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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Scooter Braun escapes Taylor Swift backlash as he watches his kids make record-breaking waves in the Pacific
He may be known for his combative management style and high-profile feuds with Taylor Swift and former protégé Justin Bieber, but now Scooter Braun is making waves of a different kind - this time in the Pacific Ocean. The music mogul's three children, Jagger, nine, Levi, seven, and six-year-old daughter Hart, became the youngest people ever to swim with killer whales during a trip to Baja California last week. A source told 'Scooter and his children were vacationing on the ocean off the coast of Baja, swimming with sea lions, manta rays and pilot whales. 'On their last morning, an orca family came during their final swim – a mother and baby. 'Thanks to this once-in-a-lifetime experience, Scooter's children have now become the youngest people to swim with orcas. 'It was an incredible way to end the trip.' Music mogul Scooter Braun's children became the youngest people to swim with Orcas during a once-in-a-life time encounter off the coast of Baja California this week Braun, 44, later posted a video of himself on the whale adventure boat alongside his three children – who he shares with ex-wife Yael Cohen – adding: 'it might be my favorite video ever'. Another video – captioned 'special times' – showed the music chief swimming with six-year-old Hart while pilot whales passed underneath. A third video shows the family swimming with the orcas, with Braun describing the experience as 'one of the greatest days of my life'. He went on: 'After a few days with friends in the ocean I decided to run it back with my kids and my friends [influencers] @thebucketlistfamily . 'We spent 3 more amazing days with our kids in the ocean swimming with sea lions and mantas and pilot whales but all the while playing the Free Willy song and hoping for the mighty orcas. 'And of course on our last morning a family of orcas appeared, and we spent the morning swimming and observing what I can only say was the most incredible experience of my life. 'But to do it with our kids... to see them light up... and to see the mother and baby orca stop and stare at them…' The relaxing trip marks a change of pace for the Hybe boss who hit the headlines earlier this week over a recent appearance on Danielle Robay's Question Everything podcast. In it, Braun spoke about the fallout from his 2019 decision to acquire and then sell Swift's back catalog for a cool $300million – a move that earned him the ire of her legion of fans. 'You know, me even talking about this now, there's gonna be … They're gonna be yelling and screaming and this, that and the other,' the dad-of-three told the podcast. 'You can't say anything right, and it is what it is. My response to that is they made the horrible miscalculation that I care. 'You know, I don't know those people out there. And if I met them in person and they needed my help, as a stranger, I would help them.' He went on: 'I think people forget that when you have a fan base that big and 10,000 people are yelling at you, it feels like the world is ending, but that's less than one percent of a fan base that big. 'I think most people are dealing with their own problems. I think most people are dealing with their own insecurities the same way I am, the same way every artist and every human being is. 'And I think it's just a more productive use of your time to not get stuck in the craziness of celebrity fodder and focus more on being kind to people.' Along with Swift, Braun has been in a well-documented fight with troubled Canadian star Bieber with whom he recently struck a $31.5million deal to cover the costs of show cancelations and unpaid commissions. Those arose as a result of the 31-year-old's decision to cut ties with Braun's management company Hybe America. Although neither have commented publicly on the deal, Braun commended his former protégé in an Instagram post earlier this month and praised his latest album Swag.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Demi Lovato teases her return to pop music with preview of 'Fast' single: 'Told y'all i've been cooking'
Over the last week, Lovato has shared snippets of her upcoming single on TikTok. Demi Lovato is ready to return to pop. The 32-year-old singer has hinted at her return to dance-pop music with a series of videos posted to her TikTok over the last week. Lovato's most recent video, shared on Monday, shows her in a recording studio playfully 'resurrecting' her pop-heavy sound. 'My pop music coming back to life after we had a funeral for it,' reads text on Lovato's video. The 'funeral' Lovato is referring to took place in January 2022, when the singer hosted 'a funeral for my pop music' with music executives from Island Records, including Scooter Braun, her manager at the time. Dressed in all black with her middle fingers to the camera, Lovato seemingly bid adieu to her once signature pop sound. She released her rock album Holy Fvck in August of that year. Hours before posting her latest video on TikTok, Lovato shared a series of photos on Instagram, which showcase her in the studio recording new music. The carousel of images marked Lovato's fifth post since she completely wiped her feed clean. The Instagram overhaul, as many fans are familiar, is typically a telltale sign that something big is coming for an artist — and that a new musical era is on the way. In Lovato's case, however, it seems the singer is returning to form — and to her pop powerhouse roots. In a handful of videos posted to TikTok in the last week, Lovato dropped previews of her song 'Fast,' her forthcoming, dance-pop single and first solo release in three years. One video shows Lovato lip-syncing to the track's lyrics. Over a pop-infused, heavy house-like beat, Lovato sings defiantly, 'Cuz baby honestly/ I just wanna feel your hands all over me (over and over)/ Right where they wanna be/ Even if it's only for tonight,' as the camera anticipates her every move. Another video, with the caption, 'told y'all i've been cooking,' shows Lovato in the vocal booth as a new snippet of 'Fast' plays. 