Musicians Praise Taylor Swift for Standoff with Apple

UNDATED (AP) — Forget those other candidates: Elvis Costello is pushing for Taylor Swift for president. Swift posted an open letter to Apple criticizing its plan not to pay royalties to musicians for the three month trial period of the Apple Music streaming service, and Apple agreed to drop the plan. Costello tweeted a link to the letter with the words, “A word from our future President. Right on. You tell ’em, Girl.” Gene Simmons of Kiss tweeted, “If more artists insisted on being paid for their work, new bands might have a chance.” Jack Antonoff of fun. and of Bleachers tweets, “I’m so proud that the loudest voice in music today is using it to stand up for those who are not heard.”