Taylor Swift Explains Why Her Music Won't Be On Apple Music

Just days after she announced her latest album 1989 will not be available on the upcoming music streaming service Apple Music, US pop star Taylor Swift has penned an open letter directed at the tech-giants to explain her decision. 

Taking to a Tumblr post with the headline, "To Apple, Love Taylor" the 25-year-old songwriter revealed that Apple's decision to not pay rights holders of music for the first three months of every user's subscriptions was the catalyst for her decision. 

"I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company," Swift wrote. 

"This is not about me...This is about the new artist or band that has just released their first single and will not be paid for its success. This is about the young songwriter who just got his or her first cut and thought that the royalties from that would get them out of debt."

"This is about the producer who works tirelessly to innovate and create, just like the innovators and creators at Apple are pioneering in their field…but will not get paid for a quarter of a year’s worth of plays on his or her songs."

The Grammy-winning artist maintains that she is a vocal supporter of Apple and believes that the new service can do good things, but she cannot support this particular decision: "Three months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing."

Swift concluded the post by urging Apple to change the policy before its launch on Jun 30. 

"We don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation."

Swift isn't the only music figure to express her views on Apple Music and the controversial free three month policy in recent times. 

Just last week the Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) slammed Apple Music for the very same reasons.

UPDATE: Within the last hour, Apple have seemingly changed the three month policy in response to Swift's letter, by saying they will pay their artists during the customer's free trial. 

Apple media boss Eddy Cue addressed the issue on his Twitter account, writing: "#AppleMusic will pay artist streaming, even during customer's free trial period. "

An official statement is yet to be made by Apple. 

Look at the full set of tweets from Cue below.