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She’s been winning so long she can’t just relax and risk falling “behind”. But I wonder how hyped her fans would be if she gave them a chance to miss her by going off radar then make a grand return.
@@gnuwaves743 I think if she took a solid 2 year break, and came back with a banger album, it would do her wonders. I personally think she should try making a rock album
i would argue that vinyls with colour variations are actually way less predatory than vinyls with exclusive bonus tracks - the latter adds an impetus to collect them all which creates consumer pressure
I agree on that too. I personally feel like offering a bonus song is a better incentive than just making 9 different colors of the same album during the pandemic. I could be wrong tho
@@DeadPlayin i agree, but don't you think additional incentive to overconsume is a bad thing, not a good thing? offering colour variations doesn't create much incentive to overconsume, besides those who would do so anyway. songs which are vinyl exclusive etc. create an incentive for overconsumption which is likely to convince more people to overconsume
@ From how you laid it out, I see what you mean. The additional incentive to consume can definitely be a negative thing if it goes too far (over consumption). The color variations are more of a collector thing compared to the vinyls with extra tracks. The vinyls with extra tracks are another FOMO tactic, but I still think it can provide more value to the listener when compared to the Midnights vinyls that just make a clock 💀
If it’s 9 different looking vinyls, you’ll just buy the one you think is prettier, but if there is a bonus track you’ll more willing to buy them all, just for those extra songs
Donations are incredibly great and they save people's lives so that is defintately something to respect Taylor for. However, it is important to keep many things (but mostly two major points) about celebrity donations (not just TS) in mind: 1) These donations, while really big and helpful, are barely a fraction of their overall wealth. 2) While most of the charities, gofundmes and organizations that they donate to are really helpful, they are usually aimed at allevieting individual circumstances or aiding the burdens of some people whilst not actually changing the systems that cause these problems in the first place. i.e., Celebrity donations and charitable efforts, while helpful, respectable and generous, do not actually challenge the status quo, create systematic change or stop causal factors of problems like poverty, unaffordable healthcare, and whatever else. Celebs dear not challenge capitalism (the major root cause of the circumstances they donate to) since they ultimately benefit from it. What ends up happening is that celebrities are still able to hold on to their wealth and power whilst attaining the vaneer of generosity. This was a really great video essay btw!
I agree with this, but I'd like to add nuance to both your points: 1. Yes, this is true, however for TS specifically, it is pretty important to note that a HUGE chunk of her net worth isn't liquid cash, it's her music catalogue which she won't sell. You have to commend her for the fact that her business is purely built on the music. She didn't exploit workers to create a majority of her wealth (Unfortunately, her merch is very unethically produced), she did it as an artist first and foremost. Thus, of her net worth, she probably only has like a quarter of it in liquid assets. Thus, a bonus as huge as $197 Million Dollars is not just chump change for her, it's a huge amount of money. This ain't mentioning the donations she has made in every city that hosted the Eras Tour (Of which none have not publicly disclosed the amount, and only a few paces have actually publicly thanked her for this without her input, so she's not doing it as a publicity stunt) nor does it account for the cost of her high-budget productions, high salary of workers, etc. She is the closest we have to an ethical billionaire in this world, and we can critique her missteps, but it's disingenuous to think she's only doing these generous and kind things for PR or ulterior motives. 2. While this is ultimately true, it is not really productive to put an expectation for every celebrity to be an activist for social change. One rich famous celebrity cannot meaningfully change the status quo, especially pop stars like Taylor Swift. Their largest influence is only on the industry they are under, to which Taylor Swift has done plenty that still benefits smaller and less successful artists to this day. This is a fair criticism to give towards CEOs or business moguls, but it is more layered when it comes to careers on the entertainment industry. Such radical decisions, especially under the scrutinizing general public, can quite literally make these stars lose their celebrity status and jobs entirely. As you've already said, they ultimately benefit from capitalistic society. However, another point to add here is that celebrities as a concept is born from capitalism. To be in a position of stardom is to participate under consumer culture, because it is impossible to be a famous person in entertainment if you cannot treat yourself as a product. People watch and listen to you and your art, this is your work, you should be able to sell it. It's just that celebrities do it in a scale much larger than most people. This is also why most celebrities makes brands in the first place, because banking all your assets in such a fickle industry can majorly backfire. In this context, Taylor is once again coming out on top as one of the few artists that doesn't sell anything beyond her music and merch. Extending her brand to include things like perfumes or clothing lines would be nothing but more money for her, yet she doesn't do anything of the sort to taint her brand or business. That isn't to say she is a saint who has done no wrong, but it's important to add context to her billionaire status because it's reductive to also paint her as a devil incarnate because of her net worth. Celebrities (ESPECIALLY Taylor) because of their exposure get unfair scrutiny over much more influential and powerful people, when in the day most of their brand is just being entertainment for the masses. I mean, I think it's fair to say it's bad to compare any celebrity to Jeff Bezos, who isn't actually famous but brings so much more harm and damage to the world than any celebrity ever could while getting less than a quarter of the press or media attention.
im a swiftie. the biggest issue i had with taylor was that, before the tortured poets department she was selling different TTPD vinlys and CDs each with a different bonus song "The Black Dog" "The Albatross" "The Bolter" "The Manuscript" And then come album release day, she releases a part two to the album with all these songs anyway... i found it very greedy, the whole point is that we were thinking we'd only be able to hear those "exclusive" songs through the CD or Vinyl. i never bought any of those CDs, because i knew we'd probably get the songs on streaming eventually, just like the song "Hits Different" from the Midnights album. She should've either waited to drop the part 2 to the album (i think this would've been better tbh, remember everyone saying 31 songs was too much to listen to, and that all the songs sounded the same?) (the songs don't actually sound the same on that album, its just after listening to 31 songs, its hard to remember a specific song you loved. she should've waited to release the anthology to not have this issue) The better option is either have all the songs on the same CD/Vinyl (like the one she just released) or just not sell different versions. im not buying anymore Taylor swift CDs because i don't agree with the tactic, its greedy, even tho i love her.
Nobody was forcing you to buy them tho. Even if you thought they wouldn’t be on streaming, there’s always a way that someone will put them out there, even if it’s illegally 🤷♀️
@jordannnk just because I'm not being forced to buy them doesn't mean it's okay, do you not see a problem with selling something as "exclusive" only to find out everyone gets it when it comes out anyway?
Simple solutions are to buy one copy and to purchase the album after the initial release. I purchased the manuscript version and streamed the rest of the anthology when I wanted to listen to it.
Nobody was forcing u to buy them she's allowed to sell music however SHE wants and she SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT listen to it from someone like u. It's the ppl that buy them. If ppl wants to buy it then they will. She cannot force anyone to buy. U talk like u r dumb.
@imabaaaaddddddnews she's allowed to sell them, and I'm allowed to complain. The whole "no ones forcing you to buy them" argument is weak af, I'm sorry.
I’ll have to look into that stuff more. I remember seeing stuff about those situations, but I haven’t done any actual research about them. Thank you for bringing them to my attention tho 🫡
Touché 😭 I leaned on Billie saying her vinyls were eco-friendly, since I’ve never seen anything about Taylor’s vinyls being eco-friendly. I could be wrong tho. I do believe an argument could be put forth that making too many eco-friendly vinyls undermines the point of the vinyls being eco-friendly to begin with.
