“someone come ask me why i cant stand taylor swift”
Why don't you like Taylor Swift? :0
This took forever because I was visiting my grandpa, sorry.
Alright so it’s a bit personal bias and a bit “I cant stand her, what a snake”
For some background info my whole family is musically inclined and my uncle came very close to making it into the music industry in the early 2000s (the record label actually picked Maroon 5 over his band)
Lemme tell you a thing about T Swift: She’s from a well off Pennsylvania family, and her whole family moved to Nashville so that she could a) get a modeling contract and b) so her dad could bump elbows with some music industry execs. She tried just submitting demos. It didn’t work, so her parents kissed ass until she got in. This bothers me because I know that had her parents not been able to just move the whole family to Nashville? She wouldn’t have made it.
Additionally, her early stuff is so stale and samey. Girl who’s probably never seen a tractor or cleaned out a chicken coop sings about a boy who’s already in a relationship with someone else while acompanied by whimsical twangy banjos. Stunning. She did write the songs herself, so kudos, Taylor. Now though? Her most stunning song to date is “Look what you made me do” which, ew. She sampled “im too sexy”, so those guys get songwriting credit, but there’s some other dude, Jack Antonoff also listed. In fact, not a single song on Reputation is written by TSwift alone. Whatever, she’s a pop star, she can get away with it, I guess, right?
Here’s where my personal bias comes in, my friends, as I know her bassist, Amos Heller. Look him up, he played in the band Oval Opus (which my uncle just so happened to be the frontman/primary songwriter for) before leaving for Nashville and working for Taylor. I’m not sure if he still works with her or if he’s moved on to better things, but I’m a bit concerned if he is. He is an absolutely phenomenal bassist. Like, I aspire to reach his level some day. If he’s stuck on stage playing “I’m a Snake: The Musical” for the better part of a year? That’s a waste of talent. And time.
So that’s my beef with her music, now here’s why i cant stand her as a person, in convinient bullet form:
Is friends with Lena Dunham, who is a known child molestor.
Starts beef with Kim and Kanye (who I also dont like) for no reason other than she can, and tries to backpedal HARD when Kim’s got receipts
Literally wrote a song about how “your girlfriend isn’t me, date ME instead” (which reminds me a bit of the “im a nice guy, pls date me” shtick) (also Amos is in the video, he’s the trombone player who’s like, jumping? i’d have a specific timestamp but the video’s acting weird for me so)
Started beef with Katy Perry over what, some dancers leaving her tour? And now both parties are in an endless loop of throwing shade and pettiness
Dates dudes like a revolving door but then also writes songs moments after they break up? And has been doing this for the majority of her career? Not trying to slut shame, do what u want girl but at some point everyone knows exactly wtff you’re doing and it gets old
being extra af about the bad blood mv release, and featuring lena dunham in it (ew)
made an entire album bitching about people calling her out on her shit (i assume, I cant be fucked to listen to it)