After launching Saddest Factory Records in 2020, Phoebe Bridgers has since been forced to drop her label’s name following a “trademark dispute”.
Initially formed as an imprint to Dead Oceans, the label that released her own records, six years in, the songstress must resign the title and release her clients’ music with the only part of Saddest Factory Records remaining logo is a fine line drawing of a skeleton hand holding a normal hand.
Addressing the recent turn of events, a statement on the label’s Instagram page read:
“Due to a trademark dispute around the label’s name, moving forward all SFR releases will come out via Dead Oceans, with our logo sitting alongside the Dead Oceans logo to signify our involvement. Please follow @DeadOceans for updates and news about our community of artists.”
In an interview with Billboard, Bridgers spoke about launching the label amid the COVID-19 pandemic, adding:
“One of my favorite things about this time is that everybody is listening to records faster, making tons of playlists and doing dance parties in their houses,” and explaining that the only real criterion for signing artists is simply do they make her “jealous” of their talent, Phoebe added “If I like it and I listen to it for pleasure, then other people will like it and listen to it for pleasure.” “I don’t think I have any ethos other than, ‘Am I jealous?’”
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Author: Al Dente
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