Obviously such an argument could be out forth. Just because your vinyl is eco-friendly doesn't mean it's not excessive consumerism and wastage. Be consistent in your criticisms is what I'd tell you. @@DeadPlayin
@@mati321 I still feel like that’s a lot tbh. I don’t see any other artists releasing that many versions of one album in the span of 8 months, but I could be wrong
@@DeadPlayin ofc, i mean i support everything u said in the video XD i was trying to point out that despite knowing that a lot of artists are releasing these stupid special editions vinyls and shit, nobody does that to such extent as Taylor and none other fanbase than swifties is so brainwashed to buy that shit
from someone who became more of a passive consumer of her…. ppl are dying i dont want to make her lore or merch/media collection a part of my personality. i truly don’t meant to hate i’m just being neutral but some of y’all truly go too far
as a lifetime swiftie i don’t think it’s crazy to have different color variations for albums as long as they are all released together, like folklore. i think it’s fun & gives people a chance to pick which one they think is the coolest with no feeling of FOMO. HOWEVER with 1989 TV she would release a vinyl with only 48 hours to buy which caused many people to buy because they didn’t know if there’d be different one or if that one would ever be available again. BUT she continued to released 3 others with the same limited time buy period & the only difference was the color. also if you were planning on buying all four as collectables anyway (i don’t understand this thought process but to each their own) you would have to pay for shipping 4 separate times. i had this same annoyance with TTPD, where she would release a vinyl variation with a “bonus track” that was only available for a certain amount of time. & then proceeded to release the anthology unannounced which included all of those bonus tracks…& finally just NOW released the anthology on vinyl. i love taylor & her music & ive bought her merch before. i just think the whole “available for 24 or 48 hours” sucks.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with color variations either. Like you said, they do give the listener more choices to pick something they like. I should’ve emphasized the FOMO tactics more than the color variations. I’m also very annoyed with how she releases her albums, and some of the variations since there’s FOMO from the beginning of the album cycle. It just makes it seem like she wants to make a certain part of her fanbase feel “special” just cause they bought everything. That just alienates her fanbase. She uses this parasocial relationship to boost her sales, which could seen as a little exploitative. I could be overthinking this, so take it how you will 🫡 I appreciate you a lot for providing a great comment and having a civil conversation with me :) EDIT: I DIDN’T KNOW THAT WAS YOU AT FIRST MARG 😭😭 I’m tweaking bro. Thank you so much for watching this video, and it means a lot to me that you left such a good comment providing support for both sides 🙏❤️
it's one of the better critisism video essays of taylor swift I've seen in a while. I always enjoy listening critisism about the things and people I adore...cuz it just gives a different perspective...but I usually don't follow this practice when it comes to taylor swift...cuz like 80 percent of that critisism stem misogynistic views and ideas....but your video is certainly a breath of fresh air. A little background...so I'm from India and my first interaction with a taylor song was in 2017 (it was blank space and LWYMMD) and well the rest is history (been a swiftie since 2017) ...ngl i agree with a lot of (Almost all) points you talk about....her 36 releases for folklore was just excessive and her not speaking about global issues even after knowing the kind of power she has is very very ignorant of her.... But I wanna like put up a point....like her carbon emissions (now in no way or form am going to justify her carbon emissions) I feel we don't give nearly enough heat to other celebrities when it comes to carbon emissions as compared to taylor swift....like for example (believe it or not) travis scott and Kim k are one with highest carbon emissions in 2023 and they were not even on tour...now once again I'm not justifying anyone critising taylor swift for her carbon emissions...but why are we not taking the same tone with other celebrities when it comes to carbon Emissions (www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=wp.nyu.edu/steinhardtschoolofcultureeducationandhumandevelopment-celebrityjetemissions/auto-draft-23/2023-2/&ved=2ahUKEwjunOaBiJ2KAxVqSWwGHd3iFw8QFnoECCkQAQ&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw1kRkpfl-PJUPrbdGHDIhVK) (link for the carbon emissions info) But I really enjoyed the video and the points you made (also please ignore any grammar or spelling error... english is not my first language)
Thank you so much for spending your time watching this video and providing an insightful comment 🙏 Mentioning the carbon emissions just added some more strength to my argument. She definitely isn’t the only celebrity with extreme emissions, so those people deserve to be criticized too. I know Kylie Jenner got in some hot water about this issue too back in like 2018 or 2019, so Taylor isn’t the first person to be criticized over this issue. I have more of an understanding why Taylor’s emissions would be high during touring, but she had the most emissions by a large amount in 2022 while she wasn’t touring. I will make sure to check out the link you put in your comment too 🫡 Once again, thank you so much for watching, and keep enjoying her music :)
Alright, strap in, this is gonna be a long comment. I found your video on my home page, and I decided to give it a watch since I always love to support smaller channels. Great video, good editing, and it's clear that research went into your argument, so great job. Now for my opinion. I became a swiftie during 2022. To be transparent, I'm an asian 20 something year old woman, and the fan base is predominantly white women/girls, which turned me off from being a Taylor fan throughout my girlhood-adulthood. But I listened to her whole discography in one week and something just clicked and I fell in love. For about 2 months into enjoying all her music, I was extremely hesitant to call myself a swiftie, because I know all the stereotypes and connotations surrounding the fan base and even the word "swiftie." All of this to say, I've never really enjoyed the Stan culture of it all, and the lack of criticism that comes from other swifties, as if criticizing her would make you "less" of a fan. I went to the eras tour, twice. I was lucky enough to get tickets but even the commodification of The Eras Tour was partially in her control, but also out of her control. At the end of the day, she is a business woman. She is an artist, but her music is her income, thus, it's no surprise that she has found a way to heavily profit off her fans. I find it interesting that you see her drops as "intentional blocking" for other artists, because at the end of the day, they're all competing for the same awards. While Taylor is not a UK artist, her fan base is quite literally worldwide. I met multiple people from my Toronto shows who flew in from Europe AND the U.S. because they couldn't get tickets in their own countries. It's almost like saying "Oh Simone Biles should give other athletes a chance because she always gets Gold." It feels... odd. It is a blood bath and a competition at the end of the day, but with the timing of everything, I can understand why you came to that conclusion. Vinyl variants... Well, this one's interesting. Taylor's career has spanned longer than some of her fans' lives 😂 It's normal for her to have a large catalogue, but I will agree that 9 variants for folklore is excessive. However, your counterarguments to Billie's eco vinyls is, interesting. Considering she put out a bunch of variants for her "eco-vinyls" after bashing the variant game is just fishy. If she really felt strongly about the variant game, she'd have 1 for her album. But that's just Billie. While TTPD variants had bonus tracks, the FOMO tactic is real with Taylor. I'm surprised you didn't delve into merch because her team often enacts a similar drop system. I think you really hit the mark calling it a "FOMO tactic" because it really is. I've felt so compelled to buy merch even when I can't afford it, because of the tactic. If you post your cart on Twitter, there's a chance that Taylor Nation will see it and repost or reply to you. It's all brownie points and bragging rights. Don't get me started on stan Twitter in general. I use the app to stay updated with what's happening, but really, it's hard to say how I truly feel on that app because you're constantly being judged or you'll probably get called a "tay-trier" if you criticize her. But that's also how all Stan culture is, and it's not singular to the swiftie community. Her emissions are excessive but to be expected. She IS the most famous woman in the world right now, she has multiple stalkers who have broken into her homes, etc. There's no way you can expect her to fly commercial, but some trips can be done via car, she may just choose not to. All of this to say, I became a fan of Taylor because of her music. I decided to join the swiftie community because I wanted to be around other fans, the fanbase isn't ALL bad, but it often gets overshadowed by the louder (and often richer and more privileged) voices. The fanbase is predominantly white and filled with Taylor worshippers, which is fine, but to completely ignore her business decisions and capitalism is wrong. Think of how much more good Taylor could do with her power as the most popular artist in the world. She could talk about Pal3stine, Sudan, Syria, and not just speak up when it's beneficial to her. She is extremely influential and has an army of followers who would do something if she came out and said to do it. To say that she's an artist and it's not her job to speak on world issues is, in my opinion, wrong. Someone with her global influence SHOULD and CAN use her voice, but it's ultimately up to her. She is a business woman AND an artist, both can and are true. I'm looking forward to seeing Part 2 on The Eras Tour, keep making content. You've gained a subscriber. :)
She takes multiple 18 wheelers to every city and flies private by herself or with a few other people. You’re blinded by your love for her music that you try to excuse her environmental impact. Just because she is a businesswoman and the most famous person in the world does not give her the right to pollute the world with about the same carbon footprint as a large town. You can like her music but you can also condemn her for her harmful impact to the environment.
