Scooter Braun ‘Regrets’ Letting His ‘Arrogance’ Get In The Way Of His Acquisition Of Taylor Swift’s Music

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Scooter Braun learned a big lesson after he acquired Big Machine Records in 2019, resulting in a controversial dispute with Taylor Swift.

At the time, Swift accused the music manager of being a “manipulative bully” in a lengthy Tumblr post amid his ownership over the rights to her first six albums, along with music from a number of other artists.

In a rare interview with Braun, the 41-year-old entertainment executive revealed that he “learned an important lesson” from the purchase and is regretful over the way things unfolded. READ MORE: Scooter Braun Responds After The Kid Laroi Seemingly Shades Him Appearing on a recent episode of the NPR podcast, “The Limits with Jay Williams”, Braun explained a bit of the backstory behind his acquisition of the record label company. “When I did that deal, I was under a very strict NDA with the gentleman who owned it, and I couldn’t tell any artist,” he told Jay Williams, seemingly referring to Big Machine owner Scott Borchetta, 60.

The New York native admitted that he wasn’t quite sensible when he signed the papers, something that he wishes he’d done better. READ MORE: Scooter Braun Speaks To Taylor Swift Feud: ‘I Regret It And It Makes Me Sad’ “I was excited to work with every artist on the label.