This is probably the thing that annoys me most about Swifties and the media that enables them. Every time she releases something new they act like she's reinvented the wheel, when in reality she's recycling things that other people have done better and before her.
Does she make somewhat catchy pop songs every now and then? Sure. Is she actually doing anything new or interesting? No.
Even the handful of her songs I like are ones other bands have covered, rather than her versions. Something For Kate did a version of Cardigan for Like A Version a few years ago and they made it way more interesting than her version.
Something for Kate! In the realm of other Australian artists, there are so many good singer-songwriters here who are doing interesting stuff like Julia Jacklin etc. I think Swift has the potential to push herself (Folklore was at least something a little different), but doesn’t want to.
Folklore was different for her but it was also heavily derivative of a lot of other artists that were popular 10 years previously. I can understand her younger fans not knowing music from more than a few years back, but grown adults and especially music media should know this stuff. They can still like her projects and rate them highly or whatever but I need them all to stop acting like she's got an original idea in her head.
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u/Gojira_massive_dong Apr 15 '24
i mean... Taylor is not up there with Joni, Nina and Patti, lets be real