@@cxfvsion Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to present my points to you :) I appreciate the kind words as well! In terms of the points you’ve made, I’ve got a lengthy response back, lmao I’m glad that as a fan of her music, you understand that there are some questionable parts of her fanbase, just like any community tho. Like you said, some of them will clown you into oblivion for the most trivial things, or if you critique anything she does. I’ve even seen some of her fans say some pretty racist things, and I know that Tyler, The Creator recently called her fans out for it. I’m also glad that you were able to provide a different and compelling point of view on the topics I covered. For the part where I talked about her gatekeeping artists, I probably could’ve dove further into the idea of her drops being her form of competition. Yet I just feel like dropping the same album (with extra steps) instead of dropping a fresh project to compete with others is a cheap tactic to control the charts. Especially when you know your fans are gonna eat up whatever you put out. I’m not talking about deluxe albums either. The Simone Biles comparison you made would work better too if Taylor was competing with these artists with a new album, instead of one that had been out for over a month with several variants already. Simone has to constantly train and get better everyday, while Taylor can just decide when to drop another version of TTPD with some demos and acoustic tracks to keep her #1 spot. I did see that Billie has made hella vinyls for her albums too. Thing is, she makes sure to highlight that they’re eco friendly and lays out the materials used for them. I personally haven’t seen anything about Taylor making her vinyls eco-friendly, whilst producing a lot of them in a 4 year span. I could be completely wrong tho if there’s any information out there confirming she makes eco-friendly vinyls. Going back to Bille, you could argue that making so many eco-friendly vinyls undermines the point of the vinyls being eco-friendly in the first place (if this makes sense, lmao). I’m not saying that she should fly commercial, but the amount of CO2 emissions that are attached to her are staggering. Even when she’s not touring, she’s pumping a staggering amount of CO2 emissions into the air. Other prominent celebrities don’t emit nearly as much emissions as she does, at least from what we know. We thankfully see eye to eye on the FOMO tactics she uses 😭 she’s able to use the parasocial relationship she has with her fans to her advantage instead of letting it control her. Even with this relationship, she doesn’t use it much to talk about world issues, possibly because she doesn’t want to find herself in trouble with the wrong group of people. She seems to play things very safe in this regard. You and I both are not asking her to go and protest everyday of her life, but her and her team should at least try to research the things going on around the world so her fans will have a great cause to latch onto. Once again, I really appreciate you for leaving a very civil comment that made me reflect on the points I made in this video :) It means a lot to me that you’re willing to join this journey to make an impact on this platform ❤️ Thanks again!
@@af-wm8sn I find it interesting that you think I was condemning her carbon footprint when I wasn't. I do appreciate that you highlight that the carbon emissions argument doesn't apply ONLY to Taylor, since she isn't even the top celebrity with emissions. You've got Jay-Z, Ronaldo, Travis Scott, Kylie Jenner, Elon Musk, etc. all AHEAD of Taylor on the emissions list. Taylor gets the most flack because she an easy target. That isn't me excusing her, it's me including her as part of the problem. She still contributes to carbon emissions and that is her contributing to the downfall of our climate. I wouldn't say I'm blinded by my love for her music, because her actions impact the same earth that I live in, whether she has great music or not. I also would love to hear an alternative for her to tour around the world? As if others aren't touring using the same means as her? At the end of the day sometimes you just have no choice, touring is her way of making money as an artist and EVERY artist does it. Like I said, because she's the biggest pop star in the world right now, she's constantly getting criticisms, while others fly under the radar for doing the exact same things.
Very intersted in part two!!!1 The Eras Tour finally came to a close last night and seeing all that has happened was both incredible to witness and abit scary as well. That is what led me to searching for this type of video in the first place. Cause let's not forget, Taylor is also an expensive commodity at the highest level. One person having that much power. But it has also been nice to see how her tours have boosted economies in several countries across the world and soo many were able to benefit from the craze as well. In the same breath, we can also acknowledge that she has also milked her fans in every possible way. so two things can be right at the same time. Billboard named Beyonce as the greatest artist of the 21st century and her fans have been making racist comments, I know she may not see everything, but it says alot that her reps do not want her to speak on stuff like that so they probably dont inform her about it or make it a priority....We cannot forget that her fans are predominantly white teenagers plus....But I would have been good to have her respond and make her stance clear on something like this.. I was fascinated to witness the craze online. We may never witness this type of movement again. I am a huge fan of her work, the folklore album my favourite. love her live performances...we have seen soo many versions of her artistically, which i appreciate....but not a fan of some of the practices i have witnessed in her camp. Like i said two things can be right at once. You have to admit, she appears very nice, seems like a simple person with good intensions, which should be appreciated,....her being able to profit off of that is a plus but she has created this orbit through her songwriting, and ability to connect through that. Yes i dont love all her work,,,,but can appreciate it soo many of her songs that i adore and still listen as i go about my day...whether work or studies.... Her ability to connect with her fans cannot be ignored... Either way, Taylor has built a phenominal career and loyal fanbase through her personal experiences.
I’m glad you were able to stumble upon this video then :) I honestly agree with the points you’ve made. Taylor has definitely done good things throughout her career and probably isn’t a bad person, but it can’t be denied that some parts of her fanbase are definitely out of control and attack other people/artists whenever the opportunity is presented to them. Obviously, that isn’t her fault, but if she has knowledge of the things going on, she should say something about them. She’s also very successful from utilizing her parasocial relationship with her fans, which has led to people idolizing her. Her FOMO tactics I talked about in this video shows that she understands how much money she can make by just promising her fans “special” things. The word “special” could make her fans buy her products en masse just so they can idolize her and say they’re her biggest fans. There’s nothing wrong with liking or loving an artist, but Taylor leans into this idolization to make a lot of money. I appreciate you a lot for leaving this insightful comment too!
9 vinyls for one album is *insane* Great video. So much research was clearly put into this. Great work on the thumbnail too! Some serious production quality :) Good luck fighting the swifties! (Jk)
Yeahhh, she was just milking folklore dry LMAO But I appreciate the support a lot, and I'm glad you enjoyed it Chats :) It means a lot to me! I'm standing on all 10 toes against any hate that comes my way 😎
@@chatsnaya actually no it was 8 count right and plus most albums now have the same amount smhas by Billie had 8 eternal sunshine had six brat by Charlie xcx had 12 for the STANDARD edition never mind the multiple deluxe’s she has put out since June
Ii don't knw if you knw but all other artists do so..... atleast she really actually signing them herself unlike other artists who spray them with color in a pesticides tank.....
