• space_comrade [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    Can anybody explain how Taylor Swift is so big? I’m normally not one to judge somebody’s music taste but god damn she puts out the blandest fucking TV commercial music you can think of. Is the power of being a nepo baby so tremendous?

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      5 months ago

      I mean that’s entirely why. She makes largely uncontroversial music, and she’s largely uncontroversial herself. The things that the media focus on are her sex life/relationship which is typical celebrity gossip nonsense, but she parlayed that into an empowerment brand unlike other celebrities which I suppose may resonate with girls and women who hate having people constantly criticizing them for private affairs. Plus, there are only few reasons why people become popular. Either you’re extremely transgressive and controversial, or you’re widely appealing, or both.

      Her feud with Kanye was also iconic. But nowadays he’s just dragging it out cause he’s washed while she just subtly references it or talks about it to the media constantly like it’s still relevant lol

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      5 months ago

      most people are rubes. hogs. swine.

      and capitalists love to cultivate those instincts and profit off of them.

      socialists aim to elevate and celebrate cultural tastes.