Taylor Swift found herself standing up against Scooter Braun and Big Machine Label Group once again. The war between the two camps heated up after it was revealed that Big Machine is planning to release an album that contains Swift's old live performances.
Swift took to Instagram Stories to reveal the plan of Braun and her former label, Big Machine. Apparently, the album, titled Live From Clear Channel Stripped 2008, has been popping on Twitter after it was posted to streaming services in some countries and Swifties alerted the singer about it. The album is set to drop Thursday midnight (U.S. time).
Taylor clarified that the release of her old live performances was not approved by her. The "Shake It Off" singer said it looks like Braun has realized that buying her catalog for $330 million wasn't a wise choice. She alleged that the company now needs money and suggested that it was the reason why it needed to release an album of her live performances. The post was accompanied by a laughing-till-you're-crying emoticon.
"In my opinion...Just another case of shameless greed in the time of Coronavirus. So tasteless, but very transparent," the pop superstar said in her post.
It could be noticed that there has been no announcement about Swift's live album release on Big Machine's website or social media accounts. The company or Braun hasn't also responded to Taylor's post.
Nonetheless, Swift's fans assured that they will boycott the album when it comes out. Many Swifties said they would rather wait for Taylor to re-record and release her old albums than to fall into Big Machine's exploitation of the singer's music.
"Won't be streaming, clearly a money-making stunt from Big Machine," one wrote.
It can be recalled that in June last year, Braun acquired Taylor's old label, Big Machine, along with all of the masters of her first six album catalogs. Swift's most recent album, Lover, was released under her new deal with Universal Music Group.
At the time, the "Bad Blood" singer described the sale of the music that she wrote as her "worst case scenario." Taylor alleged that he wasn't given a chance to purchase the masters of her music.
The feud escalated in November when Braun and Big Machine Records, allegedly, blocked Swift from performing her old music at the American Music Awards, where she received her Artist of the Decade award. Taylor also claimed at the time that the two also prohibited her from using her music or performance footage in her Netflix documentary, Miss Americana. Big Machine denied Swift's accusations.