@@user-Landon13hey so Billie makes her merch eco-friendly and makes sure to do so, and Ariana has different album covers for eternal sunshine, as it provides context to the theme of the album. see, these have significance and meaning to do this, Taylor....doesnt 💀
@ where’s your evidence for Billie like new article or something and Taylor does different covers/packing or different color variations for the cds/vinyls and sometimes includes different unique songs for them
Thank you for the video. I finally had time to watch it and agree with what you said about the vinyls. I love that you show the good with the bad as things are not always black and white as Taylor can be very generous at times. Your content is easily digestible and simple for people who are also not fans or aware of these music artists. You’ve also gotten better with your editing and quality of your videos. I’m always excited for the next one to drop and you’re growing so fast. This has quickly become one of my favourite RUclips channels this year and I hope you find more success in 2025. Keep up the good work and can’t wait for part two!❤️❤️❤️
I really appreciate the kind words, Aliya :) This comment really made my day, so I just wanted to let you know that it means the world to me that I get to make videos that other people actually enjoy and look forward to 🙏 I’m glad that you have been on this journey with me, and I’ll always remember you and others for sticking with me. I feel like I got a lot of more work to do and things to improve, so I’m very excited for what the future will bring for this channel! It’s truly an honor that this channel has become one of your favorites 🫡❤️ It’s time for me to get Part 2 done cause y’all really deserve it
As a struggling singer-songwriter myself I just think the hype is exaggerated, which is all, really. I don't hate her music (in fact, I think it's superior to certain other people's like Katy Perry or Ed Sheeran) I just think it's overrated compared (!) to some people who'd deserve it more (like Lana Del Rey or "even" Shakira, who I like naming as examples of also relatively recent(ly) succesful, also female, artists, not to even mention Mr. Dylan (or "even" Cobain for that matter), Miss Joplin etc. ...). And no, I don't mean that in the sense that I include myself in that ( "even" Lana Del Rey is far superior to anything I could ever pull off...), just that what I do isn't necessarily inferior to what she does, either, so I keep thinking "if writing one's own songs is all it takes now and if they sound like that and given that I've been doing it for more than 10 years now, constantly trying new things (and that, frankly, more consequently than she does, imo) etc., it, well, shouldn't be too much to ask to, well, at least, get so much as a fraction (!) of that recognition, shouldn't it?", that's all...
I get what you’re saying, but you shouldn’t compare yourself to any other artist or person in terms of work and success. A lot of people in the industry had prior connections, so don’t beat yourself up about it. I had a problem with that, and I just stopped caring cause it was holding me back. Just make whatever you’re passionate about 🙏 Keep working hard towards your goals, and put yourself out there more. Best of luck to you :)
@DeadPlayin Hey, thanks so much for that positive, encouraging reply! I am indeed actually at a point where I start being like "ah,well, whatever (one of my most recent songs is actually called that, but for a very different reason (which is because it's, rather untypical for my style, an attempt at a Nirvana tribute song...), so this is actually kind of a dumb joke, sorry 'bout that 😄...), let me just make the kind of music I enjoy 'cause I enjoy it". I mean, I should add that I'm already realistic enough not to aim higher than at becoming a slightly (!) well-known RUclips person and even that won't work... But then again, I don't recall anyone ever reaching that goal based on their own music and thankfully I have other interests like talking about movies or something, so we'll see 😉...
@@janhommer Of course :) I hope your RUclips journey goes well! Try whatever you want on here, and eventually, something will stick. I always tell myself that I’m one idea away, and it keeps me going everyday! Keep investing in yourself and the success will come to you 🙏
She could make tickets resell at face value like Coldplay did but she's more concerned with how expensive and in demand her tour/tickets looked than her actual fans. And missing this point is peak swiftie delusion.
i am a fan of taylor's music, and i used to really admire her work ethic. but i also have been a charli xcx fan for a long time, so it's not an exaggeration when i tell you i felt a pain in my SOUL when taylor blocked her, and didn't even tried to hide it.... (like exclusive variants just for the uk? seriously?) the thing is: charli is also a hard worker, she been looking for her moment to shine again for a while now, and when she finally have it, taylor finds a way to block her. at first i thought it was because of the "sympathy is a knife situation", but then she also did it to billie without any apparent reason i'm sorry, but she's really coming out of this as a greedy woman and a performative feminist...
UK Exclusive Releases right when Charli dropped was low key a villain move 😭😭 It could’ve been a coincidence, but like I said in the video, the timing and the 24 hour limit makes it seem like it was a move to keep her #1 spot on the UK charts
@@DeadPlayinshe’s done it with Olivia too. I think Olivia penned the song vampire about her (speculation) and Taylor retaliated by writing imgonnagetyouback (Olivia has a song called gethimback). Details are hazy for me but I remeber when Olivia and Taylor used to hang out with each other and then they stopped and people don’t know why but there’s rumours going around that Olivia was an up and coming star and was going to be the next Taylor swift but Taylor wasn’t keen on sharing the spotlight so Taylor stole a lot of Olivia’s success and prevented her singles from going #1 by using her army of swifties to propel her music to the top of the charts. Olivia wasn’t happy with this and wrote vampire about her and in response Taylor wrote a song on ttpd about her. I think it’s also the reason why she dragged Sabrina carpenter on her world tour instead of Olivia to rub it in her face. Anyway I think that’s what more or less happened
@@skybartnick5945 I get what you mean g, but I can’t just say her donations were weak since she has donated millions throughout her career. You did make me laugh tho 😭😭
@@DeadPlayin she just gave 197 million dollars to her crew and cast of Era's Tour as bonus. If this is not a generous queen, then I don't know what is.
You do knw that billion dollar is her net worth not the actual amount of money she has in her bank account.... that's most of her music catalog if she sells them, her real estate portfolio and other things......also, she is atleast doing well somethin' unlike you.....she worked for it
🤦♀️ you can't be serious. You do realize she doesn't literally have a billion dollars in liquid cash, right? It's the value of her catalogue, some of which she still doesn't even own. she's written over 200 songs and now has 11 studio albums. she became a billionaire purely through the music, ticket sales for tours, vinyls, CDs, and cassettes, streams, and yes, umg makes merch. but she hasn't appeared in commercials in years she hasn't had a perfume in an extremely long time and she never made a fashion line or a makeup brand like other celebrities and musicians have. Because of this it's reported that her wealth was gained directly through the music in a way that no other billionaire ever has done. she quite literally has made so much of that money without exploiting anyone, she's not Jeff bezos. so these arguments are a little ridiculous. Dolly Parton was also a billionaire was she not ? or was that JK Rowling? but she became a millionaire because she donated enough of it, and Swift will probably do the same. the Eras Tour cost a huge amount of money to put on, and she never allowed Ticketmaster to use surge pricing, etc. she and her team fought Ticketmaster every step of the way to try to get her fans reasonable tickets. the resale price was insane but the actual price of the tickets set by her were extremely reasonable. Verified fan was also used to try to get more fans tickets instead of scalpers. She's donated a HUGE amount throughout her career. At the end of the You Need to Calm Down music video they talk about the proceeds going to an LGBTQ charity, the song itself has the line, "when you could be GLAAD". At the end of the Wildest Dreams music video you can see that she donated to wildlife preservation. She wrote the song Ronan for a woman whose son died of cancer, it was a charity single and the