933
Far-right hosts are blaming the GOP's big election losses on Taylor Swift (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
221 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 168 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Smart cookie undersells it dramatically. Taylor Swift is a marketing and possibly a financial genius who has locked herself into the collective consciousness of the country. I used to try to not listen to her music at all, but my daughter and wife absolutely love her, so it's all I get to listen to around them. She's had virtually 0 truly bad press surrounding her. You don't have to like her music, but you have to respect her ability to sell her image and music.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 12 child comments
    •
  • [–] 94 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If nothing else, she is an incredible business woman.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago

    She is also an extremely talented musician and entertainer. I am not even a fan, just acknowledging that she has put out solidly constructed music and tours for well over a decade and is clearly far more than just a fad.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    You don't have to like her music, but you have to respect her ability to sell her image and music.

    Actually this is a point of conflict for some of her fans. Some of my friends are swifties and they hate consumerism and high concert prices and collectibles and marketing that incentivize FOMO to spend more money. They jokingly call her their capitalist queen.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I completely agree except for one small thing:

    She's had virtually 0 truly bad press surrounding her.

    I'd say her dating a scumbag (the singer from The 1975) generated a fair bit of bad press. But it was usually fans yelling "DUMP THAT SHITHEAD"

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    She probably got that from her parents. They made the smart move to buy a farm and legitimize her country status. And I bet it was the parents idea to do country first and than transition to pop. The country genre was an easier market to break into at the time since country fans, back when she was an unknown, were still buying CDs at Walmart and such. So these store would put a larger selection of country music on the shelves than any other genre. Meaning a smaller country artist would get shelve space.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [+] -5 points 2 years ago (1 child)
    [deleted]
  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The biggest lie you've been told in music is that American folk/country music is a southern thing. It's not and never has been. Just another thing the narcissistic South stole from the rest of the country.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    She’s had virtually 0 truly bad press surrounding her

    Eh, she literally had an album titled reputation because hers was not so great at the time. This was when people were calling her a snake with the whole Kanye thing.

    So, virtually 0 bad press that actually matters, yeah. Good point.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent