Am I the only person that doesn't like Taylor Swift?

Same here. I have nothing against her and I admire her success. I'm a teacher with a tutor group of 12 and 13yo girls, including lots of Swifties. I thought there must be something about her music to make them love it so much, so I had a good listen. Nope. It's just pleasant, very generic pop. Neither the lyrics nor the tunes stand out at all for me.

I actually think Madonna was much more varied and so was Kylie once she found her own style.

51 in a few weeks. No DDs either, fwiw.

Not sure I've ever heard any of her stuff (I am totally un-interested in music).

One of Ed Sheeran's songs was the nr one first wedding dance song for years (Perfect (?)). I hear some modern songs a lot at weddings.

Although I'm not a fan of Swift or Sheeran. But I'm not their audience.

I would have said "not like the other girls" is central to Taylor Swift' own branding of herself. That's how it comes across.

I can't even guess what this might have to do with being working class, but I am intrigued.

I’m 45 😂

@BeaRF75 contrary to what the OP has said, I don't think Taylor has ever been catering to child or teeny bopper audiences, always fairly mainstream pop and radio.

If you are 40 her debut album and single came out when you were 22, and her break-through UK hit of Love Story when you were 25, so if would surprise me if you hadn't heard anything of her as you would have to have had your finger off the pulse of popular music from a pretty young age.

I'm 46 and I love her. Lol

It's interesting though that she's a powerful woman and for some reason she gets targeted.

I never see people say this about Harry Styles or Justin Bieber.

Or even Drake who is the top male artist in Spotify

It's not that I don't like her, but I don't think I've ever heard any of her songs! I certainly couldn't name any. She is reaching a certain demographic, but surely any of us over 40 won't have a clue?

So what? Does it matter? I think Beyonce, Rihanna, and Madonna ridiculously overrated - that's my opinion. FFS. I could not name 3 Taylor Swift songs - so what?!!!

Oh god, yonks ago! - I think it might've been 2011??
It was at o2 in London, Danger Days tour! :)

You can have you opinion sure.

But your musical opinion doesn't negate the woman has 14 Grammys and is the number one artist streamed on Spotify.

No one has to like her. It's just silly to act like she won't stand the test of time when her music already is. Her first album is almost 20 years old and still played on the radio.

I don't like the Beatles but recognize they clearly have talent. They were a cultural phenomenon.
Just because I don't get it, doesn't mean they don't have talent.

I must live in a bubble because although I have heard of her when mentioned on bbc news app I have never heard any of her music.
Is she really worth all the worship she appears to receive?

this is what i mean

It's not that it's internalised misogyny to dislike Taylor Swift, and I don't think anyone has said that. It's the 'am I the only one who doesn't like Taylor Swift' attitude, which has a whiff of the not like other girls attitude. Outside of Taylor Swift, things which are popular with women and girls but not men and boys are bashed in popular media and seen as vapid and less important: romance novels, fashion, pop music, makeup etc. No-one has to like any music artist they don't like. But when it thread like this about women's (and working class) interests happens over and over it starts to feel like a pattern and it's not pleasant.

@SquashPenguin you're "going out of your way" by posting on a thread about Taylor Swift and saying you dislike her. There's a lot of music acts, including K Pop that I just don't have an opinion on. I don't like them, I don't dislike them, I just don't care. My point was that Taylor seems to have a lot of people who feel the need to say they actively dislike her. And that's weird to me.

I’m just completely indifferent to her, no like or dislike from me. The radio stations I listen to don’t really play her music so I don’t ever listen to her stuff.

I can dislike Taylor Swift without going out of my way. Her music and style is boring to me. I take no interest in her relationships so I can’t comment on that.

If you think she gets it bad, you want to have a look at the KPop industry. That is unhinged.

Does it matter what will and will not be played in 50 years time? None of us can know that. Most art today will likely not be around in 50 years regardless of quality as most generations prefer contemporaneous things. I'm sure some crap will survive and some brilliant things will be forgotten as it ever was. I'm a Taylor Swift fan, and I couldn't care less what her legacy is. I just like her music today and so I listen to it. Maybe I'll still be a fan and maybe she'll still be culturally relevant in 50 years. Maybe not, but I'll figure that out when I'm there.

I liked Shake It Off. Think she comes across a bit waspish/cold

You are not permitted to say you don't like Taylor Swift. Her fans swoop in and tell it's internalised misogyny and that you just haven't listened PROPERLY. Then some disembodied lyrics will be quoted at you in the hope that you will magically change your opinion of her. Taylor Swift's fans are very, very defensive. I have never in my life felt the need to justify my taste in music to anyone. Some of the artists I like have been criticised on here. But I couldn't care any less if I tried.

Nope, boring as fucking sin.

Im a metalhead and I still have soft spots for Britney and Nsync from my childhood but TS is just so bland in my opinion 🥱

I don't think I know any of her music. I don't pay much attention to 21st century music; occasionally I hear something I like on the radio but mostly I stay in the 70s, 80s and 90s.

I agree with this. Sometimes people ask me why I don't listen to ABBA, the Beatles etc. I have tried but I just don't have that personal connection to it because I didn't grow up with that music.

I grew up with 90s pop (d'oh!) and that's what's 'classic' to me 😂