Taylor Swift speaks out about her controversial letter to Apple, complaining about the artist royalties.
In an interview for the September issue of Vanity Fair, the 'Bad Blood' singer revealed the story behind of her confrontation to Apple for lack of monetary support to various artists during their free trial period within three months, according to Fortune.
Swift told the Vanity Fair, "I wrote the letter at around four A.M. The contracts had just gone out to my friends, and one of them sent me a screenshot of one of them. I read the term 'zero percent compensation to rights holders.' Sometimes I'll wake up in the middle of the night and I'll write a song and I can't sleep until I finish it, and it was like that with the letter."
Then Swift admitted that she got nervous before posting the letter online. But after she ran the letter to her mom, she published it afterward.
"I read it to my mom," she explains. "She's always going to be the one. I just said, 'I'm really scared of this letter, but I had to write it. I might not post it, but I had to say it."
Scott Borchetta, the CEO of Swift's record label previously admit that he didn't receive a warning about the letter.
Eventually, Apple shows that they care for the music artists' welfare. The same day, Apple announced that they will pay artist during the free trial period.
In the Vanity Fair, Swift admitted that Apple's quick response made her feel special and compared the interaction with her previous combative experience with Spotify.
Swift said, "Apple treated me like I was a voice of a creative community that they actually cared about," she says. "And I found it really ironic that the multi-billion-dollar company reacted to criticism with humility, and the start-up with no cash flow reacted to criticism like a corporate machine."
