{"id":973669,"date":"2019-11-22T07:04:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T14:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=916384"},"modified":"2019-11-22T07:04:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T14:04:09","slug":"scooter-braun-to-taylor-swift-it-almost-feels-as-if-you-have-no-interest-in-ever-resolving-the-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/scooter-braun-to-taylor-swift-it-almost-feels-as-if-you-have-no-interest-in-ever-resolving-the-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Scooter Braun to Taylor Swift: \u2018It Almost Feels as If You Have No Interest in Ever Resolving the Conflict\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/10482224bz.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hours after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/scooter-braun\/\" id=\"auto-tag_scooter-braun\" data-tag=\"scooter-braun\">Scooter Braun<\/a> discussed his ongoing feud with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/taylor-swift\/\" id=\"auto-tag_taylor-swift\" data-tag=\"taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/scooter-braun-addresses-taylor-swift-dispute-916341\/\">the first time in a public forum<\/a>, the music manager turned to social media early Friday morning to address the singer directly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSince your public statement last week there have been numerous death threats directed at my family,\u201d Braun wrote to Swift in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B5KRVxYn4E3\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an Instagram post<\/a>. \u201cThis morning I spoke out publicly for the first time saying I wouldn\u2019t participate in a social media war. However I came home tonight to find my wife had received a phone call threatening the safety of our children.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Braun also shared a screengrab of an alleged direct message where the user wrote \u201cI will buy a gun tmr and them shoot you allin the head.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI assume this was not your intention but it is important that you understand that your words carry a tremendous amount of weight and that your message can be interpreted by some in different way,\u201d Braun continued to Swift. \u201cWhile disappointed that you have remained silent after being notified by your attorney 4 days ago of these ongoing threats, I\u2019m still hopeful we can fix this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- .l-article-content__pull--left --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Earlier this month, Swift claimed on Tumblr that Big Music Label Group\u2019s Scott Borchetta and Braun told her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-big-machine-amas-912950\/\"><span class=\"s2\">she was not allowed to perform<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;her old songs at the upcoming American Music Awards, a claim which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-amas-big-machine-914127\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Big Machine has refuted<\/span><\/a>. An arrangement was eventually worked out that would allow for Swift to perform any of her pre-<i>Lover<\/i> songs during the AMAs. Still, the fact that Braun\u2019s Ithaca Holdings possesses Swift\u2019s masters continues to gnaw at the singer, resulting in the latest public salvos between the two parties.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rollingstone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In Braun\u2019s statement, he claims that, for the past six months, he has attempted to have a sit-down with Swift to discuss the issues, but he has been rebuffed in his attempts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt almost feels as if you have no interest in ever resolving the conflict,\u201d Braun wrote. \u201cAt this point with safety becoming a concern I have no choice other than to publicly ask for us to come together and try to find a resolution. I have tried repeatedly through your representatives to achieve a solution but unfortunately here we are. The game of telephone isn\u2019t working.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Braun added that while he is \u201cfrustrated with [Swift\u2019s] accusations,\u201d \u201cIt is important that I am clear \u2014 no artist should ever feel cornered or bullied.\u201d The manager also addressed the AMAs controversy: \u201cAs the world now knows you can and should perform any song you like at the AMAs. I have never and would never say otherwise. You do not need anyone\u2019s permission to do so legally but I am stating it here clearly and publicly so there is no more debate or confusion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Braun concluded his open letter optimistic but realistic about a face-to-face with Swift. \u201cMany have told me that a meeting will never happen as this is not about truth or resolution but instead a narrative for you. I am hopeful that is not the case,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019m right here, ready to speak directly and respectfully. But if you would prefer to make large public statements while refusing to work towards resolving things amicably then I just pray that nobody gets seriously hurt in the process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Read Braun\u2019s entire note to Swift below:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B5KRVxYn4E3\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" readability=\"-11.466101694915\"><\/blockquote>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/scooter-braun-taylor-swift-instagram-916384\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hours after Scooter Braun discussed his ongoing feud with Taylor Swift for the first time in a public forum, the music manager turned to social media early Friday morning to address the singer directly. \u201cSince your public statement last week there have been numerous death threats directed at my family,\u201d Braun wrote to Swift in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-973669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 23:27:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}