Travis and Taylor

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Anonymous wrote:Spoiled kids getting all these cool stuff privileges. I’d be thrilled if she invites some disadvantaged children to her shows.

You know, that's interesting. Does Taylor invite disadvantaged kids to her concerts?

Are there any adult artists that set aside tickets for children?

Just rich ones mostly. Taylor is good about having celebrity kids photographed because we all love celebrities and it makes the show look even more appealing.

Smart marketing and PR.

Taylor has performed this show over 100 times, and I can recall has given the 22 hat to Selena's sister and the late Kobe Bryant's daughter. Which other celeb kids received the 22 hat? I've mostly noticed its generally a local child and/or one with an illness or disability. Yes, I stream almost all the shows.

Question for you since you have seen every show. I just read that Taylor doesn’t sing all the songs she has a track behind her to back her up? Is that true?

Not PP but no.

DP. So Taylor Swift has no backing tracks at all? This newsweek article covers recent lip sync accusations.

https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift-eras-tour-lip-syncing-viral-video-paris-1900803#:~:text=%22Only%20some%20%5Bperformances%5D%20are,all%20real%20performances%2C%20live.%22

She definitely lip syncs for parts of the show but doesn’t appear to in eras as much as she did on the rep tour.

All pop stars do this but Beyonce is the best at it. It’s obvious when Taylor is lipping.

It’s a gross overstatement to describe what she does as lip syncing. Or to suggest it goes beyond industry standard.

All stadium performers use some kind of backup. Taylor uses backup singers.

Part of why this is de rigeur is the way music is produced now. Albums are not direct recordings. Vocals get blended and adjusted. So in order to sound like what people think is their real voice, artists have to approximate this kind of production in live shows. Everybody does this. For ex:
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/arts/music/kuk-harrell-justin-biebers-vocal-producer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E0.urYt.Bz0sI0_qvCF5&smid=url-share

Taylor is first and foremost a songwriter, not a singer. She has never presented herself as a diva vocalist. She does not try to fake a vocal range she does not have.

I don’t buy this. Musicians have performed at stadium shows without backing tracks for decades. The legendary Live Aid concert in the 90s, hello?! The band Queen played huge stadiums and never used tracks or autotune. Dave Grohl made fun of Taylor last night, “We are playing the errors tour tonight…yah sometimes we make mistakes because actually we play live!” 🔥

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Anonymous wrote:Spoiled kids getting all these cool stuff privileges. I’d be thrilled if she invites some disadvantaged children to her shows.

You know, that's interesting. Does Taylor invite disadvantaged kids to her concerts?

Are there any adult artists that set aside tickets for children?

Just rich ones mostly. Taylor is good about having celebrity kids photographed because we all love celebrities and it makes the show look even more appealing.

Smart marketing and PR.

Taylor has performed this show over 100 times, and I can recall has given the 22 hat to Selena's sister and the late Kobe Bryant's daughter. Which other celeb kids received the 22 hat? I've mostly noticed its generally a local child and/or one with an illness or disability. Yes, I stream almost all the shows.

Question for you since you have seen every show. I just read that Taylor doesn’t sing all the songs she has a track behind her to back her up? Is that true?

Not PP but no.

DP. So Taylor Swift has no backing tracks at all? This newsweek article covers recent lip sync accusations.

https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift-eras-tour-lip-syncing-viral-video-paris-1900803#:~:text=%22Only%20some%20%5Bperformances%5D%20are,all%20real%20performances%2C%20live.%22

She definitely lip syncs for parts of the show but doesn’t appear to in eras as much as she did on the rep tour.

All pop stars do this but Beyonce is the best at it. It’s obvious when Taylor is lipping.

It’s a gross overstatement to describe what she does as lip syncing. Or to suggest it goes beyond industry standard.

All stadium performers use some kind of backup. Taylor uses backup singers.

