What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad with Clevver News and while Taylor Swift has been
busy re-recording her old albums, she took some time out of her busy schedule to take
a little jab at Scooter Braun while teasing a snippet of her all new “Love Story”
recording.
Let’s get into it!
In a new commercial for dating site Match.com written by Taylor’s friend and actor Ryan
Reynolds, Tay debuted a snippet of her newly re-recorded rendition of Love Story and amazingly
snuck in a cheeky jab at Scooter!
Okay, so if you don’t know by now Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun are not the best of
friends.
In fact, they are the exact opposite and both parties have made it known.
In the event you need a very quick refresher, in July 2019, news broke that Scooter Braun’s
Ithica Holdings LLC acquired Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group, which happens to
be Taylor Swift’s old record label.
At the time, the terms of the agreement weren’t made to be public, but a source told Billboard
that the deal, which included Big Machine Music, topped $300 million and included the
rights to Taylor’s old Masters from her first six albums.
Once Taylor Swift found out about the deal, she did not hesitate to speak her mind and
expose the reality of the situation.
Taylor kicked things off by posting a screenshot to her Instagram stories of an older photo
Justin Bieber had posted, in which he’s posing with Scooter Braun and Kanye West,
writing, “Taylor Swift what up”.
She wrote on the photo saying, “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.”
Taylor took to her Tumblr to post another message.
She started by writing, “For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work.
Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’
one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in.
I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell
the label, thereby selling me and my future.
Music I wrote on my bedroom floor and videos I dreamed up and paid for from the money I
earned playing in bars, then clubs, then arenas, then stadiums.”
Fast forward to last month, Taylor was once again blindsighted by the sale of the rights
to her Masters.
This time, Scooter reportedly sold the rights to her Master’s for over $300 million to
an investment fund called Shamrock Holdings.
In a letter to her fans Taylor shared her side of this new development and when asked
to work with Shamrock Holdings, whom Scooter told NOT to have any contact with Taylor prior
to the sale, she passed on the opportunity, because Scooter would still profit from her
work.
OKAY, so that’s literally the shortest synopsis I can give which leads me to Taylor’s recent
and very ICONIC Scooter Shade.
Like I mentioned earlier, Taylor recently collaborated with close friend Ryan Reynolds
on a commercial for Match.com.
The commercial is a parody of how 2020 has been, and showcases Satan online dating and
falling in love with a woman by the name of 2020!
Let’s be real, 2020 has been a dumpster fire, AND THIS is where the shade comes in!
Satan and 2020 decide to take a selfie in front of a literal dumpster fire and in the
wide shot you can see a scooter lying on the ground in addition to the #6 graffitied on
the wall above!
So if you’re picking up what she is putting down… a scooter… aka Scooter Braun and
the number 6… aka the 6 albums he sold for millions and the 6 albums she is re-recording!
I MEAN… this is some sneaky genius “product placement”, but like duh that’s why we
stan Taylor Swift!
She never misses an opportunity for a good ole easter egg!
As you can imagine, Swifites went NUTS for this!
One fan wrote, “The scooter by the dumpster is EVERYTHING!”
And this Swiftie tweeted, “But the scooter next to the dumpster YES!”
I could go on for hours about all the responses just like that, but I’ll let you fall down
that rabbit hole for some lols!
Seriously though, how does she do it, day after day?!?
I mean… that’s why she’s Taylor Swift and we love her for it.
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Then pop down to the comments and let me know your thoughts on the the scooter placement
and #6 by the dumpster fire.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad you can find me on IG at @Sussan_Mourad, and I’ll see
you next time!