Scooter Braun Feels Glad that Taylor Swift Regained Ownership of Her Master Recordings

Back in 2019, Swift made public her intentions to re-record all her music following the acquisition of her music by Scooter Braun. She expressed her frustration, labeling the situation as her “worst case scenario,” and shared how she had been pleading with Scot Borchetta from Big Machine for years for ownership of her work.

To her disappointment, she disclosed that she was only offered the chance to re-sign with Big Machine Records and gradually regain control of her albums one by one, in exchange for delivering a new album for each reclaimed work.

“I learned about Scooter Braun’s purchase of my masters as it was announced to the world. All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years,” she wrote at the time.

“Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to buy…” she continued. “Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.”

Braun, who has since stepped away from artist management, told The Hollywood Reporter in a brief statement on Friday that he is “happy for her” and left it at that.

Additionally, a source told PEOPLEmagazine that reports claiming that Scooter encouraged Shamrock to make the deal were false, and that the entrepreneur was not involved in the deal in any way.

“Contrary to a previous false report, there was no outside party who ‘encouraged’ this sale. All rightful credit for this opportunity should go to the partners at Shamrock Capital and Taylor’s Nashville-based management team only,” the source revealed. “Taylor now owns all of her music, and this moment finally happened in spite of Scooter Braun, not because of him.”

Since 2019, Swift has released “Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” “Red (Taylor’s Version),” Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),” and “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” leaving many wondering what the fate would be for “Reputation (Taylor’s Version),” and the re-recording of her debut album.

Although she told fans that she has re-recorded her debut album, she had less promising news about “Reputation (Taylor’s Version),” leaving some fans to suspect that the full album may not ever be released in its entirety.

“Full transparency: I haven’t even re-recorded a quarter of it. The Reputation album was so specific to that time in my life, and I kept hitting a stopping point when I tried to remake it,” she told her followers in a lengthy letter published on May 30. “All that defiance, that longing, to be understood while feeling purposely misunderstood, that desperate hope, that shame-born snarl and mischief.”

“To be perfectly honest, it’s the one album in those first 6 that I thought couldn’t be improved upon by redoing it,” she revealed. “Not the music, or photos, or videos. So I kept putting it off. There will be a time (if you’re into the idea) for the unreleased Vault tracks from that album to watch.”

“I’ve already completely re-recorded my entire debut album, and I really love how it sounds now,” she continued. “Those 2 albums can still have their moments to re-emerge when the time is right, if that would be something you guys would be excited about.”

“But if it happens, it won’t be from a place of sadness and longing for what I wish I could have,” she added. “It will just be a celebration now.”