Part of why this is de rigeur is the way music is produced now. Albums are not direct recordings. Vocals get blended and adjusted. So in order to sound like what people think is their real voice, artists have to approximate this kind of production in live shows. Everybody does this. For ex:
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/arts/music/kuk-harrell-justin-biebers-vocal-producer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E0.urYt.Bz0sI0_qvCF5&smid=url-share

Taylor is first and foremost a songwriter, not a singer. She has never presented herself as a diva vocalist. She does not try to fake a vocal range she does not have.

Exactly. She also is dancing around and singing for THREE HOURS. Of course she would have to have SOME lip sync tracks. Clearly it doesnt affect anyone's desire to see her live

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Anonymous wrote:Spoiled kids getting all these cool stuff privileges. I’d be thrilled if she invites some disadvantaged children to her shows.

You know, that's interesting. Does Taylor invite disadvantaged kids to her concerts?

Are there any adult artists that set aside tickets for children?

Just rich ones mostly. Taylor is good about having celebrity kids photographed because we all love celebrities and it makes the show look even more appealing.

Smart marketing and PR.

Taylor has performed this show over 100 times, and I can recall has given the 22 hat to Selena's sister and the late Kobe Bryant's daughter. Which other celeb kids received the 22 hat? I've mostly noticed its generally a local child and/or one with an illness or disability. Yes, I stream almost all the shows.

Question for you since you have seen every show. I just read that Taylor doesn’t sing all the songs she has a track behind her to back her up? Is that true?

Not PP but no.

DP. So Taylor Swift has no backing tracks at all? This newsweek article covers recent lip sync accusations.

https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift-eras-tour-lip-syncing-viral-video-paris-1900803#:~:text=%22Only%20some%20%5Bperformances%5D%20are,all%20real%20performances%2C%20live.%22

She definitely lip syncs for parts of the show but doesn’t appear to in eras as much as she did on the rep tour.

All pop stars do this but Beyonce is the best at it. It’s obvious when Taylor is lipping.

It’s a gross overstatement to describe what she does as lip syncing. Or to suggest it goes beyond industry standard.

All stadium performers use some kind of backup. Taylor uses backup singers.

Part of why this is de rigeur is the way music is produced now. Albums are not direct recordings. Vocals get blended and adjusted. So in order to sound like what people think is their real voice, artists have to approximate this kind of production in live shows. Everybody does this. For ex:
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/arts/music/kuk-harrell-justin-biebers-vocal-producer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E0.urYt.Bz0sI0_qvCF5&smid=url-share

Taylor is first and foremost a songwriter, not a singer. She has never presented herself as a diva vocalist. She does not try to fake a vocal range she does not have.

Exactly. She also is dancing around and singing for THREE HOURS. Of course she would have to have SOME lip sync tracks. Clearly it doesnt affect anyone's desire to see her live

[Anonymous]

Travis is using Taylor to be in the spotlight. I think going on stage with, her at Wembley no less, is childish. He is not a musician nor an actor, so it’s attention seeking and kind of embarrassing.

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Anonymous wrote:Spoiled kids getting all these cool stuff privileges. I’d be thrilled if she invites some disadvantaged children to her shows.

You know, that's interesting. Does Taylor invite disadvantaged kids to her concerts?

Are there any adult artists that set aside tickets for children?

Just rich ones mostly. Taylor is good about having celebrity kids photographed because we all love celebrities and it makes the show look even more appealing.

Smart marketing and PR.

Taylor has performed this show over 100 times, and I can recall has given the 22 hat to Selena's sister and the late Kobe Bryant's daughter. Which other celeb kids received the 22 hat? I've mostly noticed its generally a local child and/or one with an illness or disability. Yes, I stream almost all the shows.

Question for you since you have seen every show. I just read that Taylor doesn’t sing all the songs she has a track behind her to back her up? Is that true?

Not PP but no.

DP. So Taylor Swift has no backing tracks at all? This newsweek article covers recent lip sync accusations.

https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift-eras-tour-lip-syncing-viral-video-paris-1900803#:~:text=%22Only%20some%20%5Bperformances%5D%20are,all%20real%20performances%2C%20live.%22

She definitely lip syncs for parts of the show but doesn’t appear to in eras as much as she did on the rep tour.

