Ariana Grande reportedly locked into a contract with Scooter Braun for years

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Ariana Grande has not 'dropped' Scooter Braun because she is still contractually tied to her long-term manager for several more years, despite seeking new management with Brandon Creed.

'Although Ariana has indeed found new music management, she has not dropped or cut ties Scooter because she can't,' insiders close to the situation said.

'She continues to be contractually bound to Scooter as there are several long term contracts still in place.

'If Ariana were to release a new album tomorrow, she would still be obligated to pay Scooter in addition to Brandon. Nothing has changed there.' 

Earlier this year she shared several pictures with her collaborator Max Martin, which fans took as confirmation she is working on her eagerly awaited seventh album. 

Grande's decision to distance herself from Braun is said to stem from the scandal surrounding her alleged affair with her wicked costar, Slater.

'Ariana wanted Scooter to do an immediate intervention to salvage her image after being accused of breaking up Ethan's marriage,' the source continued.

'But Scooter was not there for her in her time of need and this just wasn't right to her.'
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"Ms Grande?  I have Taylor Swift on line one..."

 

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The fact that she was in need of some PR damage control from Scooter is so funny to meIf anyone has heard her song 'Fantasize', it only adds to the homewrecker accusations. That and BWYGIB of course.

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The drama

Can artists not buy themselves out of a contract? Or stop signing such lengthy and binding ones?

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27 minutes ago, SharGaga said:

If anyone has heard her song 'Fantasize', it only adds to the homewrecker accusations. That and BWYGIB of course.

Fantasize was an unreleased song written for a TV show and has no correlation to Ariana's personal life. As for BUWYGIB, if I'm not mistaken, is about wanting her boyfriend to break up with her because she realizes she's better off on her own.

Edited December 14, 2023 by artdoll

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thank u, next (Ariana's Version) – coming 2025

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1 hour ago, Teletubby said:

'Ariana wanted Scooter to do an immediate intervention to salvage her image after being accused of breaking up Ethan's marriage,' the source continued.

what was there to salvage, she's a homewrecker who near-exclusively dates taken men 

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1 hour ago, PartySick said:

The drama

Can artists not buy themselves out of a contract? Or stop signing such lengthy and binding ones?

Contracts are not always easy to get of. Maybe she can buy herself out but if the penalties are higher than just paying Scooter the rest of his contract for doing nothing why would she?

 

Contracts can be a good thing in business to ensure ppl do what they promised to do. If legally binding contracts didnt exist and everything was left to trust and verbal agreements, no one could be held accountable to anything. Its also why they cant be too easy to get out of

 

Unfortunately like nearly everything else in life theres downsides as well, and the most powerful very often can use contracts in shady or abusive ways. Capitalism has a lot of dark sides, we been knew

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15 minutes ago, Economy said:

Contracts can be a good thing in business to ensure ppl do what they promised to do. If legally binding contracts didnt exist and everything was left to trust and verbal agreements, no one could be held accountable to anything. Its also why they cant be too easy to get out of

Well yeah, I guess I meant why not sign shorter contracts where artists renegotiate before/after every release or something?

It'd prevent situations like Kesha being tied to Dr. Luke for so long or Ariana being tied to Scooter for "years to come"

Sign for an album, resign for the next album if it went well. If not, sign with someone else or make a different deal or something.

These artists seem to just sell their souls

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2 hours ago, Teletubby said:

Ariana wanted Scooter to do an immediate intervention to salvage her image after being accused of breaking up Ethan's marriage,' the source continued

And what was he supposed to? 

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36 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Well yeah, I guess I meant why not sign shorter contracts where artists renegotiate before/after every release or something?

It'd prevent situations like Kesha being tied to Dr. Luke for so long or Ariana being tied to Scooter for "years to come"

Sign for an album, resign for the next album if it went well. If not, sign with someone else or make a different deal or something.

These artists seem to just sell their souls

Because of the abuse by powerful part i mentioned. A short contract wouldnt make u a slave now would it?

 

I can understand when its a record label (not necessairily a manager tho) if they give u a big contract or decide they gonna push u to be a big artist, its reasonable to wanna make their money back tho. So i can understand multi-album contracts the first time they sign on cuz they are taking a risk on u and making a big investment (that if it pays off the artist will benefit also)

 

But after that yeah its literally just taking advantage to try to force u to stay in forever. And id imagine they probably threaten to cut budget for marketing if u dont sign a contract for multiple albums when renewall comes up, making it hard to end the cycle

Edited December 15, 2023 by Economy

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Time of need = got caught having an affair and wrecking a home

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I need to preface this by saying i am *NOT* a fan of Scooter

but if I were on vacation and my client calls and says "hey i need your help, i'm in love, but the press says i'm breaking up a home, etc etc - can you come back to LA immediately and helppppp sry i made another mistake"

...I'd be like. GIRL. NO.

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I mean I think that was obvious. Just means he and the management company will still receive a percent of her earnings until the contracts are over