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Taylor Swift‘s feud with her former label, Big Machine Records, is brewing once again and the company’s offices had to close early on Friday (November 15) due to threats being made to employees, according to Entertainment Tonight.

The Nashville-based company shut down its headquarters at 12:30pm local time on Friday. A source told the outlet that Taylor‘s fans “are going to extremes to leak personal contact information and addresses of company employees.”

The label’s founder Scott Borchetta and new owner Scooter Braun aren’t the only ones receiving threats, the source said. Despite the alleged threats, authorities have not been notified.

Taylor spoke out against Borchetta and Braun this week, claiming that they are banning her from performing her own music at the American Music Awards next weekend.

Big Machine then responded to the open letter and said they have not blocked Taylor from performing her music, but then the singer’s rep responded to that statement as well.

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Justin Bieber is apparently showing his support to Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta amid their ongoing public battle with Taylor Swift regarding whether she was blocked from performing old songs at the American Music Awards and in an upcoming Netflix documentary.

The 25-year-old “Friends” singer posted a screenshot on his Instagram Story on Friday (November 15).

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The screenshot is of a TMZ article, called “Taylor Swift Free To Play All Her Hits During AMAs … Big Machine Can’t Stop Her.”

In the article, a Big Machine exec says “Taylor Swift can 100% perform all of her catalog, past and present, on the AMAs.”

This is in direct opposition to what Taylor Swift‘s publicist, Tree Paine, said in a statement earlier in the day, claiming that Scott “flatly denied the request.”

This also isn’t the first time Justin defended his manager in his ongoing dispute with Taylor.

READ MORE: Taylor Swift’s Rep Issues Response to Big Machine Records: ‘They’re Trying to Deflect’

Taylor Swift‘s representative, Tree Paine, is speaking out on the “Look What You Made Me Do” singer’s behalf following Big Machine Records’ response to her original claim that her former label is blocking her ability to perform old songs at the American Music Awards and in an upcoming Netflix documentary.

“The truth is, on October 28, 2019 at 5:17 p.m. the Vice President, Rights Management and Business Affairs from Big Machine Label Group sent Taylor Swift‘s team the following: ‘Please be advised that BMLG will not agree to issue licenses for existing recordings or waivers of its re-recording restrictions in connection with these two projects: The Netflix documentary and The Alibaba ‘Double Eleven’ event,” Tree wrote in a statement on Friday (November 15).

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“To avoid an argument over rights, Taylor performed three songs off her new album Lover at the Double Eleven events as it was clear that Big Machine Label Group felt any televised performance of catalog songs violated her agreement,” the statement continues.

“In addition, yesterday Scott Borchetta, CEO and founder of Big Machine Label Group, flatly denied the request for both American Music Awards and Netflix. Please notice in Big Machine’s statement, they never actually deny either claim Taylor said last night in her post. Lastly, Big Machine is trying to deflect and make this about money by saying she owes them but, an independent, professional auditor has determined that Big Machine owes Taylor $7.9 million dollars of unpaid royalties over several years.”

READ MORE: Big Machine Records Denies Taylor Swift’s Claim of Blocking Her Music: ‘The Narrative You Have Created Does Not Exist’

UPDATE: Taylor Swift‘s rep has responded to this statement.

Big Machine Records is speaking out regarding Taylor Swift‘s claims that she was being blocked by her former record company, run by Scott Borchetta and business partner Scooter Braun, from performing her music at the upcoming American Music Awards.

The company issued a statement on Friday (November 15).

“As Taylor Swift’s partner for over a decade, we were shocked to see her Tumblr statements yesterday based on false information. At no point did we say Taylor could not perform on the AMAs or block her Netflix special. In fact, we do not have the right to keep her from performing live anywhere. Since Taylor’s decision to leave Big Machine last fall, we have continued to honor all of her requests to license her catalog to third parties as she promotes her current record in which we do not financially participate,” they said.

