{"id":83318,"date":"2025-07-27T09:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T09:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=83318"},"modified":"2025-07-27T09:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T09:06:05","slug":"taylor-swift-charges-5-figures-for-a-minute-of-song-usage-according-to-this-comedian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=83318","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Charges 5 Figures For A Minute of Song Usage, According to This Comedian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Taylor Swift\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0music doesn\u2019t come cheap, and comedian\u00a0<strong>Marc Maron<\/strong>\u00a0learned that first hand.<\/p>\n<p>On the Thursday, July 24 episode of\u00a0<em>Vulture\u2019s Good One<\/em>\u00a0podcast, Maron revealed that the price to license just a minute of Swift\u2019s track \u201cBigger Than the Whole Sky\u201d for one of his comedy shows was a steep price. \u201dI think it came out to $50K [or] around that,\u201d Maron, 61, said. \u201cI did everything I could to get the joke in front of her.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"JLpBUzCPKzA\" title=\"Marc Maron on WTF's Final Episode and Comedy Politics | Good One Podcast\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JLpBUzCPKzA?enablejsapi=1\" width=\"598\" height=\"336\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-14=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>The song appeared in Maron\u2019s live shows after he worked with Swift\u2019s collaborator,\u00a0<strong>Jack Antonoff<\/strong>, to secure the rights.<\/p>\n<p>Maron shared that he had a personal connection to the song, which drove him to include it in his set. \u201cIt had to happen,\u201d he explained. While he didn\u2019t know if Swift herself ever heard the bit, he was determined to make it work. \u201cThe real fear is, like, [if] she doesn\u2019t let you use it, and then what do you do? You can\u2019t do the bit on the special. That\u2019s why I was, like, [manifesting] \u2018I think she\u2019ll like the bit.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After reaching out to Antonoff, Maron learned that securing the track involved navigating the proper licensing channels. The cost, however, was only for a brief moment of the song: \u201cIf I would have gone over the minute, it would have been more money,\u201d Maron said. The bit ended up being under a minute long, allowing Maron to avoid paying additional fees. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t even let it, like, play out the special or anything,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Maron also discussed his emotional connection to the song, sharing how it deeply moved him. \u201cIt got me, man,\u201d he said, recalling how the song\u2019s themes of grief and loss resonated with him. Maron also revealed a surreal moment during a hike where the track made him feel a rush of emotions, leading to a near-fainting incident.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the hefty fee, Maron was happy to have secured the song. \u201cPeople love Taylor Swift [and] grown-ups, too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s\u00a0music doesn\u2019t come cheap, and comedian\u00a0Marc Maron\u00a0learned that first hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":83319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taylor-swifts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Taylor Swift Charges 5 Figures For A Minute of Song Usage, According to This Comedian - 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