Taylor Swift admitted being terrified of Apple after she posted an open letter regarding the company's three-month trial on iMusic. The American singer-songwriter said she "was struck with overwhelming sense of fear" following the controversial open letter.
"Absolute terror hit," the 26-year-old country singer told Apple's Beats 1 during a one-on-one interview with DJ Zane Lowe on Dec 14, Monday.
According to Tech Insider, Swift's letter criticized Apple for not reimbursing artists like herself during the free trial period. This made the headlines and changed Apple's bosses' decisions in a matter of hours.
Before the tech titan responded to her letter, Swift was apprehensive that the company would go as far as hacking her phone.
"I was struck by this overwhelming sense of fear. Are they gonna turn my phone off? Are they gonna turn the video camera on? Are they watching me right now? Am I gonna wake up tomorrow and all my music is off of iTunes?" she told Lowe in a 31 minute interview.
Although none of her fears happened, it was interesting to know that one of the most influential singer in the world was scared of the world's most valuable company. In her letter published last June 21, she expressed that Apple was "shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company."
"Three months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing. I say this with love, reverence, and admiration for everything else Apple has done. I hope that soon I can join them in the progression towards a streaming model that seems fair to those who create this music. I think this could be the platform that gets it right," she continued.
Apple then gave an ultimatum that music owners will be paid 71.5% of Apple Music's subscription revenue after the trial period.
Swift's 1989 tour documentary will be premiering later this month exclusively on Apple Music.
