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Posted: 2024-08-28T21:15:22Z | Updated: 2024-08-29T11:01:32Z

Music mogul Scooter Braun took to Instagram late Tuesday to snark about Taylor Swift .

Braun posted that he finally watched the Max documentary Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun: Bad Blood, which details his long-standing feud with the singer and asks if Swift is bravely standing up for artistry or if Braun has been unfairly framed in their spat. Braun also reacted to a news article about Swift hosting a group of famous friends, including Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, at her Rhode Island home this past weekend, writing, How was I not invited to this?!? alongside the hashtag #laughalittle.

Braun and Swifts dispute dates back to 2019, when Brauns Ithaca Holdings acquired the label Big Machine Records, giving him the rights to Swifts first six studio records.

Swift wrote on Tumblr at the time that shed pleaded for the chance to own her music but ultimately wasnt able to do so. She said shed learned about Brauns buying her music at the same time as the public.

All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying Ive received at his hands for years, Swift said of Braun, alleging that he pushed his clients to antagonize her online.

Now Scooter has stripped me of my lifes work, that I wasnt given an opportunity to buy, she said. Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.

Brauns then-wife pushed back on Swifts allegations, saying that Braun was anything but a bully and that Swift had passed on the opportunity to own the masters to her albums.

Since then, Swift has continued to call out Braun in her public remarks and even seemed to do so in her music.

In November 2020, news broke that Braun had sold Swifts masters to a private equity company called Shamrock. Swift wrote on social media at the time that shed tried to negotiate with Braun to buy her music from him, but that his team wanted her to sign an ironclad nondisclosure agreement to not speak negatively about him in the future.

He would never even quote my team a price, she wrote. These master recordings were not for sale to me.

She also said that Shamrock had reached out to her, leading Swift to learn that Braun would still profit off her music following the companys purchase. Swift said that although she was hopeful about partnering with Shamrock, Brauns participation was a non-starter for her, adding that not working with Shamrock was a sacrifice she had to make to keep Braun out of her life.

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In response, Shamrock said that We fully respect and support her decision and, while we hoped to formally partner, we also knew this was a possible outcome that we considered.

In 2021, Braun spoke to Variety about his feud with Swift and reflected on his earlier acquisition of her masters.

I regret and it makes me sad that Taylor had that reaction to the deal. All of what happened has been very confusing and not based on anything factual, he said, later adding, Im firmly against anyone ever being bullied.

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