Interscope Wants $50M From Summer Walker To Get Out Of Her Deal

Summer Walker wants out of her record deal, and Interscope is trying to make that exit cost more than $50 million.

Interscope, owned by Universal Music Group, sued her October 9 and says she owes an EP plus two more studio albums. Rolling Stone says the suit seeks lost profits from songs the label claims Walker still owes under their deal.

Walker signed with LVRN and Interscope in 2017, years before her songs about lost love became hits. She sent notice in August that she would stop working under the deal as of August 27, 2026.

She cites a state law that lets workers quit a work deal after seven years. But California lets record labels seek money for undelivered recordings, with a 45-day window to bring those claims.

Walker wants to fight those claims and file her own suit, her lawyer Keith Moten told Rolling Stone.

“We intend to vigorously defend against Interscope’s claims and pursue appropriate legal relief,” Moten told Rolling Stone.

The label says her deal calls for five albums, so the three she has put out leave two more to go.

Her studio releases include Over It (2019), Still Over It (2021), and Finally Over It (2025). Still Over It reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while the other two albums each peaked at No. 2.

Walker also put out Last Day of Summer in 2018 and CLEAR in 2019, but Interscope says neither counts toward those five albums. She also released the EPs Life on Earth in 2020 and CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE three years later.

Walker spoke up in 2021 after leaked deal terms led to claims the label hadn’t treated her well.

“What that article said is not my current record deal. Over the years my deal has changed many times,” she wrote on Instagram.

Interscope says it sued to beat the deadline, though both sides are still in talks to work things out.

“We have great respect for Summer and her music and would welcome the opportunity to continue our successful partnership,” its spokesperson told Billboard.