NP here, who has not seen the video. But I think Taylor's image is fair game because she's a public figure. See Hustler Magazine vs. Falwell. |
+1. And to his friends he is known to be pretty charming and nice. |
Indeed. Amazing how oblivious some folks are. |
| Indeed. Amazing how oblivious some people are determined to remain from the lies and backpedaling from Swift and her reps. |
This. A million times. TS' duplicity is exposed. |
You keep saying that they denied a phone call. You keep saying that but I have not seen you link a source. So I'll give you a minute to go do that now. |
Her success does not exist without the finely crafted narrative of her "personal life". From Vox: "Taylor Swift and her success are a strange phenomenon. Critics and her biggest fans will openly tell you that she doesn’t have the best voice or the best technical skills. Her songwriting, while impossibly catchy, isn’t mind-blowing or complex. What she’s fantastic at is creating songs that crystallize a messy, usually teenage feeling that somehow speaks to everyone, even people who have never felt it, and weave it in with slips of her personal life. The personal life part of that skill is crucial. Every song she’s released throughout her career, every post she’s shared on social media — it’s all helped paint a portrait of Swift as your best friend. Her latest album, her tour, her Instagram photos, and her Facebook posts are all wrapped around the fantasy of being her pal and joining her coven of female friendship. With some pop stars, you want to be them; with Taylor Swift, you just wanna hang out with her. Kardashian’s Snapchat video cuts through that veneer — throwing doubt on what your BFF Taylor Swift is telling you, making you wonder, well, if Taylor could lie about that conversation with West, what else could she be lying about?" http://www.vox.com/2016/7/18/12210858/kim-kardashian-taylor-swift-snapchat-kanye-west |
Sure. Here, for example, is the Rolling Stone saying "a representative for Swift responded: 'Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single 'Famous' on her Twitter account. She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message. Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyric, 'I made that bitch famous.''" http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kim-kardashian-claims-taylor-swift-approved-kanye-wests-famous-lyrics-20160616 It may be true that Swift never heard the lyric "I made that bitch famous." However, it is not true that Kanye did not call Swift asking for her approval of the song's lyrics or that he called merely called to get her to release the song from her twitter. He clearly did call for that purpose. Rolling Stone also said it called her rep again and the rep again denied the call for getting approval of the lyrics. I think she does seem very approving of the lyrics on the call, but whether she actually approved the lyrics are immaterial to the point that he called asking for permission and her people said he never called for that but for some other reason. That's a lie and it's wrong. |
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Here's the deal. It looks so bad on his part. Out of one side of his mouth, he is calling himself a "friend" and asking her to approve some charged words. Meanwhile he is (secretly?) recording the conversation. Then he changes the lyrics, doesn't send her the final version or tell her about the video. What a friend, right? Once the lyrics are changed, he tries to use the recording against her? The one where he's presenting something different. A friend would, for sure, call the way he did, but he also wouldn't record it, and he also would send a more complete version of the song later. If that was his intent....right? (The intent was to drum up publicity. His wife is familiar with narratives, setting up enemies just to take them down, and using clips, photos, whatever media she has against them.)
I will admit TS has a throw-people-under-the-bus pattern. She will use it if she needs to. And she could have held back. I think she *should have* been better. I think she got greedy with how easy that tactic has worked. I think she will come out ahead on this too. But just a tad tad tarnished. Like, she will have to be on her best behavior for a long time. |
I think your education level is to be questioned. When you see the words. "Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask...", it means he did call. She is admitting a call. With those words. With the same words that seem to be denying, it's admitting a call. She is simply denying the intent of the call. So not a liar. An blurri-fier of intent. We can all agree his intent is under question. |
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NP. Team Kimye. White woman.
I am a taylor fan (musically and even personally, I think she's a great model for a successful female for young girls). I am not really a Kanye fan or a KK fan (although I think a lot of people underestimate her business acumen considering the length of time she's kept her brand relevant and how she's translated it into a lot of businesses. Also all you people saying Kanye isn't talented are smoking crack, he might not be my cup of tea but he's a really stellar lyricist. This is totally her getting caught in a lie. Everyone talking about how they're bad for recording it...wtf, you're only mad because it clearly exposes her lie and makes her look bad. TS screwed up, she should own it and apologize. She used an opportunity to make the world see that she and Kanye had gotten over their fued and then took a calculated risk by throwing him under the bus to get another round of, 'kanye stabbed TS in the back AGAIN' press. And it didn't work. And there are totally racial undertones to this, and IMO she manipulated this to seem like a sexist thing when it clearly was not which is a disservice to women everywhere who experience real sexism. I don't know if all you defenders are just reading the transcript and not listening? Because she does NOT sound like she's trying to play nice. She sounds like a peer talking to a peer. Sorry TS, Kimye just checkmated you. |
| This is stupid. |
Oh and the video 1) its not actually her naked body, he doesn't know what she looks like naked 2) its art, its supposed to be provocative 3) are all you people upset bush or trump or amber rose or anna wintour? or just poor little tswift of brokenhearted always down on her luck fame? |
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| Who really cares about any of this? |