In an interview with Billboard, Cue elaborated that it was Swift's letter that turned him around on the issue. "When I woke up this morning and saw what Taylor had written, it really solidified that we needed a change. And so that's why we decide we will now pay artists during the trial period."
"I am elated and relieved," Swift tweeted an hour after Cue's announcement. "Thank you for your words of support today. They listened to us."
Cue added that Apple had heard the same "concern from a lot