mother is credited as a writer since she used her blog for inspiration, the money went to cancer charity. The mom's name is Maya and she's gotten to go to the tour herself. Her song It's Nice to Have a Friend also included a youth choir. "Royalties from the new Taylor Swift song from her new album, Lover, "It's Nice to Have a Friend" will support a music program in Toronto" 'It's Nice to Have a Friend' Is Boosting Art Education at Toronto School: 'This Will Benefit Us For Years'. " Recently she donated 5 million to hurricane relief. She's encouraged people to register to vote throughout the years, and her links have driven huge traffic to vote.org. She pays all of her employees extremely well and then gives them huge bonuses on top of it, including all of the crew, the truck drivers, etc. At every single stop of the Eras Tour she's donated huge amounts to food banks, in the UK she donated so much, that it was reported that she did more for food insecurity than the government. look it up. Wherever the tour went it also gave an economic boost to the area, certain governments were begging her to visit them for this reason, she brings prosperity and joy. and by the way, isn't Beyonce also a billionaire? does she donate as much as Swift does ? and I don't hear anyone complaining about her. hmmm 🤔 Rihanna and Ariana both have makeup brands and Rihanna is a successful business woman. (Fenty and R.E.M) I don't see anybody complaining about them being rich off of their makeup brands. Billie eilish and Sabrina Carpenter just keep releasing more and more fragrances. Billie has three or four now and Sabrina has at least three, a new one just dropped. I don't see anybody complaining about Billie or Sabrina's perfumes. Meanwhile Taylor Swift doesn't have a perfume line anymore, and hasn't in a long time, she never had a makeup line or a fashion line, the only physical things she sells now are through UMG's merch line, and we don't exactly know what her contract with them looks like or how much of a say she has in that aspect of it, unfortunately. But all of the other artists I mentioned ALSO have merch lines with their record labels. Sabrina and Billie both sell tons of merch on their websites. Vinyl variants are also extremely common and have been forever, way before Swift. Labels always try to make as much money as they can off their artists, that's capitalism for ya. Why do you think they used to release greatest hits albums? now with streaming those are obsolete. So what's the difference? is it wrong for Billie, Sabrina, Rihanna, and Ariana, to try to make money just like everyone else does under capitalism, or is it ok? and if it's ok, why isn't it ok when Taylor does it? 🤔
She's an ESTIMATED billionaire, WHY ARE YOU EVEN COMPLAINING ABOUT LITERAL DONATIONS? Taylor could give them 500Million dollars y'all don't be satisfied
@@DeadPlayin ive never done LV1 but beating KH2 on Crit is one of my proudest gaming achievements that entire kind of three year span of gaming from 2004 to 2007 was full of bangers. Kingdom Hearts 2, Final Fantasy 12, Sly 2 and 3, the first two Forza Motorsports, Half-Life 2, GTA San Andreas, NFS Most Wanted, Metal Gear Solid 3, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Resident Evil 4, Psychonauts, Gran Turismo 4, Halo 2 and 3, Super Mario Galaxy, Persona 3 FES, Bully, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007, Devil May Cry 3, Burnout 3: Takedown, BioShock, etc. it was a damn good fuckin time to be alive and into video games back then lol
im a fan of her myself, and i agree that a lot of things are unecessary to do, and she should not be doing them, but she is not the only artist who does that (especially in the pop industry) so i just dont understand why people only come after her when lots of artists do that too
I agree with you. That's why I said she isn't the only who does this stuff. Like you said, a lot of pop stars, like Olivia Rodrigo, use similar tactics or make a lot of vinyls. I just think that Taylor stands out amongst the crowd due to her strong following and the unique ways she goes about making as much money as she can from them.
@DeadPlayin thanks for answering me! i agree with you, i just said that cause i never see videos talking about other celebs who do that, only about taylor, but you are indeed right
@ No problem :) you may be right in that regard, so maybe I’ll look into other artists and shine some light on their questionable practices. Thank you for bringing this to my attention 🙏
I loved this video you appreciated her accomplishments but are still able to critique her. Some people hate her so much they viewpoint is clouded. I love her music and have been a listener from her early on i can notice her greedy sides its not just the cds and vinyls she also does merch releases for every album.
Thank you so much for the kind words, and for recognizing that 🙏 I find it unnecessary to just hate on her too. I just wanted to provide an argumentative video essay about some of her business practices. I’m glad you commented and enjoyed the video :)
i think the point of the different kind of color variations is that you should get one of them with the color you prefer? do we criticize apple for releasing different colored iphones?
I’ll admit that I should’ve focused more on the FOMO aspects (like the bonus tracks for TTPD or how she has exclusive releases for vinyls), rather than the color variations. That was a weaker part of my argument looking back at it, so thanks for bringing this to my attention 🫡
@@DeadPlayin I'm not an expert on this stuff as I dont buy it. but i can also imagine that the exclusive tracks on these is to make them unique and thus increase their collectors value. the resale value of these is probably pretty good. so i dont really see a problem there either. It would be a problem if she sold overpriced appliances with her name on it that break after a few months. people also complain about Porsche asking for insane price increases but then again the rare models usually get more and more valuable as time goes on. so whats wrong if fans buy all these and they remain valuable or even possibly gain value over time? anyone who doesnt understand that every track can eventually be streamed for cheap or even for free here on youtube doesnt understand how the world works and if he buys the all the albums for that reason doesnt have my sympathy when he spends way too much money.
Good video. Add in suing Olivia Rodrigo for song writing royalties to two somewhat similar songs, her not taking on scalpers for a tour rife with autotune and lip syncing (staff bonus = payoff?), and using variants to block Charli, Billie and Chappell, but not blocking her "friends" Post Malone and Sabrina from hitting #1 when they put out an album. I love The Tortured Poets Department but her actions remind me of Trump, no joke.
Thank you :) I remember seeing stuff about the Olivia Rodrigo situation, and I wish I would’ve covered it in this video. I’ll see if I’ll have any room for it in Part 2. For the scalpers, I’ll see how much involvement she has with that since I believe Ticketmaster controls a lot of that. The variants to block other artists is very petty and uncreative if I’m being honest.
@@DeadPlayin Yeah, Dan Nigro mentioned afterwards how people only want songwriting credit when the song is a hit. Ticketmaster controls a lot, but Chappell voided several obvious scalper/bot tickets and set up a way for fans to get them instead, and Taylor has waaaaay more muscle. I literally think she loves seeing how much fans are willing to pay.
BRAND NEW EYES SPOTTED IN THE BACKGROUND 🗣️ WTH IS NOT BEING ENRAGED WITH YOUR BANDMATES edit: THIS IS WHY ALSO SPOTTED 🗣️🗣️ WTF IS NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE edit 2: i just realized that this is DeadPlayin i subbed a whiiiiiile ago 😭
It's really not a good look dropping music when other top artists are dropping there's. I mean, she has a track record. Doesn't look coincidental to me. Very shady and very petty.
I am a Taylor fan myself, but still appreciated this video. The over-consumerism of her music and poorly made merch gives me the ick. Yes her donations have been generous throughout the years, but I have been wondering for a while now "Where is her philanthropy work?" She should be following the steps of Shania Twain and Dolly Parton in that sense. Okay, so you're a billionaire now Taylor. What are you going to do about that? How are you going to help others, besides through your music? What legacy do you want to leave behind? Even pressuring the Ticketmaster system would make me happy if she chose to do so after the mess that the Eras tour was for tickets, but a registered charity of some kind would be great to see from her eventually. She claims that she leans left when it comes to politics, but obviously continues to very much benefit off capitalism.
