Anonymous
05/25/2023 13:29
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I only know radio Taylor, but there's always some cringy forced lyric in her songs! At tea time?? Karma takes all my friends to the summit? Huh? She just seems so very try-hard to me.
Can you explain why those are "forced lyrics"? (I'm not sure what a "forced lyric" is, actually. I know what a forced rhyme is, but that's clearly not what you're talking about)
It’s a play on words. “Tea” is slang for gossip. So she’s saying “when people start gossiping, they say I’m a problem.” She comes from the country music tradition where wordplay and double entendres are very common.
I agree that she does use some unpretty word choices, but “teatime” is actually pretty clever. And she’s never used anything as bad as Katy Perry’s “do you ever feel like a plastic bag” which is the WORST pop lyric of all time, lol.
It seems like she used "at tea time" because she needed three syllables -- because, really, is tea time a common time when American people get together and discuss things??
In Karma, she's naming positive things. Are tons of people hoping to be taken to the summit of a mountain, as opposed to, I dunno, the movies?? Lol. Forced.
+1. "At breakfast" would not have the same meaning at all.
I love Taylor, and she can be a good storyteller and songwriter, but I still roll my eyes at some of her lyrics. "Come back stronger than a 90s trend" is one, but "at teatime" isn't.
Anonymous
05/25/2023 13:25
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:She’s a white Beyoncé. Gorgeous and super professional and polished across her entire operation.
She’s better than Beyoncé! She writes and creates her own narrative and songs. Beyoncé may contribute a lyric or whatever but she not really an artist in my opinion. She’s a performer.
I agree. Performer is a good way to describe Beyonce. It’s different from being an artist.
Anonymous
05/25/2023 13:22
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I only know radio Taylor, but there's always some cringy forced lyric in her songs! At tea time?? Karma takes all my friends to the summit? Huh? She just seems so very try-hard to me.
Can you explain why those are "forced lyrics"? (I'm not sure what a "forced lyric" is, actually. I know what a forced rhyme is, but that's clearly not what you're talking about)
It’s a play on words. “Tea” is slang for gossip. So she’s saying “when people start gossiping, they say I’m a problem.” She comes from the country music tradition where wordplay and double entendres are very common.
I agree that she does use some unpretty word choices, but “teatime” is actually pretty clever. And she’s never used anything as bad as Katy Perry’s “do you ever feel like a plastic bag” which is the WORST pop lyric of all time, lol.
It seems like she used "at tea time" because she needed three syllables -- because, really, is tea time a common time when American people get together and discuss things??
In Karma, she's naming positive things. Are tons of people hoping to be taken to the summit of a mountain, as opposed to, I dunno, the movies?? Lol. Forced.
Anonymous
05/25/2023 12:38
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
Anonymous wrote:She’s a white Beyoncé. Gorgeous and super professional and polished across her entire operation.
She’s better than Beyoncé! She writes and creates her own narrative and songs. Beyoncé may contribute a lyric or whatever but she not really an artist in my opinion. She’s a performer.
Anonymous
05/25/2023 12:32
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
I'm a white millennial and I don't like her music, but I respect her as a businesswoman.
Anonymous
05/25/2023 12:06
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
I think the appropriate question should be : Do all white millennial love Taylor swift?
Anonymous
05/25/2023 12:04
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I only know radio Taylor, but there's always some cringy forced lyric in her songs! At tea time?? Karma takes all my friends to the summit? Huh? She just seems so very try-hard to me.
Can you explain why those are "forced lyrics"? (I'm not sure what a "forced lyric" is, actually. I know what a forced rhyme is, but that's clearly not what you're talking about)
It seems like she used "at tea time" because she needed three syllables -- because, really, is tea time a common time when American people get together and discuss things??
In Karma, she's naming positive things. Are tons of people hoping to be taken to the summit of a mountain, as opposed to, I dunno, the movies?? Lol. Forced.
She could have said "at breakfast" or "at lunch time" or "at supper" or . . . .
"Tea time" connotes decorum, and lots of Americans go to afternoon tea occasionally. Even more do it when they've lived in London for years with their English boyfriend.
Anonymous
05/25/2023 11:55
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I only know radio Taylor, but there's always some cringy forced lyric in her songs! At tea time?? Karma takes all my friends to the summit? Huh? She just seems so very try-hard to me.
Can you explain why those are "forced lyrics"? (I'm not sure what a "forced lyric" is, actually. I know what a forced rhyme is, but that's clearly not what you're talking about)
It seems like she used "at tea time" because she needed three syllables -- because, really, is tea time a common time when American people get together and discuss things??
In Karma, she's naming positive things. Are tons of people hoping to be taken to the summit of a mountain, as opposed to, I dunno, the movies?? Lol. Forced.
Anonymous
05/25/2023 08:56
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
Anonymous wrote:I only know radio Taylor, but there's always some cringy forced lyric in her songs! At tea time?? Karma takes all my friends to the summit? Huh? She just seems so very try-hard to me.
