Get Taylor Swift A Booty
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Her albums are successful based on her name. Just like Justin Bieber (or all the manufactured/packaged celebrities) or are you going to argue that Justin Bieber's music has any true artistic inspiration, or deep thoughtful messages?
Both of them tend to sing about the same shit every other top 40 trash song is about: Romance and Sex
It's really a question of if she writes "most" of her own music.
No one can really write all their music any more if 3/4's of the rest of their awake life is about selling their music that they may or may not have written.
It's the difference between a puppet and an artist.
No one can really write all their music any more if 3/4's of the rest of their awake life is about selling their music that they may or may not have written.
It's the difference between a puppet and an artist.
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Not necessarily. It's often that dozens of artists can sing hit songs that resonate with a lot of people, and those songs come from the minds of a handful of writers. Burt Bacharach, for one example. Diane Warren, for another.
That's not odd. It happens. (And sometimes in reverse, as well. Darius Rucker is now a country singer, and even Dire Straits went country on their last album!)
I can't say I'm happy that Taylor abandoned country for pop, but what the hell...there's still plenty of real country singers left.
There's always a way around
I see it more like this:
Music industry to non-celebrity women: Look at all these hot women we spent millions of dollars to look even more attractive. If you don't look like them you're ugly.
Taylor Swift is a willful participant in this. Let's not forget she originally became famous by going on a television show which is all about making a singer into a brand. She entered into quite the Faustian bargain knowing where it would lead her, and if she chose she could have been a struggling Nashville musician who plays small gigs and is only judged for her music.
There is a big difference between Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber. Taylor Swift played music long before she was a brand and before her most recent album used to write all her songs.
I don't care for her music and think it often sends bad messages, but I can't fault her for making a living. I don't so much mind that she's a brand, I just don't like what her brand represents. None of which extends to criticizing her looks, however, which should be irrelevant.
So Taylor's options are
1) Be rich and famous as well as harrassed, body-shamed, and judged.
or
2) Be poor and unknown, but loved for who she is?
No.
Nope.
Nein.
3. Marry Taylalala and never leave their bedroom ever again.
And Michael Bolton, amusingly enough, started his musical career in metal bands before switching gears.
Sometimes the industry can be a weird business.
How can her looks be irrelevant? They are an integral part of her "brand". She, like so many other pop stars (male and female), uses her looks to sell her brand.
As Jirin pointed out, Taylor knew exactly what she was doing, where she wanted to be and how she was going to get there. She, and no doubt her management team very likely, made a conscious decision to go for that mega pop stardom that so many want but are unable to achieve.
Taylor, I'm sure, was perceived as having the "total package", the sound, the ability to produce hits that appeal to the masses, the personal charisma, and most importantly, the looks. She went for it, and now she has gotten what she wanted. As I wrote further upthread, you take the bitter with the sweet UNLESS you're perfect. Taylor has a lot of things going for her physically, but like all of us, she ain't perfect. I still say, so what if someone points out one of those little imperfections.
Her next hit should be about being physically imperfect but striving for a great life anyway, like what she has done.
IF I were the one who had made the comments about her booty and IF she came to me complaining about a "hurtful attack" and "body shaming" I think I'de laugh in her face.
Being famous does not mean that you are automatically open to consequence-free criticism about things you cannot easily change and if we as a society have developed the view that "well they are famous, they asked for me to make intensely personal comments about their body that I would never say to a stranger" then we have a problem.
And by the same token, being famous for how you look also does not mean that you get to suddenly claim the annonimity and rights of a private citizen when someone says something about your looks that is less than flattering.
You can't have it both ways.
This makes zero sense. So, her name and her name alone made her successful? What's so magical about the name Taylor Swift that some how triggers people to buy a record?
The reality that you are missing: she writes catchy music that connects to a vast audience. Perhaps now, as she as a repetition, she is able to reach an even broader market, but, she got there because she writes music that people like.
Like Bieder did, or does, not sure if he is even relevant any more.
She writes pop music. She's not aiming for deeper thoughts. Hell, it took the Beatles four albums before they got to anything deep.
It's not the topic, it's the execution. She executes catchy songs really really well.
If it was so easy, again, we await your album. It should be a smashing success.
Where did Taylor Swift say anything in that article? This is still just a strawman from your head. Whatever opinion you may be entitled to, you have no entitlement to respect for it.
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No, no one deserves to be objectified for going on a television show. It's like keying someone's car, and telling them they knew what they were getting into when they bought it in red.
Which TV show was this? Looking at her bio on Wikipedia I'm not seeing any reference to her being on such a TV show.
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