Halsey, Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello, Gigi Hadid and more celebrities rushed to support Taylor Swift on Friday (Nov. 15) in the wake of her statement against Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta.
“This is just mean. This is punishment. This is hoping to silence her from speaking about things by dangling this over her head,” Halsey wrote on her Instagram Story, referring to Swift’s allegation that the two men, who own the masters to her back catalog of music, are refusing to allow her to use her old hits in her upcoming artist of the decade performance at the American Music Awards. (Braun and Borchetta have since denied this claim.)
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Hadid, meanwhile, took the approach of addressing Braun and Borchetta directly. “Scott and Scooter, you know what the right thing to do is,” the supermodel — and Swift’s longtime BFF — tweeted. “Taylor and her fans deserve to celebrate the music!!”
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— IG | Camila Cabello showing her support for Taylor via Instagram story #IStandWithTaylor
“A record label can’t be allowed to do this to an artist…—-” pic.twitter.com/AYaNpO1YUb
— Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftNZ) November 15, 2019
— | @halsey via her IG Story #IStandWithTaylor
“This is hoping to silence her from speaking about things by dangling this over her head.” pic.twitter.com/9LDcVNRDFo
— Taylor Swift Updates (@TSUpdatesNYBU) 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
Solidarity with Taylor here, this sounds awful, and people wonder why music hasn’t had its #MeToo moment ? https://t.co/lqfRVfhDYK
— LILY ALLEN 2.0 (@lilyallen) November 15, 2019
Selena said #IStandWithTaylor pic.twitter.com/JLJ0yZkvvv
— Selena Gomez Source (@GomezSource) November 15, 2019
Corporate power should not have the right to control what @taylorswift13 can and can not do, and then have the audacity to deny their actions?!
— Martha Hunt (@MarthaHunt) November 15, 2019
what a complete power pull @scooterbraun @scottborchetta. the way this industry is set up, there are times where we have to get legal permission to perform anything we share rights to. but denying access like this is solely to play with and diminish a person. https://t.co/noNDUeFzYE
— Rebecca Black (@MsRebeccaBlack) November 15, 2019
This is unbelievable and completely messed up. Let this amazing woman do what she wants with her amazing songs #IStandWithTaylor https://t.co/pVyVhsXwzO
— Joel Little (@iamjoellittle) November 15, 2019
We stand with you & we love you @taylorswift13 ——
— ECHOSMITH (@echosmith) November 15, 2019
Fuck that. We’re with you
— TINASHE (@Tinashe) November 14, 2019
I stand in solidarity with all artists who try to bring their work in its best form to the fans. There’s no doubt that that’s what Taylor is trying to do. I hope these folks do the right thing. –??—- https://t.co/1eJaVseS1w
— Mike Birbiglia (@birbigs) November 15, 2019
WE STAND WITH TAYLOR. scooter and scott are what we like to call a classic pair of “poor boys”
— The Regrettes (@regrettesband) November 15, 2019
— TW | Jessica Chastain has retweeted mutitple tweets to show her support for Taylor. pic.twitter.com/BQdyZJNwwB
— Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftNZ) November 15, 2019
This is really scary. If this can happen to one of the biggest artists of all time, I cannot imagine the situation for newbies. https://t.co/8741ERb4Jq
— Jameela Jamil — (@jameelajamil) November 15, 2019
outrageous abuse of power and completely unforgivable. #IStandWithTaylor https://t.co/ofvxs4gQiH
— Sara Bareilles (@SaraBareilles) November 15, 2019
At the end of the day, these two men aren’t hurting for money…they should just let her sing her damn songs that she created. Life is too short for all this ego driven drama. Periodt. Stop being assholes #JusticeForTaylorSwift #IStandForTaylor
— Todrick Hall (@todrick) November 15, 2019
— | Azealia Banks continues to defend Taylor against Scooter, Scott and Kanye West via her Instagram Story #IStandWithTaylor pic.twitter.com/njoYh6jCzf
— Taylor Swift Updates (@TSUpdatesNYBU) November 15, 2019
Outrageous, for someone to pour everything into their art and have someone else put a stop to them performing those songs is a huge injustice. I really hope this gets put right. #IStandWithTaylor https://t.co/Gi5GljIoCi
— Bradley Will Simpson (@TheVampsBrad) November 15, 2019
Private equity groups’ predatory practices actively hurt millions of Americans.
Their leveraged buyouts have destroyed the lives of retail workers across the country, scrapping 1+ million jobs. Now they’re holding @taylorswift13’s own music hostage.
They need to be reigned in. https://t.co/mSVeH718Hn
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 15, 2019
No matter what people manage to take from you, they will never be able to take your voice @taylorswift13 so well done for using yours especially when you know they will attack you for doing so. We are with you xxx https://t.co/xgjFewFuEQ
— Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) November 16, 2019