she really just kinda.. sucks. she has so, SO much power and she chooses not to do anything meaningful with it bc of the risk of upsetting a portion of her fanbase (and therefore losing her money), cause god forbid she loses fans that aren't nice people anyway... I hope she chooses to do more in the future but it's not possible to become a billionaire AND be an ethical person. so I highly doubt she will change. she has ALWAYS leant conservative, I think people find it easy to forget that just because she's not a Trump supporter. she also dated connor kennedy when he was 17 and she was 23 (supposedly she had some obsession with the kennedy family too which I feel makes it even weirder?) which is really gross & predatory.. like even when I was 20 I couldn't have imagined dating a 17 year old. what did a 23 year old woman have in common with a 17 year old boy. absolute creep she is
Everytime yall say the connor kennedy thing her age grows by one year. The next I'm going to read something like this, I'd probably read something like she dated connor who is 12 years old when she's 40. (Btw she actually dated him at 18 when she's 21 so both adults and I don't see theeeyear age gaps as problematic anyway)
I'm going to paste this comment i posted elsewhere: You do realize she doesn't literally have a billion dollars in liquid cash, right? It's the value of her catalogue, some of which she still doesn't even own. she's written over 200 songs and now has 11 studio albums. she became a billionaire purely through the music, ticket sales for tours, vinyls, CDs, and cassettes, streams, and yes, umg makes merch. but she hasn't appeared in commercials in years she hasn't had a perfume in an extremely long time and she never made a fashion line or a makeup brand like other celebrities and musicians have. Because of this it's reported that her wealth was gained directly through the music in a way that no other billionaire ever has done. she quite literally has made so much of that money without exploiting anyone, she's not Jeff bezos. so these arguments are a little ridiculous. Dolly Parton was also a billionaire was she not ? or was that JK Rowling? but she became a millionaire because she donated enough of it, and Swift will probably do the same. the Eras Tour cost a huge amount of money to put on, and she never allowed Ticketmaster to use surge pricing, etc. she and her team fought Ticketmaster every step of the way to try to get her fans reasonable tickets. the resale price was insane but the actual price of the tickets set by her were extremely reasonable. Verified fan was also used to try to get more fans tickets instead of scalpers. She's donated a HUGE amount throughout her career. At the end of the You Need to Calm Down music video they talk about the proceeds going to an LGBTQ charity, the song itself has the line, "when you could be GLAAD". At the end of the Wildest Dreams music video you can see that she donated to wildlife preservation. She wrote the song Ronan for a woman whose son died of cancer, it was a charity single and the mother is credited as a writer since she used her blog for inspiration, the money went to cancer charity. The mom's name is Maya and she's gotten to go to the tour herself. Her song It's Nice to Have a Friend also included a youth choir. "Royalties from the new Taylor Swift song from her new album, Lover, "It's Nice to Have a Friend" will support a music program in Toronto" 'It's Nice to Have a Friend' Is Boosting Art Education at Toronto School: 'This Will Benefit Us For Years'. " Recently she donated 5 million to hurricane relief. She's encouraged people to register to vote throughout the years, and her links have driven huge traffic to vote.org. She pays all of her employees extremely well and then gives them huge bonuses on top of it, including all of the crew, the truck drivers, etc. At every single stop of the Eras Tour she's donated huge amounts to food banks, in the UK she donated so much, that it was reported that she did more for food insecurity than the government. look it up. Wherever the tour went it also gave an economic boost to the area, certain governments were begging her to visit them for this reason, she brings prosperity and joy. and by the way, isn't Beyonce also a billionaire? does she donate as much as Swift does ? and I don't hear anyone complaining about her. hmmm 🤔 Rihanna and Ariana both have makeup brands and Rihanna is a successful business woman. (Fenty and R.E.M) I don't see anybody complaining about them being rich off of their makeup brands. Billie eilish and Sabrina Carpenter just keep releasing more and more fragrances. Billie has three or four now and Sabrina has at least three, a new one just dropped. I don't see anybody complaining about Billie or Sabrina's perfumes. Meanwhile Taylor Swift doesn't have a perfume line anymore, and hasn't in a long time, she never had a makeup line or a fashion line, the only physical things she sells now are through UMG's merch line, and we don't exactly know what her contract with them looks like or how much of a say she has in that aspect of it, unfortunately. But all of the other artists I mentioned ALSO have merch lines with their record labels. Sabrina and Billie both sell tons of merch on their websites. Vinyl variants are also extremely common and have been forever, way before Swift. Labels always try to make as much money as they can off their artists, that's capitalism for ya. Why do you think they used to release greatest hits albums? now with streaming those are obsolete. So what's the difference? is it wrong for Billie, Sabrina, Rihanna, and Ariana, to try to make money just like everyone else does under capitalism, or is it ok? and if it's ok, why isn't it ok when Taylor does it? 🤔
i think you missed the fact that Taylor's fanbase will mindlessly consume and consume and consume without hesitation. Ariana, Billie, Charli, Rihanna's fans DO draw the line and don't mindlessly consume. may i add; Billie's merch and items are eco-friendly, she makes sure to make people know that it is.
The first part of the video is why is she releasing some CDs and Vinyls. Don’t buy If you think you don’t need. This is like blaming swifties for collecting some special things for themselves. Everything is consumerism even when we want certain things to keep as memory/ sonething special.
Love the video! I can tell all the effort. One thing tho is I wouldn’t use Billie as a good example she is known for the million vinyl variants she has (u can search them up if u dont believe me). But I do think these practices are incredibly predatory
Thank you so much! I realized that Billie makes a lot of vinyls herself, which is why I relied on her word that she makes her vinyls eco-friendly. An argument could be presented against Billie that making too many eco-friendly vinyls undermines the reason they’re supposed to be eco-friendly. I’m glad we’re able to agree that some of her business practices are predatory and really rely on the parasocial relationship she has with her fans.
You need to go back into Pop/Rock history and realize Taylor isn’t the first to start these kinds of practices. For DECADES we have had far, far too many “Greatest Hits”, “Best ofs”, “Essentials”, “ Comprehensive collections” and more, more, more unneeded and wasteful albums by everyone from Louis Armstrong, Elvis and The Beach Boys to Madonna. All designed to just milk, milk, milk the music buyer. It’s not about choice. It’s about waste, and it’s been going on a long time. Taylor is far from the first “bad guy” here. The weapon is being a sensible consumer with the paycheck in hand.
She definitely isn’t the first to start these kinds of practices, but releasing 36 variants of the same album within a year is something I’ve never heard of 😭😭😭 I suppose that I can understand the vinyls FOMO tactic since it reaches out to collectors, and it’s very effective. I also alluded to the consumer being a part of the problem at the end of the Vinyl Vampire chapter. The more her fans buy all of her vinyls, the more she’s gonna make. It’s just basic business at that point, lmaooo
Well, you can listen to a lot of songs on RUclips for free, so I don’t quite understand what you’re going for here. She can release TTPD with a singular demo track for like $10-15, and people will eat it up like hot cakes 😭 she knows what’s she doing when she’s dropping on the same day as other artists. It’s all a strategy, and it works for her
@DeadPlayin Im just saying if people are buying the vinyl with one or two extra songs that are not even exclusive to that vinyl, the album that that vinyl is blocking maybe doesn't deserve to be 1
There are tons of ppl who are making more than her that are actual capitalist but you chose her. And also, you talk about vinyl variations as if she's the only artist do them.....she literally hand sign those vinyl's unlike billie Eilish who my good gracious god! Took a big pesticides spray bag filled them with color abd sprayed em and sold em' for collection.....ya'll RUclipsrs and haterz keep making vids but at the end of the day she keeps winin'...but she works hard unlike ya'll who attach everything to her name for clicks & views.....
There definitely are people making more money than her, but that wasn’t the point of this argument. I also said in the video that she isn’t the only artists that makes a lot of vinyl variants. Another thing is, only SOME of her vinyls are signed. Unless you have footage of her signing them herself, it’s probably a copied signature. Last thing, I explicitly stated that I don’t hate Taylor Swift, and that I actually enjoy listening to her music sometimes. I also acknowledged that she’s worked her ass off to get to the top. I don’t need to lie for the clicks and the views. At the end of the day, this is an argumentative video essay more than this all just being facts that can’t be argued against. It’s my opinion. But I appreciate you a lot for commenting, and giving me your piece of mind 🫡🙏
@@kiwiana444because this is NOT valid criticism. Duh? Your cannot criticize her and at the same hand praise someone else who does the exact same. Why don't i see y'all having the vinyl attitude toward Billie eillish? Why don't i see y'all having the carbon emission attitude towards Travis Scott? Taylor is as much capitalistic as the next artist. You criticize her because you cannot stomach her.
