Taylor Swift engagement - puzzled

Settling for someone that’s not her usual type for the sake of marriage and babies.

I think it is actually very difficult to have a genuine relationship when you are a billionaire starlet. Even loved ones can start to see you as a product - which is why their relationships often don’t last very long. It is actually very sad. I am reminded of Marilyn Monroe who said that men went to bed with Marilyn and woke up with Norma Jean.

I wish them both every happiness.

I think it is actually very difficult to have a genuine relationship when you are a billionaire starlet. Even loved ones can start to see you as a product - which is why their relationships often don’t last very long. It is actually very sad. I am reminded of Marilyn Monroe who said that men went to bed with Marilyn and woke up with Norma Jean.

I wish them both every happiness.

I agree with all this.

And I like Taylor (I'm a fan) and believe that this relationship is genuine and they really love eachother. That said there will still be an element of manipulation of the press and well timed delivery to maximise the impact of any announcements etc. They will have a whole team around them timetabling everything I'm sure.

'Settling'? What about a physically fit, physically attractive bloke who loves her and is a millionaire in his own right is 'settling'?

I get the impression she’s settling.

I’m staggered that anyone could be so lacking in intelligence, they could accuse her of using AI. She’s hardly a recent addition to the pop world. Honestly 😂 Again, it’s always people who have not actually listened to her music- especially her lyrics- who make nasty comments about her song-writing ability.

What the fuck? You do know Taylor has been around for about 20 odd years now and has been writing songs since she was a teen before AI was even a twinkle in a billionaire’s eye. Speaking of billionaires, she is one.

He’s also worth millions. Might only be 2/3% of Taylor’s worth but he’s not going to struggle for money in his lifetime.

You can be as bitchy as you like, doesn’t change the fact she’s gorgeous, talented and super rich.

Publicity. They only have a short time in the public eye. Particularly him and AI can only write so many songs before anyone realises!

She doesn’t need the publicity to
make her album a success. She has 282 million followers on Instagram. She could release an album of her singing nursery rhymes and it would sell massively.

I agree.

Although she was a bridesmaid at Lena Dunham’s wedding, so I do think they were/are actual proper friends, rather than just scouting round for the nearest non-model she could find. “You are in Love” is about Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff.

@LouisaJG LouisaJG...

Darling...your very first sentence says it all. Let's grow up and move on from fantasy talk about the starlets, shall we? We are much bigger than this low stoop you seem to have taken. Moving right along...

I'm not a fan, but I'm also not not a fan - very interested in the phenomenon!

The one thing I'd say I ever disliked about Taylor was the "girl gang" time, when she surrounded herself with thin, perfect, blond, famous models, and when people pointed out this, she added Lena Dunham.

The PR work on that was shite.

I'm not a fan, but I'm also not not a fan - very interested in the phenomenon!

The one thing I'd say I ever disliked about Taylor was the "girl gang" time, when she surrounded herself with thin, perfect, blond, famous models, and when people pointed out this, she added Lena Dunham.

The PR work on that was shite.

I agree with all this.

And I like Taylor (I'm a fan) and believe that this relationship is genuine and they really love eachother. That said there will still be an element of manipulation of the press and well timed delivery to maximise the impact of any announcements etc. They will have a whole team around them timetabling everything I'm sure.

Yeah but my point is the falling seriously and long-term in love with someone who is the polar opposite of everyone you have dated in the past. That isn’t something I’ve experienced, and it’s not something I’ve witnessed often with friends, I can think of maybe one example max in my personal circle. It’s strange to me.

I mentioned PR before, and I think it's quite possibly a blend of the two. Some showmances, but also real relationships leveraged for PR.

Two things I think are quite telling are that:

1. Re: Tom Hiddlestone - there was some PR pushback from her about the public show being not for her/she preferred privacy and Tom was pushing it in the spotlight. But a contradictory message about Joe Alwyn being "too private", and now Kelce is public and that's good again.
2. Calvin Harris tweeted about her wanting to "bury Katy" (Perry). I'd wager that she's very ambitious and yes, strategically worked towards this demigoddess status.

This is not to say that she isn't a credible artist with great talent who has been in and is in a genuine relationship.

It's merely pointing out that you simply don't turn into a billion dollar pop juggernaut without very careful PR management. She's done a great job. But it that's not mutually exclusive with having carefully presented her personal life. And it clearly works really well because a lot of people think they personally know her based on the exact narrative she's presented.

The previous flings (not Joe I don't think) were probably PR arrangements/contract type things to raise the profile of both parties at exactly the right time.

I’m in my 30s and so unreasonable to be posting/caring about this on every level. BUT. I didn’t see a post. So…

AIBU to be puzzled that the man Taylor Swift has finally decided to settle down with is so different to the type she has seemed to date pretty consistently through her 20s and 30s up to then? She seemed so keen on soft, arty, mainly British boys - and now she’s gone for the direct opposite. Is it because her previous long relationship with a soft, arty British boy (Joe Alwyn) didn’t go the distance and so she decided she really needed to change her type if she wanted marriage and kids? Is it a fairly cynical marketing reaction to the current political situation in the States (no idea if TK is actually a Republican but he looks like someone who could appeal to Republicans, very much unlike Joe Alwyn)? Is it just a return to her American, country roots? What gives? I’m her age and I just can’t imagine my tastes changing as dramatically as that.

We used to like the same type of man, and now I feel like I don’t know her any more (I know, I know, I know) 🤣

And she announced the name of her new album