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

I didn't think much of her until we went on a road trip last month and my DDs made me listen to her back catalogue ad nauseam. There is certainly a TS sound, but within that there is a ton of musical diversity and she is an excellent lyricist. I'm now a fan!

Swifties are crazy though, and she is certainly overhyped at the moment.

Agreed. Tedious beyond belief. And I too am not a fan.

No idea who she is, what she sings and couldn't care less !

All her songs sound really similar. I find her very blah and don’t get the hype whatsoever. £500 for a concert ticket? 😳

But her songs DID all sound the same. She did a couple of memorable ones, Spinning Around, Can't Get you out of my head. Can't think of any others between Locomotion and the one she did with Jason Donovan, and the Padum one or whatever it was called.

Yes, and so do Taylor Swift's. I was a Kylie fan too like pp and I didn't think they all sounded the same then. It's personal taste.

I do think Taylor is a good role model for girls though, just not sold on the music.

So music falls into two categories, groundbreaking or crap?

It’s not my usual taste, I don’t seek her out to listen to, but will happily sing along if she’s on the radio. I grew up loving the Spice Girls, Boyzone, S Club 7, none of whom I would like if they came out now. It’s the pop music of our time.
As pop music goes, I dislike TS much less than many other current artists. Most of all I find this kind of talk extremely dull. We all like different things. I don’t like bananas but don’t feel a burning desire to talk about it and find out if people agree with me on that.

I know what you mean. I know people are sarcastically saying “no you’re the only person in the world who doesn’t like her” but it just feels like she’s SO big and SO popular that to not like her is the minority. I don’t know anyone in real life who doesn’t like her. I don’t get it either.. I don’t understand the massive hype. Her songs are very bland and samey and the lyrics are cringe. We all understand that different people like different things and have different music tastes, but she’s basically dominating the music industry and it’s a bit baffling as to why. Her fan base is enormous so she could release absolutely anything at this point and it will be praised

It's an age thing. I think I had the best teenage/student years in the 80s and 90s and feel sorry that kids today don't have anything like as enjoyable an experience. eg a "proper" affordable nightlife, such as going to clubs, diverse venues for all tastes, weekly if you wanted. Grassroots music venues for new bands starting out where you could see them for a couple of quid. Sometimes I'd be out 2 or 3 times in a week.

Whereas now young people seem to save up for a very expensive huge event like a Taylor Swift arena concert and build it all up into something massive?

I remember when I was young when my older relatives used to discuss the fun times they had when music was "better", that they had more fun at "dance halls" and liked being asked formally for a dance or a date, and to be "walked home" etc etc, which sounded very old fashioned to me at a time when I was bouncing around in mosh pits in rock clubs and snogging the faces of randoms.

But I bet what I did in my youth seems equally as old fashioned to the youth of today. Times move on. I think our tastes get stuck in those of our formative years, that's all.

🤣 come on.

I think it's a good example of its genre. It's catchy pop music.

I don't think she's a musical genius or anything but she's decent at what she does.

I think her rabid fans are fucking nuts though.

I don't mean normal people who like her. I mean the batcrap crazy death threat issuing lunatics.

She's catchy and sing along to but my issue is that she just disses all her ex boyfriends. We all know people like this irl. Either people we know or Z listers running to the tabloids. Always bleating about how crap their ex was. Blaming them for everything. Telling everyone everything wrong with them. How toxic they were. How narcissistic etc. it's always their fault. We generally don't like these people. Yet somehow people think Swift is great for doing just this.

No I don't. But I also don't question why not everyone likes Cradle of Filth 🤷🏼‍♀️

Her music is, as PPs have said, meh, insofar as I've heard much of it, but TS as a teen idol seems to be not a bad sort at all, her public image seems to be OK, no major scandals, she sticks up for herself, she writes popular songs which are not just about boys, and she's a very successful businesswoman. I'll settle for that, in role models for girls these days.

Who's Taylor Swift?

But her songs DID all sound the same. She did a couple of memorable ones, Spinning Around, Can't Get you out of my head. Can't think of any others between Locomotion and the one she did with Jason Donovan, and the Padum one or whatever it was called.

Taylor Swift makes me realise what my Dad and uncles were on about back when I was a Kylie Minogue fan and they said all her songs sounded the same. I used to think they must be going a bit deaf. Now I get it.

Yeah, their music is so bland and forgettable. Ariana Grande's especially, and what a squeaky voice she has.

But then maybe I'm getting old. I was watching old TOTPs from the 80s and 90s last night and thinking to myself "Aaah, back when music was actually interesting and memorable." I could still remember the lyrics and sing along and I was wondering if a teenager now would remember all the words to current popular songs when they're 50.

I've stopped listening to my local radio station now cos they only play current pop hits. I used to have it on when my kids were little so they could stay up to date with it for parties etc but it's all just so formulaic, bland and boring. Throwaway pop. And they take themselves too seriously.

I don't get it either!

Did you not learn as a young child the difference between fact and opinion? It's actually a very easy concept...

See none of this is groundbreaking. It's like you're all brainwashed

No, she's crap. Childish too. Don't get the hype.

Yep, eight billion people on the planet and you're the only one enlightened enough not to like Taylor Swift. What a special snowflake you are.

I don't like her music. Not because I think it's "for children" (I actually like some kpop and loved Little Mix which isn't exactly sophisticated) I just find it dull to my ears. Personal taste and all that but I wouldn't call it music for children.

I'll tell you something right now / I'd rather burn my whole life down / than listen to one more second of all this bitching and moaning…