swift have in common.<\/p>\n Both rising to stardom at a young age they have been demonised by mainstream media and made into the \u201cbad guy\u201d. The similarities between Britney\u2019s Diane Sawyer interview in 2003 and Taylor Swift\u2019s Ellen interview in 2012 are palpable. Both young women were slut-shamed, having their sex\/love life called out on international television by another woman, shockingly.<\/p>\n Imagine sitting in front of an audience on Ellen, one of the most widely watched talk shows on the planet and being quizzed about your love life. It was embarrassing to watch to be completely honest.<\/p>\n The onus was put completely on these young women for their private life being aired publicly. Obviously, Britney\u2019s media war has gone on for much longer than Swift\u2019s and has created horrific consequences, but you cannot deny the similarity of the origins of Britney\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n No doubt this is the case for so many more women in the music industry, or in the public eye in general. No man is held to the same standard as these countless women. So, next time you\u2019re watching an interview stop and think \u2013 Would they be asking these questions to a man? Would I be judging their sex life or number of partners if they were male? And maybe take a minute to see how your answers to those questions sit with you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/a5c6ee22661e324111ec377e7a925484-300x300.jpg\")
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