Can you explain why those are "forced lyrics"? (I'm not sure what a "forced lyric" is, actually. I know what a forced rhyme is, but that's clearly not what you're talking about)
Anonymous
05/25/2023 07:14
Subject: Re:Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
Anonymous wrote:My H and I are genx and we like her.
My sons are young 20’s they like her along with a lot of other music
My DH and I are also GenX. I think she's a good songwriter but her music leaves me pretty cold. Nothing wrong with it, but not for me. DH, OTOH, really likes her music, lol.
I have 2 early 20 DSs. One of them can't stand her music. The other could take it or leave it.
Anonymous
05/25/2023 06:49
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
I’m a milllenial but no longer a Taylor fan.
On the one hand she is a very talented songwriter. I think she has some fabulous songs on all of her albums since Lover. She’s incredibly hardworking. She values her fans and is very professional. Her and Beyonce to me are the only big pop artists worth their high ticket prices.
On the other hand her singing voice itself is very average. I also hate how she made a conscious effort to use the LGBT community for marketing during the Lover era (notably in the YNTCD video) and then shed that support and care like any other persona for the next era. I hate that she would so publicly date a racist degenerate like Matt Healy. And finally despite being an incredibly savvy businesswoman, I hate how in business disputes she’ll imply she is simply an underdog being picked on. She most notably did that in her dispute with scooter Braun. Like he’s definitely a jerk but the motivation for spending that kind of money on her masters was to make money not pick on her because she was a “dork” (as much as a conventionally attractive white woman worth hundreds of millions of dollars and celebrity besties can be) and he was the popular kid.
On the one hand she is a very talented songwriter. I think she has some fabulous songs on all of her albums since Lover. She’s incredibly hardworking. She values her fans and is very professional. Her and Beyonce to me are the only big pop artists worth their high ticket prices.
On the other hand her singing voice itself is very average. I also hate how she made a conscious effort to use the LGBT community for marketing during the Lover era (notably in the YNTCD video) and then shed that support and care like any other persona for the next era. I hate that she would so publicly date a racist degenerate like Matt Healy. And finally despite being an incredibly savvy businesswoman, I hate how in business disputes she’ll imply she is simply an underdog being picked on. She most notably did that in her dispute with scooter Braun. Like he’s definitely a jerk but the motivation for spending that kind of money on her masters was to make money not pick on her because she was a “dork” (as much as a conventionally attractive white woman worth hundreds of millions of dollars and celebrity besties can be) and he was the popular kid.
Anonymous
05/25/2023 06:42
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
I’m a millennial and I can’t stand her! All of her songs are about the same thing and her voice is not even that great.
Anonymous
05/25/2023 00:21
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
I only know radio Taylor, but there's always some cringy forced lyric in her songs! At tea time?? Karma takes all my friends to the summit? Huh? She just seems so very try-hard to me.
Anonymous
05/24/2023 17:16
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
Stevie Nicks is a Swiftie! Our legion is vast and mighty indeed.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/05/24/entertainment/stevie-nicks-taylor-swift-song/index.html
“Thank you to Taylor Swift for doing this thing for me, and that is writing a song called “You’re On Your Own, Kid,’” Nicks said in a video from the concert widely shared on social media. “That is the sadness of how I feel.”
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/05/24/entertainment/stevie-nicks-taylor-swift-song/index.html
“Thank you to Taylor Swift for doing this thing for me, and that is writing a song called “You’re On Your Own, Kid,’” Nicks said in a video from the concert widely shared on social media. “That is the sadness of how I feel.”
Anonymous
05/23/2023 20:34
Subject: Do all millennials like Taylor Swift?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:These posters saying she has "a few catchy songs" -- that's just not correct. She has a TON of songs that are popular, have remained popular for years and span genres:
Shake it Off, Blank Space, Bad Blood, Me, You Belong with Me, Wildest Dream, Ready for It, Mean, We are Never Getting Back Together, I knew you were Trouble, You Need to Calm Down, Anti-Hero...
Those are just off the top of my head. You may not love all of them, but I bet you could sing at least some of the lyrics.
Yes, she has tons of popular songs, by imo very few of them are catchy. That’s what I find mystifying.
Not catchy, omg I have to quickly turn the station when her songs come on or they will be in my head for DAYS. Some of the posts here make me want to listen to the full albums, I'm intrigued.
You make a nice palate cleanser to all the people saying, "I never listen to Taylor Swift but I know all her songs are the same."
Maybe we need a Taylor's Deep Cuts, or Not the Taylor You Think You Know
Taylor is not who her haters think she is. I was a Taylor hater, then I heard some great songs and loved them without knowing it was her. It’s a common enough experience that SNL spoofed it.
https://youtu.be/PAhAz7JU0dg
See, white Beyoncé
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ociMBfkDG1w