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While I don’t think it is some sort of stupid political conspiracy, I do think that she is being advertised/shilled a crazy amount.

It feels like it blew up in less than a year. She’s fucking everywhere now.

Edit: to the fans (or Swifties or whatever you want to be called), I’m in no way talking shit about her. I’m simply pointing out that she’s in the news a lot. Stop PM’ing me bullshit. I also don’t care about your downvotes.

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She’s been a top-selling artist with a huge fan base for years now.

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Oh I’m not saying she isn’t. I know she’s been around a while. But you don’t see any other artist with the amount of publicity she’s getting is my point.

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She re-did and re-released a couple albums this year, had a massive worldwide tour, which she had filmed. The movie made $100,000,000 on opening weekend and is the highest-grossing concert film ever. She’s doing an awful lot of stuff this year, so of course she’s getting a lot of coverage.

She also managed to completely sidestep the entire multiple Hollywood strikes issue by the simple expedient of meeting with the unions, asking them what they wanted, and saying, “Okay, you got it.”

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Yep. I’m not a fan of the billionaire class in general since I don’t think anyone should be allowed to be that rich, but she actually seems to do right by her workers, which is a hell of a lot more than you can say for most of them.

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Most Billionaires don’t earn their wealth. Taylor Swift has earned her wealth.

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In particular, her tour was a massive three hour retrospective covering her entire career rather than being focused on one new album. Combine that with a few re-recordings of old albums and her successfully getting a new generation of Gen Z fans and you’ve got one very popular star.

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Thank fuck I’m not in the US. After being outside for so long, I think the advertisement-atmosphere would send me to suicide.

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Very easy to ignore all the ads. I turn the out completely.

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Yo harddaysknoght, I’m really happy for you, Imma let you finish but Taylor Swift has been in the industry a long time… A long time!

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I know that. I’m saying the coverage she’s getting is nowhere near any other artist

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Definitely. She’s a capitalist’s dream. See creates scarcity with her albums and merch, forcing frenzied buying and price scalping. She’s a prolific polluter and her dad bought her success.

Now any criticism of her actions and business practices are met with her fans calling you a conservative or a misogynist because capitalism has melted their brains.

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