All pop stars do this but Beyonce is the best at it. It’s obvious when Taylor is lipping.

It’s a gross overstatement to describe what she does as lip syncing. Or to suggest it goes beyond industry standard.

All stadium performers use some kind of backup. Taylor uses backup singers.

Part of why this is de rigeur is the way music is produced now. Albums are not direct recordings. Vocals get blended and adjusted. So in order to sound like what people think is their real voice, artists have to approximate this kind of production in live shows. Everybody does this. For ex:
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/arts/music/kuk-harrell-justin-biebers-vocal-producer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E0.urYt.Bz0sI0_qvCF5&smid=url-share

Taylor is first and foremost a songwriter, not a singer. She has never presented herself as a diva vocalist. She does not try to fake a vocal range she does not have.

Exactly. She also is dancing around and singing for THREE HOURS. Of course she would have to have SOME lip sync tracks. Clearly it doesnt affect anyone's desire to see her live

Dancing is a stretch. More like skipping around.
Bono moves a lot on stage too, but his band doesn’t use backing tracks. Ever.

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Anonymous wrote:Travis is using Taylor to be in the spotlight. I think going on stage with, her at Wembley no less, is childish. He is not a musician nor an actor, so it’s attention seeking and kind of embarrassing.

It’s all an act. It’s a PR relationship.

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Anonymous wrote:Travis is using Taylor to be in the spotlight. I think going on stage with, her at Wembley no less, is childish. He is not a musician nor an actor, so it’s attention seeking and kind of embarrassing.

I mean, she wasn’t gonna get Harry or Matty on that stage (would’ve been epic, must say), so she did what she could.

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Actually Matty did get on stage with the Eras Tour. He preformed with an opening band with Phoebe Bridgers.
I think Travis loves attention and that’s ok! So does Taylor. It makes them perfect for each other, I don’t see the problem. Their set was so cute.

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Anonymous wrote:Spoiled kids getting all these cool stuff privileges. I’d be thrilled if she invites some disadvantaged children to her shows.

You know, that's interesting. Does Taylor invite disadvantaged kids to her concerts?

Are there any adult artists that set aside tickets for children?

Just rich ones mostly. Taylor is good about having celebrity kids photographed because we all love celebrities and it makes the show look even more appealing.

Smart marketing and PR.

Taylor has performed this show over 100 times, and I can recall has given the 22 hat to Selena's sister and the late Kobe Bryant's daughter. Which other celeb kids received the 22 hat? I've mostly noticed its generally a local child and/or one with an illness or disability. Yes, I stream almost all the shows.

Question for you since you have seen every show. I just read that Taylor doesn’t sing all the songs she has a track behind her to back her up? Is that true?

Not PP but no.

DP. So Taylor Swift has no backing tracks at all? This newsweek article covers recent lip sync accusations.

https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift-eras-tour-lip-syncing-viral-video-paris-1900803#:~:text=%22Only%20some%20%5Bperformances%5D%20are,all%20real%20performances%2C%20live.%22

She definitely lip syncs for parts of the show but doesn’t appear to in eras as much as she did on the rep tour.

All pop stars do this but Beyonce is the best at it. It’s obvious when Taylor is lipping.

It’s a gross overstatement to describe what she does as lip syncing. Or to suggest it goes beyond industry standard.

All stadium performers use some kind of backup. Taylor uses backup singers.

Part of why this is de rigeur is the way music is produced now. Albums are not direct recordings. Vocals get blended and adjusted. So in order to sound like what people think is their real voice, artists have to approximate this kind of production in live shows. Everybody does this. For ex:
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/arts/music/kuk-harrell-justin-biebers-vocal-producer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E0.urYt.Bz0sI0_qvCF5&smid=url-share

Taylor is first and foremost a songwriter, not a singer. She has never presented herself as a diva vocalist. She does not try to fake a vocal range she does not have.

