Taylor Swift’s team reacts to Scooter Braun’s “Bad Blood” documentary

Taylor SwiftThe team has reacted to the Discovery+ documentary series Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Bloodwhich examines the pop star’s feud with the record executive Scooter Brown.

“None of these men will ever be able to take away from Taylor’s legacy as a songwriter, singer, director, philanthropist and advocate for artists’ rights,” a statement at the end of the series reads. “Taylor has fully moved on from this saga and has turned what began as an extremely painful situation into one of the most fulfilling endeavors of her life.”

We weekly confirmed that the statement came from Swift’s spokesperson.

The two-part docuseries, which streamed on Max on Friday, June 21, comes shortly after Braun, 42, announced his retirement as a music executive.

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“23 years ago, a 19-year-old boy began to follow an artist named Cato in Atlanta, Georgia, and my journey began. Along the way, I had so many experiences that I could never have dreamed of,” Braun said earlier this month. “I was lucky enough to have a Forrest Gump-like life while witnessing and being a part of the journeys of some of the most extraordinary talented people the world has ever seen. I constantly pinch myself and ask myself, ‘How did I get here?’ And after 23 years, that chapter as a music executive has come to an end.”

In 2019, Braun – known for his collaborations with artists such as Justin Bieber And ArianaGrande — came under fire after purchasing Swift’s back catalog from Big Machine Records. Scott Borchetta.

Swift, for her part, claimed at the time that she had been offered a contract that would allow her to “earn” the rights to her music, namely “one (album) for every new one I deliver.”

“All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I experienced from him for years,” Swift, 34, wrote in a Tumblr post in 2019. “Now Scooter has taken away my life’s work that I couldn’t buy.”

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While Swift said she didn’t find out about the deal until after it was finalized, Borchetta denied that claim in a 2019 post on the label’s website, saying he texted Swift the night before the deal was announced.

Swift responded to the deal by re-recording her old albums and releasing them as “Taylor’s Version.” So far, she has Fearless, Red, Speak Now And 1989. She has not released any new recordings yet from Call and her eponymous debut.

Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Blood is now streaming on Max.