United Kingdom, July 28 -- Marc Maron paid $50,000 to use just one minute of a Taylor Swift song in his stand-up special.

The 61-year-old comic felt he needed Bigger Than the Whole Sky - a bonus track on the 3am edition of Taylor's 2022 album Midnights - for a pivotal moment in his HBO show Marc Maron: Panicked, so he got in touch with mutual friend Jack Antonoff for help in licensing the track, and while his pal was able to offer advice on going through official channels, he couldn't obtain him a discount on the fee.

Speaking on Vulture's Good One podcast, Marc said: "I know Jack Antonoff enough to text him - and he's the co-writer on that song.

"I said, 'I don't know what's proper or how to do this, but we're running out of money on ...