Exactly. She also is dancing around and singing for THREE HOURS. Of course she would have to have SOME lip sync tracks. Clearly it doesnt affect anyone's desire to see her live

Dancing is a stretch. More like skipping around.
Bono moves a lot on stage too, but his band doesn’t use backing tracks. Ever.

No musician has ever performed a 3.5 hr concert 150 times. I’m not sure why you continue to poke at the smallest things. I’d take the addition of back tracks for what she does over the 90 min show that most bands are doing these days.

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Anonymous wrote:I do not understand anything about this Travis business. I respect her choice and all, but it makes no sense to me. I don’t know how this ends.

One way or another, it’ll end or else she’ll have to fake it and do it with a broken heart forever and always. It’s clear she got in with Travis (who she had no interest in and who pursued her) to get back at Healey and to help nurse her broken heart and bruised ego.

No - what’s “clear” is that’s what you want to believe. We all see what we want to see. Those who like the relationship will take what happened yesterday one way, and those who don’t will see it differently. It’s as simple as that.

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Anonymous wrote:Spoiled kids getting all these cool stuff privileges. I’d be thrilled if she invites some disadvantaged children to her shows.

You know, that's interesting. Does Taylor invite disadvantaged kids to her concerts?

Are there any adult artists that set aside tickets for children?

Just rich ones mostly. Taylor is good about having celebrity kids photographed because we all love celebrities and it makes the show look even more appealing.

Smart marketing and PR.

Taylor has performed this show over 100 times, and I can recall has given the 22 hat to Selena's sister and the late Kobe Bryant's daughter. Which other celeb kids received the 22 hat? I've mostly noticed its generally a local child and/or one with an illness or disability. Yes, I stream almost all the shows.

Question for you since you have seen every show. I just read that Taylor doesn’t sing all the songs she has a track behind her to back her up? Is that true?

Not PP but no.

DP. So Taylor Swift has no backing tracks at all? This newsweek article covers recent lip sync accusations.

https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift-eras-tour-lip-syncing-viral-video-paris-1900803#:~:text=%22Only%20some%20%5Bperformances%5D%20are,all%20real%20performances%2C%20live.%22

She definitely lip syncs for parts of the show but doesn’t appear to in eras as much as she did on the rep tour.

All pop stars do this but Beyonce is the best at it. It’s obvious when Taylor is lipping.

It’s a gross overstatement to describe what she does as lip syncing. Or to suggest it goes beyond industry standard.

All stadium performers use some kind of backup. Taylor uses backup singers.

Part of why this is de rigeur is the way music is produced now. Albums are not direct recordings. Vocals get blended and adjusted. So in order to sound like what people think is their real voice, artists have to approximate this kind of production in live shows. Everybody does this. For ex:
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/arts/music/kuk-harrell-justin-biebers-vocal-producer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E0.urYt.Bz0sI0_qvCF5&smid=url-share

Taylor is first and foremost a songwriter, not a singer. She has never presented herself as a diva vocalist. She does not try to fake a vocal range she does not have.

Exactly. She also is dancing around and singing for THREE HOURS. Of course she would have to have SOME lip sync tracks. Clearly it doesnt affect anyone's desire to see her live

Dancing is a stretch. More like skipping around.
Bono moves a lot on stage too, but his band doesn’t use backing tracks. Ever.

There are certainly bands who don’t lip sync but U2 is not one of them. What’s the reason for anyone to use a backing vocal, especially a band like U2? Taylor has backup singers and shouldn’t need a backing vocal track. This isn’t criticism—everyone does it. I’m a swiftie, fwiw.

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Anonymous wrote:Spoiled kids getting all these cool stuff privileges. I’d be thrilled if she invites some disadvantaged children to her shows.

You know, that's interesting. Does Taylor invite disadvantaged kids to her concerts?

Are there any adult artists that set aside tickets for children?

Just rich ones mostly. Taylor is good about having celebrity kids photographed because we all love celebrities and it makes the show look even more appealing.

Smart marketing and PR.

