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

Oh, here we go again!!

I often find lyrics look naff in isolation, but here are a handful

And now that I'm grown, I'm scared of ghosts / Memories feel like weapons / And now that I know, I wish you'd left me wondering

You made a rebel of a careless mans careful daughter

So I'll watch your life in pictures like I used to watch you sleep / And I feel you forget me like I used to feel you breathe / And I'll keep up with our old friends just to ask them how you are / Hope it's nice where you are / And I hope the sun shines and it's a beautiful day / And something reminds you, you wish you had stayed / You can plan for a change in the weather and time / But I never planned on you changing your mind

And you come away with a great little story / Of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you

Give you the silence that only comes when two people understand each other / family that I chose, now that I see your brother as my brother / is it enough?

And you wanna scream / Don't call me "kid" don't call me "baby" / Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me / You showed me colors you know I can't see with anyone else/ Don't call me "kid" don't call me "baby" / Look at this idiotic fool that you made me / You taught me a secret language I can't speak with anyone else / And you know damn well / For you, I would ruin myself / a million little times

And you call me up again just to break me like a promise / So casually cruel in the name of being honest

Not particularly proving your point at all imo, I didn't slag her off either?

I'm well aware that they're long term friends and have collaborated previously - I've seen video upon video on YouTube when friends have previously tried to get me into TS.

That doesn't change the fact that I absolutely do not like TS's music. I don't hate her as a person, but her genre and style just isn't for me?
The same way I hate modern Paramore and only really enjoy Hayley's older albums lol.
Sorry my music tastes offend you though I guess :S

Any particular songs?

no i dont get it-the absolute fawning over some new album- omg i ant breathe an omg my life has change are some thinmgs ive read just today

a couple of songs are ok but no way in 50 years are people going to be playing them as classics

Not

Will have a listen/look :)

No my scene more of a metal head

@exomoon There's little point in posting random lyrics because out of context they almost always look daft.

However if you are 'genuinely interested' then the Folklore and Evemore albums are probably a good place to start.

@exomoon I direct people to All Too Well. Not the ten minute version, but the original shorter one: that's a masterpiece of song writing and still (I think) her best song. Lyrically it's very good. And a thoughtful reflection on a short relationship gone wrong when you're young.

This is the first TS thread I’ve clicked on (except the one about scam tickets the other day), and I’m finding very similar language to the Meghan & Harry threads. That’s interesting to me, as I’ve never understood some posters’ strength of feeling on either side re that couple. Such strong feelings re TS here. Ascerbic in their disdain and defensiveness, aggressively assertive. Same MO as those who defend Meghan. I wonder if this strongly felt tribalism is a thing? Was Beatlemania like this? Or Diana-fever? I’m not old enough to know re the former, but I get the impression it wasn’t as sharp-edged? I am old enough to know re the latter and I don’t remember it being vicious. Maybe I’m wrong.

Wouldn't know it if I heard it. But as my tastes mainly run to rock, metal, alternative, 6 music and classical, I suppose I wouldn't.

Whatever floats your boat.

What are some deep lyrics of hers than? Genuinely interested.

Sigh. There is nothing cool or superior about liking or not liking a particular artist. Music is art, and people like different things. I know that Bob Dylan is - objectively - very very good, but it's just not my thing. On the other hand, among a very diverse set of musical tastes (in my fifties, been going to gigs since I was 15, favourite band is The Cure and I'm currently listening to a lot of Olivia Rodrigo), Taylor Swift definitely has a place on my regular music playlists.

She's not the greatest musician ever to walk the earth but she tells a good story, with an ear for a great tune and has a distinctive style while also working through a very large range of genres (if you think Fortnight sounds like Love Story or Shake It Off sounds like Exile you aren't listening). Anyone who says "it's boring and samey" isn't paying attention. I defy anyone who enjoys music not to find something in her back catalogue that works for them.

This album is not for kids, though. It's deeply messy, very funny and all over the place musically and emotionally. I actually think it's very good but Red is my favourite Taylor album and this is giving me a similar chaotic vibe.

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

You must be living under a rock if you really believed this. The hate directed her way is quite substantial.

Why is not liking something/ someone a badge of honour some.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V80A8qN4fR8

Castles Crumbling - Taylor Swift and Hayley Williams from Paramore...they've been friends for years.

I mean, Paramore are the support for her UK/European tour and have collaborated with her on earlier albums so...

Beautifully proving my point that most people who slag off TS do so from a position of absolute ignorance of what she actually does.

You’re so original and cool for not liking Taylor Swift and music from the [enter whatever decade you were listening to in your youth] was way better. Now let’s all slag her off…

We get it. 🙄

Bit bewildered by the hype but seeing some girls/young women on the news last night after the album was released, sobbing and carrying on like a 2 bob watch it's obvious who the fan base are. And if a male artist wrote similar songs about ex lovers he'd be described as vile and misogynistic.

I wasn't going to comment on this thread but this is so hilariously batshit 😂😂😂

Are you suggesting Taylor Swift is a transwoman @DrJoanAllenby?

Anyway, moving on. 50-year-old ex-goth here, mostly listen to obscure 80s new wave, art-rock and post-punk, and I think anyone who says Taylor Swift makes bland music for children really just isn't listening hard enough.

This isn’t just Taylor Swift for me, I find people having these intense feelings for anyone outside their close family a bit odd and fawning over a celebrity downright weird.

I mean, I don’t hate her music and may even sing along to it in the car, but pay several hundred pounds to go and see it live? Not in a million years.

Hate it, but I'm more a Paramore, Panic at the disco fan anyway! So ofc I'd hate it haha 😂

Managing to compare TS to transgender women is quite the stretch! 😂 And satanic stage performances?! Peak Mumsnet.

I love her!

Back in ‘my day’ (god!) it was Kylie or Madonna. Same thing- great at pivoting and making music and being prolific

Me too!! Cannot stand her music, I generally hate bland generic pop music (which is how I would describe it before I am corrected!!) but this song… urgh!!

That song was also constantly on the radio at work along with the equally awful Miley Cyrus shudder with her buying roses and writing her name in the sand, and Shania Twain giddying up. I was literally filled with rage and dreaming of taking a sledgehammer to the radio for months 😖

However I think Taylor comes across quite nice and isn’t irritating like a lot of other pop artists. I don’t dislike her just her music.