{"id":2066843,"date":"2025-10-03T15:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2066843"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:18:08","slug":"taylor-swift-seemingly-slams-devil-scooter-braun-in-this-life-of-a-showgirl-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-seemingly-slams-devil-scooter-braun-in-this-life-of-a-showgirl-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Seemingly Slams \u2018Devil\u2019 Scooter Braun in This \u2018Life of a Showgirl\u2019 Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/tag\/taylor-swift\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor Swift;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/strong> recently released \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl.\u201d Since then, fans have been analyzing and dissecting all the tracks, trying to figure out which prominent figures in her life the pop icon has referred to. The track \u201cFather Figure\u201d has garnered much attention, as Swifties believe it takes a jab at <strong>Scooter Braun<\/strong>. The duo has a tense history, boiling down to Braun\u2019s purchase of the master\u2019s rights of Swift\u2019s first six albums in 2019. The 35-year-old finally reclaimed the rights earlier this year.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018Father Figure\u2019 track appears to take a dig at Scooter Braun<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans believe that certain lyrics in Taylor Swift\u2019s\u201d Father Figure\u201d from her new album, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl,\u201d take a swipe at both <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/tag\/scooter-braun\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Scooter Braun;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Scooter Braun<\/a> and Scott Borchetta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The lyrics in question are: \u201cI\u2019ll be your father figure\/I can make deals with the devil because my d**k\u2019s bigger\/This love is pure profit\/You made a deal with this devil, turns out my d**k\u2019s bigger\u2026you pulled the wrong trigger\/This empire belongs to me\/Leave it with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The \u201cdevil\u201d in question is presumably Braun. However, fans believe most of the lyrics refer to Scott Borchetta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFather figure being about scott borchetta makes so much sense,\u201d a user wrote on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kingofmaiheart\/status\/1973964545778741248\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X (formerly Twitter);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">X (formerly Twitter)<\/a>. \u201cAnd yet i never saw it coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cImagine signing a young talent, promising her to be a FATHER FIGURE and then betraying her in the worst way possible,\u201d another <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/oceansivy13\/status\/1971976144913375238\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:shared;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">shared<\/a>. \u201cYeah, scott borchetta doesn\u2019t get enough lashings for what he did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Braun acquired the rights to Swift\u2019s first six albums in 2019 via Ithaca Holdings\u2019 purchase of Big Machine Records. The purchase amounted to an estimated $300 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The \u201cBad Blood\u201d singer subsequently shared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/taylorswift.tumblr.com\/post\/185958366550\/for-years-i-asked-pleaded-for-a-chance-to-own-my\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tumblr;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tumblr<\/a> that she didn\u2019t get a fair opportunity to reclaim her masters, accusing Braun of \u201cincessant, manipulative bullying.\u201d She also noted that while she made peace with Borchetta selling her albums, she never imagined in her \u201cworst nightmares\u201d that the buyer would be Braun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFather Figure\u201d is the fourth track of \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl.\u201d It bears the same name as George Michael\u2019s 1987 single. The late English musician has received songwriting credit, despite having nothing to do with the song\u2019s creation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/news\/1669042-taylor-swift-father-figure-song-slams-scooter-braun\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor Swift Seemingly Slams \u2018Devil\u2019 Scooter Braun in This \u2018Life of a Showgirl\u2019 Track;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Taylor Swift Seemingly Slams \u2018Devil\u2019 Scooter Braun in This \u2018Life of a Showgirl\u2019 Track<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mandatory;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift recently released \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl.\u201d Since then, fans have been analyzing and dissecting all the tracks, trying to figure out which prominent figures in her life the pop icon has referred to. The track \u201cFather Figure\u201d has garnered much attention, as Swifties believe it takes a jab at Scooter Braun. 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