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mariafilms-blog · 5 years

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Im so sorry taylor. I will always be here for you.

For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work. Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in. I walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future. I had to make the excruciating choice to leave behind my past. Music I wrote on my bedroom floor and videos I dreamed up and paid for from the money I earned playing in bars, then clubs, then arenas, then stadiums.

Some fun facts about today’s news: 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.

Like when Kim Kardashian orchestrated an illegally recorded snippet of a phone call to be leaked and then Scooter got his two clients together to bully me online about it. (See photo) Or when his client, Kanye West, organized a revenge porn music video which strips my body naked. Now Scooter has stripped me of my life’s work, that I wasn’t given an opportunity to buy. Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.

This is my worst case scenario. This is what happens when you sign a deal at fifteen to someone for whom the term ‘loyalty’ is clearly just a contractual concept. And when that man says ‘Music has value’, he means its value is beholden to men who had no part in creating it.

When I left my masters in Scott’s hands, I made peace with the fact that eventually he would sell them. Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter. Any time Scott Borchetta has heard the words ‘Scooter Braun’ escape my lips, it was when I was either crying or trying not to. He knew what he was doing; they both did. Controlling a woman who didn’t want to be associated with them. In perpetuity. That means forever.

Thankfully, I am now signed to a label that believes I should own anything I create. Thankfully, I left my past in Scott’s hands and not my future. And hopefully, young artists or kids with musical dreams will read this and learn about how to better protect themselves in a negotiation. You deserve to own the art you make.

I will always be proud of my past work. But for a healthier option, Lover will be out August 23.

Sad and grossed out,

💔

Taylor

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mariafilms-blog · 6 years

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So, SPOILERS!! My opinion about the last jedi!!

If you loved the move please dont take it personal, its just my opinion and i know it may be my fault to have expected something else from the movie.

Okay, so i watched it last night. I dont know if i liked it or not. Especially Rey's arc. Let's start with what i liked. I liked Poe, i really like how his character was built and how he showed his flaws and his abilities. Also, Leia, loved her. She was flawless everytime she was on screen, she shined over everyone. She was the true light of the movie. When she used the force, i couldnt hold my tears. It was the first time we saw Leia, when almost everyone used to forget that she was Anakin's daughter too, that she could be a jedi if she wanted. I loved Poe and Leia's relationship and i see them as a mother-son relationship, dont try to change my opinion.

Also, Rose and Finn. Didnt like their romance, i thought his relationship with Rey in the first movie was much more cohesive and strong. I really liked Finn's arc about him discovering how the war works and thath the good ones kill people too, and loved that he tried to stop the large weapon (i dont know the Word in english). I really liked Rose and how she became stronger thinking about her sister, it was a beautiful storyline. Also loved that they adressed the rich and the poor in the galaxy, and how the rich take advantage of the poor. The moment of the creatures in which they run away after setting them free, it was beautiful. My dog was used for hunting before we adopted him, his owner used to beat him, and it was an emotional moment for me because it reminded me of my dog.

Now, Luke. Loved his character, everything. Just. I cant believe he is simply... Gone. I know this movie is about overcoming the past, but i just cant. I cant see the original trio dying on screen. We lost Han, Luke, and god knows what will happen to Leia. My dad (big Big fan of star wars, the originals) told me "we must let the new generation in" and i just thought that that doesnt mean we should forget about the past generation. I thought it was a mistake killing Luke IN THIS MOVIE, because i think he should have trained Rey more.

And now.

To Rey. My favourite character ever. From every tv show, film, book, i chose her. I could see myself reflected in her. I dont know why, but i connected with her so much. And i dont understand why the did that to her. Why they wrote her character to be revolved around the villain the whole movie. Maybe its my fault, but i expected something different. I expected the Jedi training. The whole process. Her discovering herself, her heritage, i dont know. I dont believe that her parents are no one, it doesnt make sense. Then why in The Force Awakens she is screaming at a spaceship "COME BACK!!"? Her parents died on Jakku so it doesnt make sense. If they wanted her to be no one, they shouldnt have given us hints in the first movie that she could be a Skywalker. Sorry, but im angry.

Also, dont understand why her character was built in order to give Kylo a storyline. She hated him in the first movie, and now she somehow sees the light on him and wants to help me? I dont buy that. She almost killed him. She's innocent and she sees good in everyone but is she really seeing the light on the man that tried to kill her, that almost killed the only one person that came to rescue her, the man that killed his own father? This was poor writing. It looked like a fan fic. The fact about them being connected its a nice idea but It was a mistake developing it.

So, i really dont know how to feel. I think they somehow ruined Rey. They ruined her character in order to build Kylo. And im sad.

Sad because i expected more, i expected different thing from her arch.

Anyways, there are a lot of things i liked, like the porgs, the crystal creatures and the big doggo creatures. Holdo using the speed of light to save everyone. Leia letting Poe know that sometimes it isnt about being a hero. Leia and Luke's reunion. Chewie, always Chewie, C-3PO, BB8 (which may have become my favourite droid ever).

I just feel like there is something missing.

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