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During her speech, Swift claims that her entire music catalog was sold without her consent to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings, allegedly funded by prominent investors including the Soros family, 23 Capital, and the Carlisle Group. She emphasizes that these investors never contacted her or her team about her music’s sale, suggesting a lack of respect or acknowledgment of her rights.

She also condemns what she perceives as toxic male privilege prevalent in the industry—pointing fingers at industry moguls who, according to her, oppress women artists simply wanting to create art. Swift’s narrative frames her struggles as emblematic of larger systemic male dominance that benefits businessmen at the expense of female artists’ rights.