After Taylor Swift posted a letter expressing her anger and helplessness when her former record label (Big Machine Records) banned her from performing the songs in her 6 albums that they held the copyright to, Selena Gomez spoke out in support of her ex-record label. close friend.
“My heart is extremely heavy right now. I feel sick and extremely angry. (I don’t mind if there is a possibility of retaliation), this is my opinion. It was an act of greed, manipulation and abuse of power. They have no heart or thought for anyone. They have no respect for the songs my friend wrote when she was 14 years old in her bedroom”, Selena criticized Scott Borchetta – the owner of Big Machine Records and Scooter Braun – who just bought Taylor’s 6 albums from Scott.
Selena continued to use strong words to defend Taylor: “You stole and crushed the opportunity to celebrate her musical achievements with her fans – one of the best songwriters of all time.” our era. I have known Taylor for the past 13 years. She is the most dedicated, strong, passionate woman I have ever known. Some people have called her a bitch but what I want to tell you you, that is a woman of true identity and strength, who never gives up.”
Selena also praised the diary that Taylor Swift revealed when releasing her 7th album, Love , where she opened up about her loneliness and sadness when being oppressed and isolated in showbiz. “She was worried people wouldn’t like it, but then Taylor’s album became a record – an album that saved a lot of lonely young women”. She ended her sharing: “My heart is broken”.
In a post shared on Thursday, Taylor Swift wrote that she will not be able to perform old songs at the American Music Awards music ceremony at the end of November – where the female singer was honored as Artist of the Decade . The reason is because Big Machine Records believes this is a “re-recording” action by Taylor before she is allowed to do it the following year. Taylor does not own all 6 old albums, so she is planning to re-record them next year.
On November 15, Big Machine Records released a statement, denying Taylor Swift’s accusations. They wrote: “At no time have we told Taylor not to perform at the AMAs or prohibited her from making a documentary with Netflix. In fact, we have no right to stop her from performing live anywhere. where”. The record company added that they are still discussing issues with Taylor and that the female singer owes money to this company.
However, Tree Paine – Taylor’s representative immediately responded, criticizing Big Machine Records’ announcement as “a misleading statement”. Tree pointed out that the record company did not directly mention that they had sent a letter prohibiting Taylor from performing old songs (but only said that she always had the right to perform live in general). In addition, Tree also said that Taylor does not owe the record company anything, but they still owe her $7.9 million in royalties. To avoid having her rights affected in the future, Taylor decided to only perform 3 songs from the just released album Love at the American Music Awards ceremony.
