Taking on Taylor Swift | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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00:00 Pop star Taylor Swift is taking her record-breaking

00:03 "Eras" tour to the big screen.

00:05 She is the biggest artist, like, in the world.

00:08 She exploded onto the pop music scene

00:11 with her 1989 single "Shake It Off,"

00:13 but she's not been able to shake off

00:15 the controversy from that song.

00:17 As soon as I heard the hook, I said, "That's 3LW."

00:20 How does a person feel when they come home

00:22 and they feel like their house has been robbed?

00:24 Songwriters Nathan Butler and Sean Hall sued Taylor Swift,

00:27 claiming that "Shake It Off," borrowed from a song

00:29 they wrote.

00:30 The part of the song that everybody remembers.

00:32 Players, they gotta play, and haters, they gotta hate.

00:35 This situation is bigger than me.

00:37 When you have a hit song, you're probably gonna get sued.

00:41 Sort of like trying to copyright what's up.

00:44 Everyone in the music industry is sort of

00:46 looking over their shoulder.

00:47 Taylor's team has been arguing.

00:49 It's a money grab.

00:50 When you respect other songwriters, you give credit.

00:53 If we know anything about Taylor Swift,

00:55 it's that she does not shy away from a fight.

00:59 (whooshing)