Ian Carroll

But over and over, you know, artists throughout this his career have left him and said that he's great until he doesn't need you anymore and then you're discarded. And he had lost all of his artists, including like Ariana Grande, for example, the Taylor Swift drama. And Justin was like his last big name.

But over and over, you know, artists throughout this his career have left him and said that he's great until he doesn't need you anymore and then you're discarded. And he had lost all of his artists, including like Ariana Grande, for example, the Taylor Swift drama. And Justin was like his last big name.

And he sold his whole business, Ethical Holdings, to Hive, which is the K-pop company, which is very like the Korean mafia of music. And I'm pretty sure that was in 2021. That predates this kind of Justice World Tour fiasco where Justin's face was paralyzed and Justin, you know. incurred all this debt.

And he sold his whole business, Ethical Holdings, to Hive, which is the K-pop company, which is very like the Korean mafia of music. And I'm pretty sure that was in 2021. That predates this kind of Justice World Tour fiasco where Justin's face was paralyzed and Justin, you know. incurred all this debt.

And he sold his whole business, Ethical Holdings, to Hive, which is the K-pop company, which is very like the Korean mafia of music. And I'm pretty sure that was in 2021. That predates this kind of Justice World Tour fiasco where Justin's face was paralyzed and Justin, you know. incurred all this debt.

So it kind of feels from my perspective that I'm assuming that Scooter kind of saw the writing on the wall and was trying to move out of this position of managing talent because no more talent was with him and into this executive role. And he managed that and he sold what he had for a billion dollars to Hybe.

So it kind of feels from my perspective that I'm assuming that Scooter kind of saw the writing on the wall and was trying to move out of this position of managing talent because no more talent was with him and into this executive role. And he managed that and he sold what he had for a billion dollars to Hybe.

So it kind of feels from my perspective that I'm assuming that Scooter kind of saw the writing on the wall and was trying to move out of this position of managing talent because no more talent was with him and into this executive role. And he managed that and he sold what he had for a billion dollars to Hybe.

And this company, Ithaca Holdings, was like making less than $200 million a year in revenue, I believe. So it's like they're selling it at this crazy high valuation. And presumably that's because it includes the future perpetual rights to Justin Bieber and his brand.

And this company, Ithaca Holdings, was like making less than $200 million a year in revenue, I believe. So it's like they're selling it at this crazy high valuation. And presumably that's because it includes the future perpetual rights to Justin Bieber and his brand.

And this company, Ithaca Holdings, was like making less than $200 million a year in revenue, I believe. So it's like they're selling it at this crazy high valuation. And presumably that's because it includes the future perpetual rights to Justin Bieber and his brand.

And so, yeah, so this Hybe sale, this Hybe deal is critical because it happens before the Justice World Tour. Justin then goes on this crazy more than a year long world tour where he happens to get COVID at the start of it. And then he happens to get an injury that looks an awful lot like a vaccine injury.

And so, yeah, so this Hybe sale, this Hybe deal is critical because it happens before the Justice World Tour. Justin then goes on this crazy more than a year long world tour where he happens to get COVID at the start of it. And then he happens to get an injury that looks an awful lot like a vaccine injury.

And so, yeah, so this Hybe sale, this Hybe deal is critical because it happens before the Justice World Tour. Justin then goes on this crazy more than a year long world tour where he happens to get COVID at the start of it. And then he happens to get an injury that looks an awful lot like a vaccine injury.

Exactly. And he winds up with half his face paralyzed, can't continue. Um, and so I'm, I'm not super clear on all the specifics cause I don't have any like files or anything. It was just what I was told about the situation. But, um, apparently the tour was booked out on advances, which is not uncommon for the industry as far as I'm aware, but it was such a big tour.

Exactly. And he winds up with half his face paralyzed, can't continue. Um, and so I'm, I'm not super clear on all the specifics cause I don't have any like files or anything. It was just what I was told about the situation. But, um, apparently the tour was booked out on advances, which is not uncommon for the industry as far as I'm aware, but it was such a big tour.

Exactly. And he winds up with half his face paralyzed, can't continue. Um, and so I'm, I'm not super clear on all the specifics cause I don't have any like files or anything. It was just what I was told about the situation. But, um, apparently the tour was booked out on advances, which is not uncommon for the industry as far as I'm aware, but it was such a big tour.

We're talking hundreds of millions, at least tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of dollars advanced. And so when he's partway through this tour and then can't continue, suddenly there's a And obviously then Justin goes to his management and is like, so we have insurance, right? This is no problem. We have insurance for this kind of a thing.

We're talking hundreds of millions, at least tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of dollars advanced. And so when he's partway through this tour and then can't continue, suddenly there's a And obviously then Justin goes to his management and is like, so we have insurance, right? This is no problem. We have insurance for this kind of a thing.

We're talking hundreds of millions, at least tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of dollars advanced. And so when he's partway through this tour and then can't continue, suddenly there's a And obviously then Justin goes to his management and is like, so we have insurance, right? This is no problem. We have insurance for this kind of a thing.