‘Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun’: 10 major revelations from docuseries on legendary ‘Bad Blood’
‘Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun’: All the bombshell revelations from docuseries
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A docuseries on Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun's legendary fight released on Friday, June 21. The two-part documentary titled 'Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun: Bad Blood' brings together all the aspects of the pop star and her former manager's feud once and for all. The two episodes, titled 'Taylor's Version' and 'Scooter's Version' have intelligently put together the various facets of the bad blood brewing between the two individuals that stemmed in 2019 when Scott Borchetta sold his Big Machine Records to Braun, without allegedly allowing Swift to stake a claim on her own masters, per The Wrap.
1. First episode tells Taylor Swift's story
The first episode, aptly titled 'Taylor's Version', stars in December 2019 at the Billboard Women in Music Awards where the 'Cassandra' singer shared her side of the story for the first time. Apart from that, the episode chronicled the singer's career through various high points of her life, including red carpet appearances, awards and social media posts.
2. Second episode tells Scooter Braun's story
Similar to the first episode, the second episode is told from Scooter Braun's point of view and his views regarding their differences. The episode started with the ominous statement from Swift, saying, “Please let Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun know how you feel about this.”
3. Kanye West and Taylor Swift's 2009 interaction was root of it all
Throughout the first episode, the document tried to successfully establish the fact that Swift's interaction with Kanye West during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards actually fuelled whatever was to come later. During the award, as Swift was going to say her thank you speech, West interrupted her resulting in the subsequent battle that followed. Though it is not a secret, the documentary highlighted that Braun was West's manger till 2018.
4. Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian's feud
Swift's feud with Kanye West led her to make another legendary enemy in the form of Kim Kardashian. After it was rumored that Kanye West got permission from Taylor Swift to call her "b***h" in his song 'Famous', Swift vehemently denied ever giving him permission. Later, Kim Kardahian published a clip through which she tried to prove that Swift gave them the permission, which ultimately led fans to call Swift a "snake". The episode showed the unedited clip where Swift allegedly says of the lyrics, “That’s not mean."
5. Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift
Justin Bieber is one of the most succesful finds of Scooter Braun. During the music manager's fight with Taylor Swift, Bieber took the side of his manager. The documentary focuses on how Bieber siding with Braun impacted Swift.
6. Songs used in docuseries
Only two songs are used in the docuseries - 'The Man' and 'Bad Blood'. 'Bad Blood' is used to show Swift's ever-changing friends group in the span of 2015.
7. Taylor Swift's relationship with Scott Borchetta
Quite surprisingly, the docuseries says that Big Machine boss Scott Borchetta was actually in talks with Taylor Swift while selling her masters. This, however, goes against her narrative as Swift has always claimed that she was not allowed to claim her work. A legal document shown in the series says, “Taylor had every chance in the world to own not just her master recordings, but every video, photograph, everything associated to her career,” before adding, “She chose to leave.”
8. Taylor Swift's past enemies
The 'Bad Blood' docuseries quite aptly listed all the stars who spoke against the pop star during the feud. While Halsey and Kelly Clarkson are listed as the stars supporting her, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Calvin Harris, Joe Jonas, and other are shown to have antagonized her.
9. Scott Swift had share in Big Machine Records
The series shows that Swift's father Scott Swift had 3% share in the Big Machine Records and thus when it was sold to Braun, he allegedly made $15.1 million. However, Taylor Swift's team denied the claim.
10. Closing statement from Taylor Swift's team
The docuseries ended with a statement from Swift's team, saying, “Taylor has completely moved on from this saga and has turned what started out as an extremely painful situation into one of the most fulfilling creative endeavors of her life.” “None of these men will ever be able to take anything away from Taylor’s legacy as a songwriter, singer, director, philanthropist and advocate for artists’ rights,” they added.
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