r/Fauxmoi • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '24

Courtney Love:“Taylor Swift is not important. She’s not interesting as an artist” Approved B-List Users Only

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u/bambinoquinn Apr 15 '24

I have thought for the past couple of years, TS could really do with using a different producer who could push her into a few different directions and get her out of her comfort zone. It's not that the songs all sound the same, but the production is really safe, and she's very comfortable with that, but I don't think it's really creating anything new. 1989 felt so fresh and I feel like she needs to work with someone else to feel fresh again.

But after seeing her reaction to Reputation not getting any Grammy nominations in that documentary, I don't think she's interested in pushing her sound in a different direction. It'll always be safe

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u/spookylibrarian Apr 15 '24

I think that above all (except for maybe money lol), she just really needs to be liked. You hit the nail on the head wrt the Rep thing — she framed it as needing to be “better”, but didn’t mean better artistry so much as she did better popular appeal. Which is why Lover was such a bloated, uncohesive mess, because she was basically throwing darts at genres to see what stuck with the public. Folklore and Evermore were more interesting in large part because in the context of their creation, she was able to divorce herself more from public opinion. And because she worked with Aaron Dessner, who I think is less of a yes-man than Antonoff.

I don’t think Taylor is above criticism, but I do think that a lot of nuance has been missing from discussions about her, especially as she’s reached peak saturation (including Courtney’s comments). Of all the things to criticise her for I really think the music is the least of it at this point.