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“If the labels don’t start taking care of songwriters, there won’t be any anymore... I’m very, very scared for this next generation of writers”: Justin Tranter fires warning shot over the plight of songwriters

Justin Tranter at the 66th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony.

Justin Tranter, songwriter for Chappell Roan, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and many others, has warned that the music industry is facing a looming songwriting crisis. In short, unless songwriters get a better deal, they may be a thing of the past.

Tranter has given an in-depth interview with the Hollywood Reporter in which he discusses these issues, as well as his career, which has seen his songs break the 70 billion stream mark. Not that he earns much from streaming alone, he says.

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