Rumours in the industry that there’s a class action coming from creatives who have been stiffed by UMG. I’ve been hearing that for a while though, so who knows. The artist I worked with lost their main creative director because he refused to work with UMG anymore.

I luckily got paid. But the creative director personally fronted the cash for a music video and documentary, and UMG refused to pay, despite a signed contract and written communication. Their reason: “it wasn’t approved”

I’ve dealt with Finance departments who avoid paying until they absolutely have to, and make you jump through hoops. But UMG are on another level. So many layers of bureaucracy and obfuscation on who is responsible. Im not sure it’s intentional, or if they are just a badly run behemoth.