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The story behind Taylor Swift’s feud with Scooter Braun will be told on the small screen.
A new two-part documentary, “Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Blood,” has been ordered by Discovery+ UK, according to Variety.
The streamer has produced other “Vs.” docs in the past like “Johnny vs. Amber,” about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial, and “Kim vs. Kanye,” about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s divorce.
“Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Blood” is the working title for the upcoming project.
It will air in the UK and Ireland in June.
Per Variety, the series “will examine the opposing sides of the argument” between rivals Swift, 34, and Braun, 42.
“One exploring Swift’s side that the sale was conducted without consulting her and that she has since been blocked from buying back her masters, and the other examining Braun’s allegations that Swift refused to negotiate and instead incited a public feud by pitting her fan base against him,” the logline reads.
The doc about Swift “will also explore gender dynamics in the music industry and power of fandom.”
Legal experts, journalists and insiders from both Swift’s and Braun’s camps will participate in the series and “will put forward arguments for and against both parties,” per Variety.
Swift has been in a public spat with Braun ever since he purchased the master recordings of her first six albums in a $300 million-plus deal.
The “Shake It Off” singer allegedly wasn’t aware of Braun’s business deal at the time, prompting her to declare that she would rerecord her original music.
In June 2019, Swift said she was “grossed out” by Braun’s move.
“Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to buy,” she wrote in a lengthy post on Tumblr. “Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.”
After keeping quiet for a while, Braun shared his side of the story in an interview with Variety in June 2021.
“I regret and it makes me sad that Taylor had that reaction to the deal,” the music mogul said. “All of what happened has been very confusing and not based on anything factual. I don’t know what story she was told. I asked for her to sit down with me several times, but she refused. I offered to sell her the catalog back and went under NDA, but her team refused.”
He continued: “It all seems very unfortunate. She and I only met briefly three or four times in the past, and all our interactions were really friendly and kind. I find her to be an incredibly talented artist and wish her nothing but the best.”
Swift, who is now signed to Republic Records at Universal Music Group, has rerecorded four of her first six albums.
Fans are waiting for her to release “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)” and “Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version).”
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