Marc Maron paid a fairly penny to use certainly one of Taylor Swift‘s songs!

In a brand new interview, the 61-year-old comic and actor revealed how a lot he paid to embody the 35-year-old Grammy winner’s track “Greater Than the Entire Sky” in his upcoming HBO comedy particular Marc Maron: Panicked.

Preserve studying to discover out extra…“I do know Jack Antonoff sufficient to textual content him — and he’s the co-writer on that track,” Marc defined on the July 25 episode of Vulture’s Good One podcast. “I mentioned, ‘I don’t know what’s correct or how to do that, however we’re working out of cash on this factor. It’s in all probability going to come out of my pocket. Is there something you are able to do about this track or speak to Taylor?’”

Jack urged that Marc attain out to Taylor by official music licensing channels, which labored out and he ended up pay $50,000 to use a minute of the track.

“It was doable,” Marc mentioned. “I might have gone over the minute, [but] it could have been more cash.”

Marc emphasised that he actually wanted to get approval to use Taylor‘s “Greater Than the Entire Sky” in his particular.

“It had to occur. The actual concern [was], like, [if] she doesn’t allow you to use it, after which what do you do? You possibly can’t do the bit on the particular,” Marc mentioned, however didn’t reveal what the “bit” is.

Final month, Elisabeth Moss reveals how she obtained Taylor to debut “Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Model)” in The Handmaid’s Story.

Marc Maron: Panicked is ready to premiere on HBO on Friday, August 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and also will be out there to stream on HBO Max.