Taylor Swift’s ‘Cruel Summer’ hits no. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

[Gagaplayer315 14,143]

Lover stans we really won 

[Taylucifer 5,154]

20 hours ago, Tinnitus15 said:

Didn’t even listen to it. I just know it’s bad. Imagine a music video 😩😩

music video would have ate, I've listen to the remix twice, once alone and then once to show my friend. idk how she makes such good music but always has the most wack remixes 

[FFXIV WhiteMage 5,945]

I was part of of the Cruel Summer streamer.

TikTok made me obsessed with it!

I think TikTok vids are now more effective than MV 

 

[Ziggy 11,889]

I’m genuinely surprised at some of her #1s lmao like most of those are not even her biggest or most well known songs lol that’s so interesting

[LadyxGaGa 2,093]

1 hour ago, FFXIV WhiteMage said:

I was part of of the Cruel Summer streamer.

TikTok made me obsessed with it!

I think TikTok vids are now more effective than MV 

 

no fr like i loved it when lover came out but seeing it with the eras tour like made it such a moment 

[monstertoronto 10,232]

The etas tour has made all her albums feel current again. They’re all chatting and honestly any single from any era at this point could suddenly be legitimately promoted. But so glad cruel summer made it, it’s def my fave of that album and deserved this! 

[Taylucifer 5,154]

9 hours ago, FFXIV WhiteMage said:

I was part of of the Cruel Summer streamer.

TikTok made me obsessed with it!

I think TikTok vids are now more effective than MV 

 

it is truely shocking that artists aren't making vertical versions of their music videos with extra parts or something for tiktok, would be a great way to promote on the platform

[4th Time Around 4,525]

My girl Annie Clark aka St Vincent co-wrote Cruel Summer, no wonder it is one of the least annoying Taylor Swift songs😂

[MonsterofFame 1,786]

On 10/24/2023 at 1:41 AM, 4th Street said:

 Madonna? her imperial era was the equivalent of combining peak Gaga and current Taylor and spreading it out over the course of decades. We are never again going to have stars who achieve the level of global fame of MJ, The Beatles or Madonna. Gaga's imperial era felt like the last gasp of a truly polarizing superstar who was also a commercial giant.

 

Receipts please. Otherwise you just sound like another Madonna stan in denial of new talent eclipsing her.

Culturally and sales-wise, Taylor has reached and even surpassed the level of 2009-2011 era Gaga and 80's/90's Madonna.

The music industry has never seen anything like this. And no artist EVER has been able to generate this kind of interest in old material and re-releases. 

I'm not a Swiftie but Taylor's plateau right now is unbelievable. It's exciting to watch and reminds me of watching Gaga break records back in the day 

[4th Time Around 4,525]

7 hours ago, MonsterofFame said:

 

Culturally and sales-wise, Taylor has reached and even surpassed the level of 2009-2011 era Gaga and 80's/90's Madonna 

[MonsterofFame 1,786]

12 hours ago, 4th Street said:

Again, receipts please. Otherwise, go stan Madonner elsewhere 🙄

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On 10/25/2023 at 12:05 AM, Ziggy said:

I’m genuinely surprised at some of her #1s lmao like most of those are not even her biggest or most well known songs lol that’s so interesting

That's the inorganic chat success 

[4th Time Around 4,525]

2 hours ago, MonsterofFame said:

Again, receipts please. Otherwise, go stan Madonner elsewhere 🙄

 I assume Taylor Swift is bigger than Michael Jackson or Beatles in your opinion also? Being a stan or not being a stan has nothing to do with recognizing cultural influence, album sales or critical acclaim. MJ, Beatles and Madonna exceed Taylor Swift in all three of those catogories, one does not need to be a stan to recognize something very obvious. She will never be as important as true pioneers like that, you know the ones who literally built the sandbox that Taylor Swift is playing in now, only difference is that those acts achieved unrivaled commercial peaks before the streaming era was a thing and they are not fake performative activists like Taylor who pander to whatever will benefit her career. Looking through your comment history I can clearly see that seemingly 90% of it is consumed with saying Gaga is miserable with her fame, done with music and desperately trying to remind us that Taylor is as big as MJ and The Beatles, you should be the last one criticising someone for stanning anything. For someone who claims not to be a Swiftie, you sure can't stop talking about her can you? Now that you have received a proper dressing down, learn to respond to another person's opinions in respectful ways rather than telling me what to do

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[Ziggy 11,889]

On 10/29/2023 at 2:36 AM, MonsterofFame said:

Receipts please. Otherwise you just sound like another Madonna stan in denial of new talent eclipsing her.

Culturally and sales-wise, Taylor has reached and even surpassed the level of 2009-2011 era Gaga and 80's/90's Madonna.

The music industry has never seen anything like this. And no artist EVER has been able to generate this kind of interest in old material and re-releases. 

I'm not a Swiftie but Taylor's plateau right now is unbelievable. It's exciting to watch and reminds me of watching Gaga break records back in the day 

If you think anyone is taking over like Madonna did in her 80s/90s peak…girl idk what to tell you lmao there’s really no equivalency bc she achieved that in an era of mostly analog media. Not to diminish Taylor’s obvious success, but more to contextualize Madonna’s. There was no blueprint to follow (kinda Cher but not really). Media had never been saturated as it had in that time between Madonna, Prince, and Michael. I won’t speak to sales as that honestly isn’t suuuuper important at this juncture, but Madonna is Madonna for a reason. To be as well known as she was in her time without the internet? We really cannot conceive the kind of power you needed to do that and I think if you asked anyone then if anyone TODAY was on that level they’d say no. Not Taylor, not Beyoncé, not Gaga. All successful, but that era laid the groundwork for so much of that generation’s successes in a way that just can’t be compared.