Marc Maron knew he really had to have Taylor Swift's 'Bigger Than the Whole Sky' for his upcoming comedy special, there was just one problem: He couldn't afford the full song.

Maron made the deal with Swift’s intermediaries after the song’s co-producer, Jack Antonoff, encouraged him to try “proper” channels to reach the pop star before he’d help. But he “never heard back from him,” Maron said.