Taylor has performed this show over 100 times, and I can recall has given the 22 hat to Selena's sister and the late Kobe Bryant's daughter. Which other celeb kids received the 22 hat? I've mostly noticed its generally a local child and/or one with an illness or disability. Yes, I stream almost all the shows.

Question for you since you have seen every show. I just read that Taylor doesn’t sing all the songs she has a track behind her to back her up? Is that true?

Not PP but no.

DP. So Taylor Swift has no backing tracks at all? This newsweek article covers recent lip sync accusations.

https://www.newsweek.com/taylor-swift-eras-tour-lip-syncing-viral-video-paris-1900803#:~:text=%22Only%20some%20%5Bperformances%5D%20are,all%20real%20performances%2C%20live.%22

She definitely lip syncs for parts of the show but doesn’t appear to in eras as much as she did on the rep tour.

All pop stars do this but Beyonce is the best at it. It’s obvious when Taylor is lipping.

It’s a gross overstatement to describe what she does as lip syncing. Or to suggest it goes beyond industry standard.

All stadium performers use some kind of backup. Taylor uses backup singers.

Part of why this is de rigeur is the way music is produced now. Albums are not direct recordings. Vocals get blended and adjusted. So in order to sound like what people think is their real voice, artists have to approximate this kind of production in live shows. Everybody does this. For ex:
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/arts/music/kuk-harrell-justin-biebers-vocal-producer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E0.urYt.Bz0sI0_qvCF5&smid=url-share

Taylor is first and foremost a songwriter, not a singer. She has never presented herself as a diva vocalist. She does not try to fake a vocal range she does not have.

Exactly. She also is dancing around and singing for THREE HOURS. Of course she would have to have SOME lip sync tracks. Clearly it doesnt affect anyone's desire to see her live

Dancing is a stretch. More like skipping around.
Bono moves a lot on stage too, but his band doesn’t use backing tracks. Ever.

No musician has ever performed a 3.5 hr concert 150 times. I’m not sure why you continue to poke at the smallest things. I’d take the addition of back tracks for what she does over the 90 min show that most bands are doing these days.

The thing I have always enjoyed about concerts is that they can be spontaneous. Musicians can play off the crowd, change songs, decide to do something different mid stream. After hearing everyone talk about Taylor’s concerts, hers are more of the choreographed variety. People have even mentioned her finger gestures as the same. I understand it is probably an amazing show, but it is like the Amusement park shows: a rehearsed extravaganza. That has its place, but that is also the genre she is in.

Other musicians mix it up and to me the spontaneous nature of their shows add to the joy I get out of it.

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I guess what I don’t understand is why have a three and half hour show at all if you can’t do it without some lip syncing? Cut it down and do the real thing. Do two hours instead. It feels more quantity than quality. And I am a huge Taylor fan, btw.

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Anonymous wrote:Travis is using Taylor to be in the spotlight. I think going on stage with, her at Wembley no less, is childish. He is not a musician nor an actor, so it’s attention seeking and kind of embarrassing.

I mean, she wasn’t gonna get Harry or Matty on that stage (would’ve been epic, must say), so she did what she could.

I just don’t understand the narrative all of the very rabid anti TS folks are sticking to. The idea that she is a tragic fool who no guy will like because of her narcissism and she is money hungry and “blocking” other artists and madly in love with this guy who thinks she’s a tool etc etc. It’s all so contrived and requires so much effort. Insisting on disliking someone or something vehemently because it’s popular is not a personality. It’s a weird need for attention for being cool and original and so above it all, and it makes you tiring. This is why you have to make Reddit sub forums to share your weird obsessive hatred. If you have built up this weird cache of manipulated information to make all these accusations you really, really need to get a new pastime.

[Anonymous]

TS is a critically acclaimed, multi award winning, billionaire singer songwriter with a 20 year career at the top of her game. She’s sold out actual stadiums all over the world. 8 million people like her instagram posts. She’s won every possible award. I don’t think she’s the massive sad so many of you want her to be because she doesn’t have your dusty husband and kids. Get over yourselves, my goodness.