'I wanna go fast/ I wanna go hard/ I wanna go anywhere, anywhere you are,' Lovato sings. Lovato's ninth studio album is reportedly in its final stages. The forthcoming album, a source close to former Disney Channel star told Rolling Stone, sees the singer wholeheartedly embracing the vigorous, electronic sound of some of her biggest pop hits. Following her recent marriage to Jordan 'Jutes' Lutes in May, Lovato appears to have turned a new page in life and is ready to embrace the parts of herself that she, and her fans, have long loved. What she's pulling together, added the source, is a 'celebratory dance-pop album.' 'Over the past few years, Demi has found love, joy, and newfound confidence, making the choice to approach life with much more lightness and fun,' the source told Rolling Stone. 'She took this sentiment into the studio, which can be felt in every track on this celebratory dance-pop album.' Also featured in Lovato's latest TikTok is music producer Zhone, who is responsible for bringing tracks like 'Joyride' by Kesha and 'Rush' by Troye Sivan to life. Lovato tapped Zhone to executive produce her new album. Zhone told Rolling Stone of working with Lovato, 'It's been so inspiring working with Demi and experiencing her journey of continued leveling up. She is such a master in the studio. This album is about letting inhibitions go, and we had so much fun making this music! It really comes across throughout.' Before teasing her lead single 'Fast' and the accompanying sound of her upcoming album, Lovato, during an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, revealed that she was 'working on new music' but was admittedly still trying to pinpoint her sound. 'I'm kind of figuring out my sound right now,' Lovato said in September 2024. 'I tend to write from the place that I am in, in the moment. … It's actually been like, it's been amazing. I've been writing just nothing but, like, love songs and like sexy songs 'cause I'm just in this, like, really good place. And so it feels good to be able to write coming from that place.' Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Scooter Braun addresses if Taylor Swift's revenge track 'Vigilante S---' is about him and his ex
Scooter Braun has seen the theories that Taylor Swift's Midnights revenge track "Vigilante S---" is about him. So is he shaking it off? When asked point-blank if the song's lyrics were about him and his ex-wife, Yael Cohen, Braun had an answer ready. "No, because I talk to Yael every day," Braun said on a new episode of the Question Everything podcast. "My ex-wife is one of my best friends, so me and my ex-wife laugh about that stuff. We don't even call each other 'ex.' That's, like, my partner. That's the mother of my children." In the track, which was released in October 2022, Swift sings, "She needed cold hard proof, so I gave her some / She had the envelope, where you think she got it from? / Now she gets the house, gets the kids, gets the pride / Picture me thick as thieves with your ex-wife / And she looks so pretty, driving in your Benz / Lately she's been dressing for revenge." Braun and Cohen, who share three children, separated in July 2021 and finalized their divorce in September 2022. Given the timing — and all of the previous drama between Swift and Braun over the ownership of Swift's masters that dominated headlines in 2019 — fans did what they do best and speculated that "Vigilante S---" must be about Braun. Swifties also hypothesized that another Midnights track, "Karma," referenced him. The singer has never confirmed whom either song is about, if anyone real. Later on the podcast, Braun insisted that he and Cohen are "family for life." "I have a tattoo on my finger that says 'same team' after my divorce because she and I are on the same team for life," he said. "That's what we say to each other. So no, I never thought that ["Vigilante S---"] was about us. She never thought it was about us, and everyone else kind of feeding into the fire — great strategy move, but, like, nah." After 23 years in the business, Braun announced he was retiring from music management in June 2024. At the time, the entrepreneur and record executive said he was stepping back to focus on his position as CEO of HYBE America and on his family. The news came after he unofficially stepped back the previous year from managing top artists such as Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, both of whom helped kick-start his career in the late 2000s. As for Swift, the saga over the ownership of the masters of her music reached a stunning conclusion in May, when the Tortured Poets Department singer revealed that she had bought back her first six albums. Posting a photo of herself surrounded by the vinyl editions of the records, she wrote, "You belong with me." She then published a lengthy letter on her official website in which she stated, "All the music I've ever me." A representative for Braun sent a statement from him to Entertainment Weekly at the time. It read: "I am happy for her." Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hailey Bieber's Rhode Deal Will Help Justin's Scooter Braun Settlement, ‘Source' Claims
