Taylor Swift Asks Fans To Help Her Fight Her Old Record Label

Last night, Taylor Swift reignited her fight with her former record label after speaking out on her Instagram and Twitter accounts to ask her fans for help in fighting back against Big Machine Records. In her message, Swift stated that Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun were preventing her from performing some of her older music at the American Music Awards on November 24th, where she is set to be honored for Artist of the Decade. In addition, Swift announced that Netflix had been filming her life for the past several years for an upcoming documentary, and that Big Machine Records will not allow her to feature any of her old music catalogue in it.

 

Don’t know what else to do pic.twitter.com/1uBrXwviTS

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) November 14, 2019

 

After Swift tweeted out that she "didn't know what else to do," many celebrities stepped up and quickly took to her defense.

Halsey took to her Instagram account to sing Taylors previous hit "Mean" and called Braun and Borchetta's decision a "punishment."

Selena Gomez also responded in her Instagram stories, stating that Borchetta and Braun's actions were full of "greed, manipulation, and power."

Based on the amount of celebrity attention Swift was receiving, the hashtags #IStandWithTaylor and #FreeTaylor took over Twitter and became the top trending subjects. Friends of Swift, her fans and those just tuning into the story from when it first imploded over the summer, started tweeting in defense of the singer.

 

The Little Mermaid hitting different #FreeTaylor #IStandWithTaylor pic.twitter.com/UOyMqfCJre

— 𝓛𝑜𝓋𝑒, Krystle(Libra)✨ (@SparkleComa) November 15, 2019

 

Me, sitting in my bed right now on Twitter trying to figure out how I, a broke college student who can barely afford lunch can help the AMAs Artist Of The Decade, Taylor Swift defeat the music industry evil #FreeTaylor #IStandWithTaylor pic.twitter.com/QeOERC2kL5

— 𝓛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 (@Swiftness13) November 15, 2019

 

My friend works in Nashville and someone has posted this around the city omg #IStandWithTaylor pic.twitter.com/ECkut4H4kO

— #1 this town stan (@frmthstars) November 15, 2019

 

You know what scottborchetta and scooterbraun Life's just too short for this nonsense. Be the people now you want to be remembered as later. @taylorswift13 Keep being you. "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum" #IStandWithTaylor #Swifties https://t.co/TVCpnXDYap

— Shaun Dooley (@shaundooley) November 15, 2019

 

«a man is allowed to react, a woman can only overreact» this. right. here. #Istandwithtaylor pic.twitter.com/YoPpR6mV9E

— ˋˏ sarah ˎˊ (@thelasttay) November 15, 2019

 

Scott and Scooter, you know what the right thing to do is 🙏🙏Taylor and her fans deserve to celebrate the music!!

— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) November 15, 2019

 

I fucking love @taylorswift13 and what’s happening to her is completely fucked up. https://t.co/KR3dFLiqLg

— Tommy Igoe (@TommyIgoe) November 15, 2019

 

Justin Bieber, who is currently represented by Scooter Braun, took his manager's side again via his Instagram story in response to Swift's new claims.

In addition, many people agreed with Bieber and claimed Taylor was merely acting like a victim again.

 

Taylor Swift is such a perpetual victim…My word!!

— BlownOutback Stakehouse (@allayalla) November 14, 2019

 

Taylor Swift isn’t the ‘poor, innocent female victim’ she’s making herself out to be (also instilling victimhood in her young fans)She’s a powerful woman using her influence to bully & shame men into doing what she wants.She signed a CONTRACT & made a fortune! Oh, choices…

— Lisa Britton (@LisaBritton) November 15, 2019

 

I'm tired of hearing how Taylor swift is a fucking victim. She's not, we can actually show you real victims of the music industry she's not one. She's mad millions and will continue to and earned every penny no doubt with her own damn talent. But she lost a business deal

— Jawn Parker Lewis (@iffy_atbest) November 15, 2019

 

There were also many users who came for Bieber the minute he responded.

 

Justin Bieber needs to stop weighing in on all things Taylor Swift. Period. pic.twitter.com/tGJQy1kDkA

— Ryan Schocket (@RyanSchocket) November 15, 2019

 

justin bieber: other people’s drama isn’t my drama taylor swift: scooter and scott don't le-justin bieber: pic.twitter.com/N1IZtO63bH

— sol (@hestafterglow) November 15, 2019

 

Following the amount of media attention, Big Machine Records felt obligated to respond to Swift's new claims.

After Big Machine Records reacted to the new allegations, Swift's team quickly responded with their own statement.

The American Music Awards air next Sunday and at this rate, Taylor Swift's performance might need to include Judge Judy.