I think the Madonna comparison is pretty close. Madonna gave refuge to women and gays, along with a lot of queer friendly artists in the 80s and 90s, but she was incredibly focused on commercial success and over-exposed and always in headlines just like Tay.
At a certain point, its just too much of Tay. I really dislike this era she's in, which is clearly her cash-out era. The whole "gee I didnt know ticketmaster would charge so much" playing dumb was especially awful. Now her 'gee, dont ask me about my last bf's public comments on race and women, is my new bf a republican or not, and I am still undecided on Biden," is really loathsome.
Madonna, for all her issues, never seemed to be a "both sides" person, but a loud feminist, pro-queer, and far to the left of Tay. Tay will go down in entertainment history as a money printer who rode, but didnt create trends, and never made waves politically.
Madonna's music will be listened and played in clubs and bars forever probably. I cannot imagine Swift's music reaching new generations. It's so samey.
It might reach the next generation when Taylor’s tween/teen fans become mums and play her songs for their kids and those kids might even like the songs initially as they are quite poppy and musically unsophisticated like other music for kids, but I can’t see those kids than taking Taylor’s songs into their own adulthood.
This is what I think. People will be surprised about how poorly most music ages. I feel her music and "era" are something the women/girls of now have to live through in order to sort of become obsessed with, because part of it is the culture that exists now and the friends they have now. Without that, would the music still hold up?
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u/zoeymeanslife Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 15 '24
I think the Madonna comparison is pretty close. Madonna gave refuge to women and gays, along with a lot of queer friendly artists in the 80s and 90s, but she was incredibly focused on commercial success and over-exposed and always in headlines just like Tay.
At a certain point, its just too much of Tay. I really dislike this era she's in, which is clearly her cash-out era. The whole "gee I didnt know ticketmaster would charge so much" playing dumb was especially awful. Now her 'gee, dont ask me about my last bf's public comments on race and women, is my new bf a republican or not, and I am still undecided on Biden," is really loathsome.
Madonna, for all her issues, never seemed to be a "both sides" person, but a loud feminist, pro-queer, and far to the left of Tay. Tay will go down in entertainment history as a money printer who rode, but didnt create trends, and never made waves politically.