Justin Bieber is leaning on his wife to clear his debts with former manager Scooter Braun. The singer has reportedly put his $31.5 million settlement with Braun and his former company, HYBE Corporation, on hold. As per the source, the pop icon is relying on his wife's billion-dollar Rhode deal settlement to move forward. Justin Bieber's settlement contract with Scooter Braun has a key provision, 'source' claims Justine Bieber might not settle his multimillion-dollar debt with former manager Scooter Braun and his former company, HYBE Corporation, anytime soon. A source has revealed that the singer is reportedly depending on his wife, Hailey Bieber's Rhode deal payout to clear his debt. An insider told TMZ that the pop icon will not clear his $31.5 million debt until the funds from Hailey's recent multibillion-dollar deal with e.l.f. Beauty is securely in the bank. The Rhode's sale, valued at approximately $1 billion, will likely close 'probably in a month or two.' Till then, the 'Baby' singer is ready to wait for the settlement. Although with the Rhode deal, it's the model who will get the majority of the money, Justin will get some amount too, since he is an investor in the company. As per the report, the 31-year-old singer will get $50 million cut from the sale. In May, an independent audit determined that the dad of one owes millions to Braun and his then-company HYBE due to the abrupt cancellation of his 2022 'Justice' world tour. The pop sensation was forced to cancel his tour after developing Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which caused facial paralysis. At the time, HYBE paid AEG $26 million to cover the costs associated with the cancelled tour. As part of their settlement, Justin has agreed to pay the South Korean entertainment company, HYBE, the full $26 million. He has also agreed to half of the remaining commission debt, totalling approximately $31.5 million. Originally reported by Parul Singh on Reality Tea. The post Hailey Bieber's Rhode Deal Will Help Justin's Scooter Braun Settlement, 'Source' Claims appeared first on Mandatory. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Demi Lovato teases her return to pop music with preview of 'Fast' single: 'Told y'all i've been cooking'
Over the last week, Lovato has shared snippets of her upcoming single on TikTok. Demi Lovato is ready to return to pop. The 32-year-old singer has hinted at her return to dance-pop music with a series of videos posted to her TikTok over the last week. Lovato's most recent video, shared on Monday, shows her in a recording studio, playfully 'resurrecting' her pop-heavy sound. 'My pop music coming back to life after we had a funeral for it,' reads text on Lovato's video. The 'funeral' Lovato is referring to took place in January 2022, when the singer hosted 'a funeral for my pop music' with music executives from Island Records, including Scooter Braun, her manager at the time. Dressed in all black with her middle fingers to the camera, Lovato seemingly bid adieu to her once signature pop sound. She released her rock album Holy Fvck in August of that year. Hours before posting her latest video on TikTok, Lovato shared a series of photos on Instagram, which showcase her in the studio recording new music. The carousel of images marked Lovato's fifth post since she completely wiped her feed clean. The Instagram overhaul, as many fans are familiar, is typically a tell-tale sign that something big is coming for an artist — and that a new musical era is on the way. In Lovato's case, however, it seems the singer is returning to form — and to her pop powerhouse roots. In a handful of videos posted to TikTok in the last week, Lovato dropped previews of her song 'Fast,' her forthcoming, dance-pop single and first solo release in three years. One video shows Lovato lip-syncing to the track's lyrics. Over a pop-infused, heavy house-like beat, Lovato sings defiantly, 'Cuz baby honestly/ I just wanna feel your hands all over me (over and over)/ Right where they wanna be/ Even if it's only for tonight,' as the camera anticipates her every move. Another video, with the caption, 'told y'all i've been cooking,' shows Lovato in the vocal booth as a new snippet of 'Fast' plays. 'I wanna go fast/ I wanna go hard/ I wanna go anywhere, anywhere you are,' Lovato sings. Lovato's ninth studio album is reportedly in its final stages. The forthcoming album, a source close to former Disney Channel star told Rolling Stone, sees the singer wholeheartedly embracing the vigorous, electronic sound of some of her biggest pop hits. Following her recent marriage to Jordan 'Jutes' Lutes in May, Lovato appears to have turned a new page in life, and is ready to embrace the parts of herself that she, and her fans, have long loved. What she's pulling together, added the source, is a 'celebratory dance-pop album.' 'Over the past few years, Demi has found love, joy, and newfound confidence, making the choice to approach life with much more lightness and fun,' the source told Rolling Stone. 'She took this sentiment into the studio, which can be felt in every track on this celebratory dance-pop album.' Also featured in Lovato's latest TikTok is music producer Zhone, who is responsible for bringing tracks like 'Joyride' by Kesha and 'Rush' by Troye Sivan to life. Lovato tapped Zhone to executive produce her new album. Zhone told Rolling Stone of working with Lovato, 'It's been so inspiring working with Demi and experiencing her journey of continued leveling up. She is such a master in the studio. This album is about letting inhibitions go, and we had so much fun making this music! It really comes across throughout.' Before teasing her lead single 'Fast' and the accompanying sound of her upcoming album, Lovato, during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, revealed that she was 'working on new music' but was admittedly still trying to pinpoint her sound. 'I'm kind of figuring out my sound right now,' Lovato said in September 2024. 'I tend to write from the place that I am in, in the moment. … It's actually been like, it's been amazing. I've been writing just nothing but, like, love songs and like sexy songs 'cause I'm just in this like, really good place. And so it feels good to be able to write coming from that place.' Solve the daily Crossword
