Scooter Braun has revisited the public fallout over Taylor Swift’s former masters, saying in a recent podcast interview that the backlash made him feel like he became a villain overnight.
During the conversation, Braun said he does not really know Swift personally and had only met her a few times before the dispute became a major pop culture story. His comments centered on the 2019 sale of Big Machine Records, a deal that gave him control of the masters for Swift’s first six albums.
Swift publicly objected to the sale at the time, saying she had not been given a fair chance to buy her own work. The dispute became one of the most closely watched ownership battles in modern music and helped push wider discussion about artists’ rights.
Swift later began re-recording her early albums, releasing new versions under her own control. She has since regained ownership of her original masters.
Braun said he is happy Swift now owns her music, while adding that he still does not fully understand the scale of the reaction.