“The truth is, Taylor has admitted to contractually owing millions of dollars and multiple assets to our company, which is responsible for 120 hardworking employees who helped build her career. We have worked diligently to have a conversation about these matters with Taylor and her team to productively move forward. We started to see progress over the past two weeks and were optimistic as recently as yesterday that this may get resolved. However, despite our persistent efforts to find a private and mutually satisfactory solution, Taylor made a unilateral decision last night to enlist her fanbase in a calculated manner that greatly affects the safety of our employees and their families.”

“Taylor, the narrative you have created does not exist. All we ask is to have a direct and honest conversation. When that happens, you will see there is nothing but respect, kindness and support waiting for you on the other side. To date, not one of the invitations to speak with us and work through this has been accepted. Rumors fester in the absence of communication. Let’s not have that continue here. We share the collective goal of giving your fans the entertainment they both want and deserve,” they went on to say.

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Taylor Swift asked her fans to speak up and help her get the rights to perform her music at the upcoming American Music Awards and several celebs are using their voices too.

The 29-year-old singer is still in the middle of a battle for her music with music mogul Scooter Braun and Big Machine’s Scott Borchetta, who own the master recordings for her first six albums.

Taylor says that the men are not letting her perform her old songs at the upcoming AMAs and they won’t let her use old performance footage in a planned Netflix documentary.

“Please let Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun know how you fell about this,” Taylor wrote in an open letter posted to social media on Thursday (November 14). “Scooter also manages several artists who I really believe care about other artists and their work. Please ask them for help with this – I’m hoping that maybe they can talk some sense into the men who are exercising tyrannical control over someone who just wants to play the music she wrote.”

Taylor‘s friends like Gigi Hadid and Halsey are among the stars who have shown support so far on social media. Read more tweets below!

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Taylor Swift has written an open letter to her fans about the latest situation she’s facing in her battle with Scooter Braun and Big Machine Label’s Scott Borchetta.

The 29-year-old singer is being honored later this month with the Artist of the Decade Award at the 2019 American Music Awards and she planned on performing “a medley of [her] hits throughout the decade on the show.”

Taylor says that Scooter and Scott will not let her perform her “old songs on television because they claim that would be re-recording my music before [she is] allowed to next year.”

In the open letter, Taylor also revealed that she has a Netflix documentary in the works and the duo also will not let her use “older music or performance footage for this project, even though there is no mention of either of them or Big Machine Records anywhere in the film.”

If you’re not fully aware of the situation, Taylor launched her career on Big Machine Records and the label owns the master recordings to all of the music featured on her first six albums. She decided to leave the label and release her new album Lover with Republic Records, where she will own her masters moving forward.

Big Machine was then bought by Scooter for $300 million earlier this year, which was Taylor‘s worst nightmare because she has felt bullied by him in the past. Read what she wrote in her open letter back in June about the situation.

Taylor is now asking her fans to let Scooter, Scott, and the other artists they work with (like Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, and Demi Lovato) “know how you feel about this.”

“I just want to be able to perform MY OWN music. That’s it. I’ve tried to work this out privately through my team but have not been able to resolve anything. Right now my performance at the AMA’s, the Netflix documentary, and any other recorded events I am planning to play until November of 2020 are a question mark. I love you guys and I thought you should know what’s been going on,” she concluded the letter.

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Taylor Swift just released her new album Lover, and now Scott Borchetta, the head of her former label Big Machine Records, as well as Scooter Braun, who bought Taylor‘s masters for $300 million from Scott are reacting to the news.

In one of the deluxe editions of the album, Taylor shares a personal diary entry at age 14 about meeting with Scott for the first time, describing him as “so passionate about this project.”

“And I still feel the same way today… congrats on another amazing release @taylorswift #Lover @bigmachinelabelgroup,” Scott wrote on Instagram along with a screenshot of the diary entry.

Scooter then “liked” the post.

If you didn’t know, Taylor Swift plans to re-record her old songs after her former label sold her masters.

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