Pitchfork shades Taylor: “more variants than COVID”

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Money can't buy you....a decent Pitchfork score

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22 minutes ago, Idefix1999 said:

I don't see the same amount of outrage when Mayhem itself has 11 vinyl variants (same as TLOAS), and other albums like brat or HMHAS have like double the amount. Twentyone Pilots' new album had 21 vinyl variants available during release week. Where is the article about them? Yes, the vinyl variant thing gets annoying and some are overdoing it... but again, no one is forcing anyone to buy it. 

True. Besides, TLOAS variants are 'less' compared to others...

 

Some people said Pitchfork is getting irrelevant, so... yeah.

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Great line.

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they use her for paycheck

 

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4 hours ago, Idefix1999 said:

I don't see the same amount of outrage when Mayhem itself has 11 vinyl variants (same as TLOAS), and other albums like brat or HMHAS have like double the amount. Twentyone Pilots' new album had 21 vinyl variants available during release week. Where is the article about them? Yes, the vinyl variant thing gets annoying and some are overdoing it... but again, no one is forcing anyone to buy it. 

My grandmother collected porcellain mugs and plates with flower prints on them, only for display, not for use. Today some people like to collect vinyl. 

I think it’s the marketing. They do have the same amount of variants but in Gaga’s case they were just there, available for collectors with minimal promo. Taylor made an event for almost every variant with a countdown and released some of them to assert chart dominance over other smaller artists. That’s why there’s fatigue around her I believe. She’s just too obviously fierce on the capitalism at this point so the fun is kinda spoiled because people feel like she’s treating her fans like cash cows. Not saying that a subtle approach is more noble or anything, but that’s my interpretation 

Edited December 19, 2025 by TheFrenchGuy

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4 hours ago, Idefix1999 said:

I don't see the same amount of outrage when Mayhem itself has 11 vinyl variants (same as TLOAS), and other albums like brat or HMHAS have like double the amount. Twentyone Pilots' new album had 21 vinyl variants available during release week. Where is the article about them? Yes, the vinyl variant thing gets annoying and some are overdoing it... but again, no one is forcing anyone to buy it. 

My grandmother collected porcellain mugs and plates with flower prints on them, only for display, not for use. Today some people like to collect vinyl. 

cus she puts them on limited time releases and pressures the fans into buying them

other vinyl variants have been available since day 1 and only offer cosmetic differences whilst taylor pointlessly flogs fart notes

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4 hours ago, Idefix1999 said:

I don't see the same amount of outrage when Mayhem itself has 11 vinyl variants (same as TLOAS), and other albums like brat or HMHAS have like double the amount. Twentyone Pilots' new album had 21 vinyl variants available during release week. Where is the article about them?

Because Taylor Smith was the first western artist to push variants out to the highest degree and now the whole industry has to follow to keep up. It’s just pure capitalism and consumerism and imo unnecessary in terms of artistic integrity.

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10 hours ago, skaxboy said:

I could have sworn someone on here said the same thing. Is a pitchfork writer lurking on GGD?!? 
 

 

Yeah, I did. Could be someone else as well. They may have been lurking here 

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They’re desperate to get swifties to browse their website. That’s why they’re opening a comments section to album reviews. 

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5 hours ago, Lisbeth Salander said:

Yeah, I did. Could be someone else as well. They may have been lurking here 

you reading that headline:

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lololol I laughed

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Shade her all you want she is the most famous and the most succesful artist ever

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12 hours ago, Taylucifer said:

they need the attention omggggg

Me at Taylor after releasing that slop album 

Edited December 19, 2025 by Ladle Ghoulash

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1 minute ago, elsamars said:

Shade McDonald’s all you want it’s still the most famous and the most succesful restsurant ever

Speak on it 

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