@@Aiibh because billie doesn’t produce as much as her and actually gives back by making the products sustainable. we criticise her because we have a good reason to but no y’all have to turn this into something it’s not
Grow up, just because there are worse, doesn’t mean that she can’t criticised aswell. I love Taylor, but she is a capitalist queen. And yeah many other artists do it, but she is the most excessive
@@camilassuarezz I never said she was more famous than Michael Jackson 😭 I said she’s gained AS MUCH fame as him, but you may be right about nobody being on his level, lmao
POV an album cycle doesn’t require 36 releases of the same album (excluding the deluxe)… I didn’t need to mention her merch either since it’s not a point of concern to me
When I said 36 releases, I’m talking about her latest album, TTPD. I also admitted that the Midnights vinyls had unique designs that make them more worthy to collect. The color ways for folklore were basic, but I do appreciate the marble appearance in light.
billie talked about vinyls but her album also has a bunch of different versions just like taylor… isn’t like taylor is putting a gun in her fans head to buy all the versions… i don’t get why people get mad that the fans want to buy the different versions… taylor is just playing the game just like the big names out there.
I should’ve focused more on the FOMO aspect than the color variations, so that’s on me. The color variations are a good thing that give fans more of a choice. I mostly wanted to focus on the difference between each vinyl, and emphasize the $120 clock. Billie does make a lot of vinyl variants too, but she’s at least made sure to emphasize that they’re eco-friendly. I’ve never seen anything about Taylor’s vinyls being eco-friendly, but I could be wrong. In the video, I also said that not every fan is gonna buy all of her vinyls. She isn’t holding a gun to anyone’s head, but she definitely uses FOMO tactics to sell more music. Having exclusive drops for 6 and 24 hours, as well as splitting bonus tracks between 4 vinyls are for sure FOMO tactics.
To y'all absolutely INSANE people in the comments. She literally gave 197 MILLION dollars away in BONUSES to her crew. Knowing that, if you call her cheap and greedy you are a certified hater and nothing more.
There’s so many racial connotations in that statement 😭😭 I don’t even like Kanye as a person either, which is why I made that video about him needing to retire
I spent over 2 thousand on her holiday drop in november. I will ALWAYS support her and shes #1. She knows some of her fanbase like to collect like myself. The more she releases, the more for me. 💯💯 also, the clock is 100% worth it! I have the vinyl clock and CD clock. Is this wasteful? Honestly, I don't give a f***. ❤
If you got the extra bread to spend, then I got nothing to say bro 😭 you up tbh. I get why people would collect her vinyls to have at least 1 vinyl for each album, but I just think that buying multiple vinyls for the same album isn’t worth it. I’m glad that you’re passionate about her, and I wish you the best of luck with collecting bro 🫡
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@@DeadPlayin you're rent must be due......
Ain’t nobody wanna see ur weird videos
She’s been winning so long she can’t just relax and risk falling “behind”. But I wonder how hyped her fans would be if she gave them a chance to miss her by going off radar then make a grand return.
@@gnuwaves743 I think if she took a solid 2 year break, and came back with a banger album, it would do her wonders. I personally think she should try making a rock album
i would argue that vinyls with colour variations are actually way less predatory than vinyls with exclusive bonus tracks - the latter adds an impetus to collect them all which creates consumer pressure
I 100% agree!
I agree on that too. I personally feel like offering a bonus song is a better incentive than just making 9 different colors of the same album during the pandemic. I could be wrong tho
@@DeadPlayin i agree, but don't you think additional incentive to overconsume is a bad thing, not a good thing? offering colour variations doesn't create much incentive to overconsume, besides those who would do so anyway. songs which are vinyl exclusive etc. create an incentive for overconsumption which is likely to convince more people to overconsume
@ From how you laid it out, I see what you mean. The additional incentive to consume can definitely be a negative thing if it goes too far (over consumption). The color variations are more of a collector thing compared to the vinyls with extra tracks. The vinyls with extra tracks are another FOMO tactic, but I still think it can provide more value to the listener when compared to the Midnights vinyls that just make a clock 💀
If it’s 9 different looking vinyls, you’ll just buy the one you think is prettier, but if there is a bonus track you’ll more willing to buy them all, just for those extra songs
Donations are incredibly great and they save people's lives so that is defintately something to respect Taylor for. However, it is important to keep many things (but mostly two major points) about celebrity donations (not just TS) in mind:
1) These donations, while really big and helpful, are barely a fraction of their overall wealth.
2) While most of the charities, gofundmes and organizations that they donate to are really helpful, they are usually aimed at allevieting individual circumstances or aiding the burdens of some people whilst not actually changing the systems that cause these problems in the first place.
i.e., Celebrity donations and charitable efforts, while helpful, respectable and generous, do not actually challenge the status quo, create systematic change or stop causal factors of problems like poverty, unaffordable healthcare, and whatever else. Celebs dear not challenge capitalism (the major root cause of the circumstances they donate to) since they ultimately benefit from it. What ends up happening is that celebrities are still able to hold on to their wealth and power whilst attaining the vaneer of generosity.
This was a really great video essay btw!
I agree with this, but I'd like to add nuance to both your points:
1. Yes, this is true, however for TS specifically, it is pretty important to note that a HUGE chunk of her net worth isn't liquid cash, it's her music catalogue which she won't sell. You have to commend her for the fact that her business is purely built on the music. She didn't exploit workers to create a majority of her wealth (Unfortunately, her merch is very unethically produced), she did it as an artist first and foremost. Thus, of her net worth, she probably only has like a quarter of it in liquid assets. Thus, a bonus as huge as $197 Million Dollars is not just chump change for her, it's a huge amount of money. This ain't mentioning the donations she has made in every city that hosted the Eras Tour (Of which none have not publicly disclosed the amount, and only a few paces have actually publicly thanked her for this without her input, so she's not doing it as a publicity stunt) nor does it account for the cost of her high-budget productions, high salary of workers, etc. She is the closest we have to an ethical billionaire in this world, and we can critique her missteps, but it's disingenuous to think she's only doing these generous and kind things for PR or ulterior motives.
2. While this is ultimately true, it is not really productive to put an expectation for every celebrity to be an activist for social change. One rich famous celebrity cannot meaningfully change the status quo, especially pop stars like Taylor Swift. Their largest influence is only on the industry they are under, to which Taylor Swift has done plenty that still benefits smaller and less successful artists to this day.
This is a fair criticism to give towards CEOs or business moguls, but it is more layered when it comes to careers on the entertainment industry. Such radical decisions, especially under the scrutinizing general public, can quite literally make these stars lose their celebrity status and jobs entirely.
As you've already said, they ultimately benefit from capitalistic society. However, another point to add here is that celebrities as a concept is born from capitalism. To be in a position of stardom is to participate under consumer culture, because it is impossible to be a famous person in entertainment if you cannot treat yourself as a product. People watch and listen to you and your art, this is your work, you should be able to sell it. It's just that celebrities do it in a scale much larger than most people. This is also why most celebrities makes brands in the first place, because banking all your assets in such a fickle industry can majorly backfire. In this context, Taylor is once again coming out on top as one of the few artists that doesn't sell anything beyond her music and merch. Extending her brand to include things like perfumes or clothing lines would be nothing but more money for her, yet she doesn't do anything of the sort to taint her brand or business.
