Blackstone's Cringey Taylor Swift-Inspired Music Video Sparks Backlash
Blackstone, the world's largest asset manager, is facing criticism for a Taylor Swift-inspired holiday video featuring CEO Steve Schwarzman and COO Jon Gray. The nearly six-minute video, which showcases the planning process for "The Alternatives Era" tour, includes references to Swift's concert tour's success and Blackstone's $1 trillion under management. While some social media users found the video cringeworthy and called for a recession, others defended it as a fun and humanizing effort by the firm. The video has disabled comments on YouTube and has garnered mixed reviews.
