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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this thread for unpopular opinions? Taylor is burnt out. Her imagery is so tired. The showgirls tjeme looked bad bit maybe it's a tease to a vegas residency so I'll let that pass. But the Marilyn Monroe music video? So boring!  Grace Kelly or even Jayne Mansfield would have been more interesting[/quote]

I don't think this opinion is that unpopular.

Taylor and this album are getting trashed on some big Reddit pop culture subs that are usually pretty pro-Taylor. The Charli dis track is making lots of people mad. I wonder if Taylor didn't realize that it would be viewed as punching down. I think she's still stuck in her pre-Eras mindset of feeling underestimated and like people don't view her as legitimate. She's the establishment now, but this album is written like she's the underdog. In this scenario, Charli is 100% the underdog. It just comes off as mean (she calls her a yappy dog!).[/quote]

So Charli and friends can be total a-holes with no recourse?[/quote]

In what context? Charli has never insulted or attacked Taylor in a public way. Ever. Sympathy is a Knife is *not* a dis track, if anything it's a compliment -- the song is about Charli feeling insecure about being in Taylor's orbit, which is a totally reasonable thing. It's a vulnerable song and doesn't put Taylor down.

IF Charli did some of the stuff Taylor mentions in Actually Romantic behind closed doors (called her Boring Barbie or "high fived" Matty when he broke up with Taylor), these were private actions that were well below the radar of the public, who had no inkling of a feud between them. And that's a big if, frankly. At one point in the song, Taylor speculates that Charli's boyfriend (now husband) must be sick of talking about Taylor. This is an imagined fantasy about Charli talking nonstop about Taylor, something Taylor could not possibly know even if it were true, and which is probably not true. Even the Boring Barbie and high five comments sound like the kind of 3rd hand gossip some shit-stirrer might have passed on to Taylor's circle to feel in the know, who knows if it is even accurate. It also appears that Taylor is still feeling hurt and vulnerable over the Matty breakup, and this is presenting in the form of paranoia that everyone in Matty's circle is laughing at her. But how likely is this, really? These are people with their own lives and problems. Do we really think that Charli and the 1975 and Gabriette sit around talking about Taylor all the time? I don't.

Meanwhile, Taylor makes fun of Charli's drug use, compares her to a dog, insinuates that Charli is actually attracted to/in love with Taylor, and attempts to claim that Charli is beneath her notice (while dedicating a whole-ass song to her on her new album, lol). Even if Charli has said some unkind things about Taylor in private circles far from any media, that doesn't justify this. It's bringing a bazooka to a water balloon fight.[/quote]

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