MUSICAL LEGACY.
♪ BABY, NOW WE GOT BAD BLOOD ♪
>> Reporter: THERE'S BAD BLOOD
IN THE AIR BETWEEN POP SUPERSTAR
TAYLOR SWIFT AND MUSIC EXECUTIVE
SCOOTER BRAUN, KNOWN FOR
MANAMANAGER
I
MANAGING ARIANA GRANDE AND
JUSTIN BIEBER.
SWIFT IS GROSSED O OF HER FIRST
LABEL, INCLUDING HITS LIKE
"SHAKE IT OFF."
THE SUPERSTAR CALLED IT THE
WORST CASE SCENARIO, CLAIMING
BRAUN SUBJECTED HER TO
INSISTENT, MANIPULATIVE BULLYING
FOR YEARS, AND MY PURCHASING HER
MUSIC, HE'D BE CONTROLLING A
WOMAN WHO DIDN'T WANT TO BE
ASSOCIATED WITH HIM.
HE ACCUSED SWIFT OF HARASSING
HER THROUGH KANYE WEST AND
JUSTIN BIEBER ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
FOLLOWING THE FEUD WITH WEST
OVER LYRICS IN "FAMOUS."
THE POP STAR SHARING THIS 2016
PICTURE OF BIEBER, WEST, AND
BRAUN, WRITING, THIS IS SCOOTER
BRAUN BULLYING ME ON SOCIAL
MEDIA WHEN I WAS AT MY LOWEST
POINT.
IN RESPONSE, BIEBER SHARED A
LENGTHY RESPONSE ON INSTAGRAM TO
SUPPORT BRAUN AND APOLOGIZE FOR
HIS PAST ACTIONS.
NEITHER SCOOTER NOR I HAVE
ANYTHING NEGATIVE TO SAY ABOUT
YOU.
WE TRULY WANT THE BEST FOR YOU.
B
BRAUN'S WIFE WRITING, MY HUSBAND
IS ANYTHING BUT A BULLY.
SWIFT, WHO SIGNED TO BIG MACHINE
AT THE AGE OF 15, SOLD MORE THAN
40 MILLION ALBUMS FOR THE
COMPANY.
LAST NOVEMBER, SWIFT SWITCHED
LABELS AND SIGNED WITH UNIVERSAL
MUSIC GROUP IN AN EFFORT TO OWN
HER MUSIC MOVING FORWARD.
SHE HAS OFTEN SPOKEN UP FOR THE
RIGHTS OF SONGWRITERS, EVEN
TAKING TECH GIANTS LIKE APPLE
AND SPOTIFY TO TASK FOR WHAT SHE
CLAIMED WERE UNFAIR BUSINESS
TERMS.
A HASHTAG, WE STAND WITH TAYLOR,
WAS TRENDING ON TWITTER BY
SUNDAY EVENING, WITH ARTISTS
LIKE HALSEY SHARING MESSAGES OF
SOLIDARITY.
ENDING HER POST WITH AN EYE TO
THE FUTURE, SWIFT PLUGS HER
UPCOMING SEVENTH ALBUM, SAYING,
I WILL ALWAYS BE PROUD OF MY
PAST WORK, BUT FOR A HEALTHIER
OPTION, "LOVER" WILL BE OUT
AUGUST 23rd.
>> WE REACHED OUT TO BRAUN ABOUT
SWIFT'S COMMENTS AND HAVEN'T
HEARD BACK.
THE RECORD LABEL OWNER SAID HE
NEVER HEARD OF A FEUD BETWEEN
BRAUN AND SWIFT.
THE POP START TURNED DOWN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO STAY WITH THE
LABEL AND GAIN CONTROL OVER HER
MASTER RECORDING.
>> WOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> YEAH, A LOT OF BAD BLOOD.
>> IT IS A FASCINATING ONE.
JENNA JOINS THE TABLE AS WE
DISCUSS THIS.
SHE'S NOT AFRAID TO STEP UP FOR
HERSELF.
>> THIS IS COMMON PRACTICE IN
THE RECORD BUSINESS.
IF YOU'RE AN ARTIST, YOU'RE
SIGNED, YOU GET AN ADVANCE AND
ROYALTIES IN THE FUTURE.
YOU'RE WEALTHY.
IN EXCHANGE, YOU GIVE UP THE
RIGHTS TO YOUR MASTERS.
THIS IS NORMAL PRACTICE.
TWO NOTEWORTHY THINGS HERE,
TAYLOR DOESN'T LIKE THE PERSON
IN SCOOTER BRAUN, WHO BOUGHT THE
MASTERS.
THAT'S ONE NOTEWORTHY THING.
SCOTT BORCHETTA PROBABLY SHOULD
HAVE SAID, I HAVE YOUR ALBUMS
AND YOU CAN PAY $301 MILLION,
IT'LL BE YOURS.
BUT THERE IS A --
>> GIVEN HER A HEADS UP.
>> RIGHT.
>> I THINK HE DID GIVE A HEADS
UP, RIGHT?
>> HE TRIED TO TIE IT TO, YOU
STAY WITH MY ALBUM.
SHE LEFT FOR UNIVERSAL.
IF YOU STAY WITH BIG MACHINE,
FOR EVERY NEW ALBUM, I'LL GIVE
YOU THE RIGHTS TO ONE OF YOUR
OWN ONES.
SHE WAS TIED TO THE DEAL.
SHE SAID, HEY, I WANT TO LEAVE
AND TAKE MY MASTERS WITH ME.
WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF SHE HAD
THE RIGHTS TO DO THAT.
>> INSIDE SCOOP.
>> FIGHTING IT OUT.
>> HE HAS THE FIRST SIX ALBUMS
FROM DEBUT TO "REPUTATION."
THEY'RE THE BIGGEST