Taylor Swift

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Please can somebody explain the hype?

I have friends (I am 50) who were seriously sad when they didn't get concert tickets (not in UK) and others who did, who were practically celebrating.

I don't get it. Don't want to ask for fear of looking like a twit.

For context, I have a 16yo DD and she just rolls her eyes and says wouldn't be caught dead at a TS concert. So no help there.

What's with the mean attitude in some responses. Weird. It was just a question.

Something that's been puzzling me. Thought I'd ask... Thanks to the normal responders 🙂

@Motheranddaughter pleased for you getting tickets. We registered in 4 cities and didn't get through for any. Oldest DD was desperate to go (and I would have loved to as well)

She's really good live, been twice before (red and 1989 tours)

Thank you. Exactly what I was trying to say.

I don’t get it either, I mean I don’t dislike her but..meh 🤷🏻‍♀️
Someone once said they imagined she was either the girl at school who was really into horses and a bit geeky or a huge bitch 😬

plus her dating an actual nazi racist and prioritising her convenience over the destruction of our planet and many other things.

I like her, and her music, but let's not pretend she's little miss perfect.

I think it's sweet that she grew up on a Christmas tree farm ! What a lovely childhood to have tbh

I wouldn't recognise anything of hers which probably means she is not as bad as Adele warbling away. The demograph that enjoys her music seems to be teen girls and their mothers of which I am neither

I think in a time where a lot of "role models" are reality tv stars filled with Botox, fillers and never take a photo without a filter (yes I'm looking at you Kardashian's/Love Island etc) it's refreshing to see a natural woman, who has got to where she is through hard work and talent! Someone who sings, writes, and plays the songs but is also smart and principled and is happy to stand up to "the industry" and do what is right. Whether you like her music, her style or not, you have to respect Taylor Swift as a fierce feminist.

She's refreshing for the time.

Brittany Mahones is the wife of a player that plays with Taylor's boyfriend.

When her BIL (brother of said player) was accused of sexual assault she posted on instagram in his defence.

"He is a human just trying to live his life and find his way and until you walk a day in his shoes (which no one ever will) you have no right to say sh-- about him," she continued. Below her initial response, Brittany added, "So it's best to just shut up."

The media are really hyping up the friendship between Taylor and Brittany. No idea if it's all genuine or not, but every single things is used as proof of them being BFF's.

It's just all a bit iffy and concerning. Hopefully just storm in a tea cup , over exaggerated media planted hype.

I didn't think I knew any Taylor Swift songs, but I've realised recently I do, just didn't know they were her.

She has loads of songs, and a lot of them are very catchy, some of them have quite impressively deep lyrics, which I believe she writes herself.

So that's part of it.

But I do feel that the "hype" is a lot to do with the younger generation feeling that they want to be "part of" something. They want something extraordinary to bond and unite them.

I do feel that the generation of young people at the moment are quite like this. They like hyperbole and extremes. They want people pigeonholed into "good" or "bad" and when someone is "good", they worship them.

They use the word "obsessed" a lot to indicate an interest. Being "obsessed" with someobody / something. Being mildly interested isn't enough anymore, everything has to be "extra", as they say.

So I do kind of feel like if it wasn't Taylor, it'd have been someone else.

She is undoubtedly a talented performer....but I think she has been very much right time right place, and people just jump on the bandwagon of being super fans because they want that connection with others.

Exactly this.
She has far more class than a lot of the acts nowadays.
I know sex sells but the overt sexual displays from a lot of 'stars' are off putting and if I had a daughter I would rather her prefer Taylor Swift to a Kardashian or some of the performers who are barely dressed.....Little Mix for example.

I think it’s really unusual to get such a talented, ‘sensible’ woman in the music industry who has successfully navigated all the superficial rubbish. She’s a great business woman and a fantastic song writer. She’s written songs for other stars including the excellent Little Big Town.

So I get all the hype but I think it’s quite sad that she’s possibly cut off a lot of her less affluent fans who can’t afford the sorts of prices the concert tickets were going for!

I do recognize her music and like it a lot more than Adele.

It's Beatles-esque.

Don’t forget her country music background. Country had a massive following in the states.

@ohididntrealise it's always been like this! I remember the utter heartbreak of many teenage girls when Take That broke up. It just didn't seem as all encompassing because there was no social media to follow their every move.

@lavagal that being said, I feel incredibly sorry for her with the whole AI porn thing. So dehumanising and humiliating and I know she's fighting it, and I hope she wins.

Thank you.

I like her and her music. Seems like a decent person and savvy businesswoman.
A good role model some would say.
But totally agree the hype around her just now is ridiculous. Totally taking the focus from her nfl star boyfriend.
But the media is to blame for that, not her.

Beatles-esque is a stretch.

I like Folklore, though. A couple of songs on there have given me a teary moment or two.

No discernible talent and satanic element to her performances.

What?

And again, what?

😂😂😂