- Taylor Swift's fans blamed Scooter Braun for the fact that only Big Machine Label Group's radio releases of her albums appeared on the artist's Spotify page on Friday, but the disappearance of the original versions of her albums was due to a technology issue.
- Fans accused Braun, whose company Ithaca Holdings acquired Big Machine and, subsequently, Swift's masters, of hiding the originals so listeners would click on the versions that boast his company's name.
- In an email obtained by Insider, Spotify confirmed that the exclusion of Swift's original albums from her author page was due to an internal glitch. Her page has since been restored to normal.
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When Taylor Swift's fans realized that the original versions of her albums had disappeared from her Spotify page on Friday — leaving only Big Machine Label Group's radio releases — they held Scooter Braun responsible.
However, Insider has obtained an email from Spotify confirming that the glitch occurred during a routine cleanup from the brand's operations team. Spotify has since confirmed the news on Twitter.
The original versions of Swift's albums have since been restored to her artist page.
On Friday morning, the "Lover" singer's fans pointed out that the original versions of "Taylor Swift," "Speak Now," "RED," and "Reputation" were no longer available for streaming on Swift's artist page and could only be found by manually searching for them.
Braun, whose company Ithaca Holdings bought Big Machine and declared ownership of Swift's masters in June 2019, has since been in a feud with Swift over the rights to her older music. And with the disappearance of the "Cruel Summer" singer's original work from her Spotify page, fans suspected that Braun was only promoting Big Machine's radio release versions of her music.
They accused him of hiding Swift's originals, calling him "greedy" and "disgusting" on Twitter.
However, this issue didn't just affect Swift's artist page — other artists under Big Machine like Thomas Rhett and Florida Georgia Line were also affected.
A representative for Swift didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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