Bigger Than the Whole Sky, a song by Taylor Swift, was a hit with Marc Maron’s comedy audience, but tacky Tay Tay made sure he paid for it.
Comedian Marc Maron has revealed he shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to include a Taylor Swift song in his stand up she. The 61-year-old comic sought permission to sing one of the chart-topping star’s songs during a recent gig.
The singer may have sung Taylor’s song Bigger Than the Whole Sky from her 2022 album Midnights to fans who have seen one of Marc’s stand-up performances. However, Swift’s already substantial fortune was increased by the fact that being able to sing the song was fairly inexpensive.
According to reports, her monumental Eras World Tour led to her becoming a billionaire. She did, however, recently make a significant purchase and return of the masters of her own songs that had previously been sold during a 2019 sale.
After realizing he wanted to sing Taylor’s song while performing it on stage, Marc was content to throw a casual $50, 000 (£37, 000) bouquet her way. Additionally, he revealed that he was only permitted to perform the song for one minute because of this amount, which would require additional fees.
The comedian said, “I think it came out around $50K, around that,” when he spoke to Vulture. I made every effort to tell her the joke. He continued to explain that he first spoke with musician Jack Antonoff, who has worked with Taylor on a number of her albums.
He claimed that Jack Antonoff, who is the co-writer of that song, was “I know enough to text him.” We’re running out of money on this thing, I said, “I don’t know what’s proper or how to do this.” It’s probably going to be in my pocket. Can you talk to Taylor or contact her about this song?
Then, Jack instructed Marc to pay off $50,000 by going to the right channels to negotiate a deal. He responded, “It was doable. We made enough money. The ticket caused the situation to be tight… More money would have been the result if I had gone over the minute.
We couldn’t even allow the special to play out, like. So I formed a band and composed the music’s opening and closing lines. Yes, it only took a minute or two.
He added, however, that he “had to include the song because he thought the themes of loss were too too important to ignore.”
He resolutely said, “It had to happen. What do you do if she doesn’t let you use it and then what? That is the real fear. You are unable to perform the part of the special. I was [manifesting] because I thought she would enjoy the song. “
Taylor, who has reportedly purchased the masters of her first six albums for a reported $ 360 million (£267 million), after rival Scooter Braun, who purchased them in 2019 for a reported $ 300 million (£223 million), is not all that shy of making money herself.
The actress, who was hysterically criticizing her fans on her purchase, stated in a letter published on her official website that she is “trying to gather my thoughts into something coherent, but at the moment my mind is just a slideshow.
“A flashback sequence of all the time I longed for, wished for, and longed for the opportunity to tell this news.” I tried to find it whenever I could, but it always fell through.
After 20 years of having the carrot dangled and then yanked away, I almost stopped believing it could ever occur. That is all, however, now. Since discovering that this is actually occurring, I’ve been bursting into joy at random intervals. I’m really allowed to say those things.
“All of the music I’ve ever produced now belongs to me.”
