In a Twitter post on Nov. 16, Swift shut down rumors that she'd purchased her catalog from Braun, revealing it had been once again been sold without her knowledge.
She began her statement explaining that her team had initially attempted to negotiate with Braun. "Scooter's team wanted me to sign an ironclad NDA stating I would never say another word about Scooter Braun unless it was positive, before we could even look at the financial records of BMLG (which is always the first step in a purchase of this nature)," she wrote. "So, I would have to sign a document that would silence me forever before I could even have a chance to bid on my own work. My legal team said that this is is absolutely NOT normal, but they've never seen an NDA like this presented unless it was to silence an assault accuser by paying them off 😬 He would never even quote my team a price. These master recordings were not for sale to me."
Swift went on to say that she received a letter from Shamrock Holdings, the private equity company that purchased her catalog. "This was the second time my music had been sold without my knowledge," she continued. "The letter told me that they wanted to reach out before the sale to let me know, but that Scooter Braun had required that they make no contact with me or my team or the deal would be off."
