Are we too harsh on Taylor Swift?

[LadyxGaGa 2,409]

6 hours ago, LOVEDRUG said:

For everyone here who claims to hate her, it's remarkable about how much you all talk about her. It's one thing to discuss her new album or criticise her for things that she's done that you dislike, but the sheer quantity of threads is just bizarre. There are users in this thread who I see talking about her more than they talk about Gaga, on a Gaga forum.

The evidence being that out of nine threads in the 'new threads' category, five are about Taylor Swift. It's just unhinged.

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like i don’t get the need to just hate on her u don’t have to like her but i swear peeps make it a point to get their lick in 

[lance13 1,196]

What alot of people forget is that art is subjective. There are no right or wrong responses. What I have noticed is that some people believe their opinion is FACT. In the process, making others with a differing opinion feel "wrong" or "stupid". At the end of the day, it's just music. If you like it GREAT, if you hate it GREAT. It's all a matter of taste and opinion. I'm just surprised by the amount of time and attention some people spend on something they hate, which in turn makes it more popular. Madonna once said, negative comments and reviews are still "positive" to me. They keep people talking about my work. 

[LOVEDRUG 10,848]

32 minutes ago, TheARTPOPball said:

I mean this IS a gaga forum but taylor swift is a big part of pop culture and is in our faces 24/7. I don’t think it’s unbelievable that people are discussing her on a pop culture forum… nobody had any problems taking their turns throwing stones at Katy Perry. Why is the line drawn at Taylor Swift? 

As I said, I have no problem with people discussing and particularly criticising Taylor here. But to have over half of the new threads posted being about her is simply insane. Especially considering the vast majority of them aren't reporting news, encouraging productive discussion or talking about anything new she's done, it's just people going 'haha guys don't you hate Taylor Swift?'.

[himerosxo 334]

F*ck her. 

[SlowLoris 1,084]

She's a billionaire with a private jet.  I think she'll be okay

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4 hours ago, salty like sodium said:

i'd be so much more inclined to agree with you if you hadn't quoted two of her worst songs from the last two album cycles 

hahaha really? idk those were the only ones i vibed with lool even florida is mostly because of Florence more than anything. 

[Emvee 8,506]

To be clear, I didn’t see a single Swiftie come to Katy’s defense when the world was being just as petty and dragging her for ever little thing. In fact, many partook. But now that it’s their fave, it’s too much and we have a problem 

If anything, Taylor is getting much more grace than other pop girls get. 

 

[bpmMonkey 6,196]

No. It's important to critique people in power and she certainly has a lot of it. I also feel like she gets flag on two sides, first her artistry, which never was good, but over the last years people started commenting on her politics more and more as well, starting with how she extracts money from her followers and now how she surrounds herself with MAGA. She's just getting what she deserves for the choices she's making, and that's totally fine. 

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4 hours ago, LOVEDRUG said:

As I said, I have no problem with people discussing and particularly criticising Taylor here. But to have over half of the new threads posted being about her is simply insane. Especially considering the vast majority of them aren't reporting news, encouraging productive discussion or talking about anything new she's done, it's just people going 'haha guys don't you hate Taylor Swift?'.

Taylor is arguably the most famous pop star right now, she just released a new album like not even 4 days ago, and Gaga is busy on Tour. What the hell else would we discuss in this pop-culture forum? What our favorite colors are? Which breed of cat is the cutest? Our mortgage interest rates? No, we’re going to talk about the biggest pop star’s most recent album that’s not even a week old lol 

[bpmMonkey 6,196]

2 minutes ago, ALGAYDO said:

Taylor is arguably the most famous pop star right now, she just released a new album like not even 4 days ago, and Gaga is busy on Tour. What the hell else would we discuss in this pop-culture forum? What our favorite colors are? Which breed of cat is the cutest? Our mortgage interest rates? No, we’re going to talk about the biggest pop star’s most recent album that’s not even a week old lol 

[Sepsami 19,254]

11 hours ago, nATAH said:

part of me wishes you were a mod so you could have closed the thread after this reply

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11 hours ago, LOVEDRUG said:

For everyone here who claims to hate her, it's remarkable about how much you all talk about her. It's one thing to discuss her new album or criticise her for things that she's done that you dislike, but the sheer quantity of threads is just bizarre. There are users in this thread who I see talking about her more than they talk about Gaga, on a Gaga forum.

The evidence being that out of nine threads in the 'new threads' category, five are about Taylor Swift. It's just unhinged.

I mean, we had numerous swifties coming here to talk sh-t about gaga, they  are banned now,

but swifties are not angels either.

and it's always like that when a big artist releases music, if it's katy or adele.. release week is always packed with threads, then it's stabilized.. 

[candiedroses 408]

Yes. Many are too harsh. Not every opinion needs to be broadcast into the echo chamber we call the internet.

[Sepsami 19,254]

I just listened to the album in full and The Fate Ophelia is great and I will be adding it to my playlist. Everything else is kind of meh? Lyrics are a bit cringy. But what really strikes me is how genuinely unlikeable she comes across in some songs.. 

[hELXIG 43,415]

Probably at times. But I do think it's fair to criticise people on things like being a greedy capitalist with no values. When criticising people lets just stick to judging their moral shortcomings