That isn't to say she is a saint who has done no wrong, but it's important to add context to her billionaire status because it's reductive to also paint her as a devil incarnate because of her net worth. Celebrities (ESPECIALLY Taylor) because of their exposure get unfair scrutiny over much more influential and powerful people, when in the day most of their brand is just being entertainment for the masses. I mean, I think it's fair to say it's bad to compare any celebrity to Jeff Bezos, who isn't actually famous but brings so much more harm and damage to the world than any celebrity ever could while getting less than a quarter of the press or media attention.
im a swiftie. the biggest issue i had with taylor was that, before the tortured poets department she was selling different TTPD vinlys and CDs each with a different bonus song
"The Black Dog"
"The Albatross"
"The Bolter"
"The Manuscript"
And then come album release day, she releases a part two to the album with all these songs anyway...
i found it very greedy, the whole point is that we were thinking we'd only be able to hear those "exclusive" songs through the CD or Vinyl. i never bought any of those CDs, because i knew we'd probably get the songs on streaming eventually, just like the song "Hits Different" from the Midnights album. She should've either waited to drop the part 2 to the album (i think this would've been better tbh, remember everyone saying 31 songs was too much to listen to, and that all the songs sounded the same?) (the songs don't actually sound the same on that album, its just after listening to 31 songs, its hard to remember a specific song you loved. she should've waited to release the anthology to not have this issue)
The better option is either have all the songs on the same CD/Vinyl (like the one she just released) or just not sell different versions. im not buying anymore Taylor swift CDs because i don't agree with the tactic, its greedy, even tho i love her.
Nobody was forcing you to buy them tho. Even if you thought they wouldn’t be on streaming, there’s always a way that someone will put them out there, even if it’s illegally 🤷♀️
@jordannnk just because I'm not being forced to buy them doesn't mean it's okay, do you not see a problem with selling something as "exclusive" only to find out everyone gets it when it comes out anyway?
Simple solutions are to buy one copy and to purchase the album after the initial release.
I purchased the manuscript version and streamed the rest of the anthology when I wanted to listen to it.
Nobody was forcing u to buy them she's allowed to sell music however SHE wants and she SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT listen to it from someone like u. It's the ppl that buy them. If ppl wants to buy it then they will. She cannot force anyone to buy. U talk like u r dumb.
@imabaaaaddddddnews she's allowed to sell them, and I'm allowed to complain. The whole "no ones forcing you to buy them" argument is weak af, I'm sorry.
Part 2! Talk about her lack of response to the ticket master stuff and the fan that died.
I’ll have to look into that stuff more. I remember seeing stuff about those situations, but I haven’t done any actual research about them. Thank you for bringing them to my attention tho 🫡
Billie criticized taylor and then a couple of months after that she herself released 9 variations of Hit Me Hard And Soft sooo
Touché 😭 I leaned on Billie saying her vinyls were eco-friendly, since I’ve never seen anything about Taylor’s vinyls being eco-friendly. I could be wrong tho. I do believe an argument could be put forth that making too many eco-friendly vinyls undermines the point of the vinyls being eco-friendly to begin with.
Obviously such an argument could be out forth.
Just because your vinyl is eco-friendly doesn't mean it's not excessive consumerism and wastage. Be consistent in your criticisms is what I'd tell you. @@DeadPlayin
taylor released 23 versions for ttpd so far
@@mati321 I still feel like that’s a lot tbh. I don’t see any other artists releasing that many versions of one album in the span of 8 months, but I could be wrong
@@DeadPlayin ofc, i mean i support everything u said in the video XD i was trying to point out that despite knowing that a lot of artists are releasing these stupid special editions vinyls and shit, nobody does that to such extent as Taylor and none other fanbase than swifties is so brainwashed to buy that shit
from someone who became more of a passive consumer of her…. ppl are dying i dont want to make her lore or merch/media collection a part of my personality. i truly don’t meant to hate i’m just being neutral but some of y’all truly go too far
as a lifetime swiftie i don’t think it’s crazy to have different color variations for albums as long as they are all released together, like folklore. i think it’s fun & gives people a chance to pick which one they think is the coolest with no feeling of FOMO.
HOWEVER with 1989 TV she would release a vinyl with only 48 hours to buy which caused many people to buy because they didn’t know if there’d be different one or if that one would ever be available again. BUT she continued to released 3 others with the same limited time buy period & the only difference was the color. also if you were planning on buying all four as collectables anyway (i don’t understand this thought process but to each their own) you would have to pay for shipping 4 separate times.
i had this same annoyance with TTPD, where she would release a vinyl variation with a “bonus track” that was only available for a certain amount of time. & then proceeded to release the anthology unannounced which included all of those bonus tracks…& finally just NOW released the anthology on vinyl.
i love taylor & her music & ive bought her merch before. i just think the whole “available for 24 or 48 hours” sucks.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with color variations either. Like you said, they do give the listener more choices to pick something they like. I should’ve emphasized the FOMO tactics more than the color variations.
I’m also very annoyed with how she releases her albums, and some of the variations since there’s FOMO from the beginning of the album cycle. It just makes it seem like she wants to make a certain part of her fanbase feel “special” just cause they bought everything. That just alienates her fanbase. She uses this parasocial relationship to boost her sales, which could seen as a little exploitative. I could be overthinking this, so take it how you will 🫡
I appreciate you a lot for providing a great comment and having a civil conversation with me :)
EDIT: I DIDN’T KNOW THAT WAS YOU AT FIRST MARG 😭😭 I’m tweaking bro. Thank you so much for watching this video, and it means a lot to me that you left such a good comment providing support for both sides 🙏❤️
it's one of the better critisism video essays of taylor swift I've seen in a while. I always enjoy listening critisism about the things and people I adore...cuz it just gives a different perspective...but I usually don't follow this practice when it comes to taylor swift...cuz like 80 percent of that critisism stem misogynistic views and ideas....but your video is certainly a breath of fresh air.
A little background...so I'm from India and my first interaction with a taylor song was in 2017 (it was blank space and LWYMMD) and well the rest is history (been a swiftie since 2017) ...ngl i agree with a lot of (Almost all) points you talk about....her 36 releases for folklore was just excessive and her not speaking about global issues even after knowing the kind of power she has is very very ignorant of her....
But I wanna like put up a point....like her carbon emissions (now in no way or form am going to justify her carbon emissions) I feel we don't give nearly enough heat to other celebrities when it comes to carbon emissions as compared to taylor swift....like for example (believe it or not) travis scott and Kim k are one with highest carbon emissions in 2023 and they were not even on tour...now once again I'm not justifying anyone critising taylor swift for her carbon emissions...but why are we not taking the same tone with other celebrities when it comes to carbon Emissions (www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=wp.nyu.edu/steinhardtschoolofcultureeducationandhumandevelopment-celebrityjetemissions/auto-draft-23/2023-2/&ved=2ahUKEwjunOaBiJ2KAxVqSWwGHd3iFw8QFnoECCkQAQ&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw1kRkpfl-PJUPrbdGHDIhVK) (link for the carbon emissions info)
But I really enjoyed the video and the points you made (also please ignore any grammar or spelling error... english is not my first language)
Thank you so much for spending your time watching this video and providing an insightful comment 🙏
Mentioning the carbon emissions just added some more strength to my argument. She definitely isn’t the only celebrity with extreme emissions, so those people deserve to be criticized too. I know Kylie Jenner got in some hot water about this issue too back in like 2018 or 2019, so Taylor isn’t the first person to be criticized over this issue. I have more of an understanding why Taylor’s emissions would be high during touring, but she had the most emissions by a large amount in 2022 while she wasn’t touring. I will make sure to check out the link you put in your comment too 🫡
Once again, thank you so much for watching, and keep enjoying her music :)
Alright, strap in, this is gonna be a long comment.
I found your video on my home page, and I decided to give it a watch since I always love to support smaller channels. Great video, good editing, and it's clear that research went into your argument, so great job.
Now for my opinion. I became a swiftie during 2022. To be transparent, I'm an asian 20 something year old woman, and the fan base is predominantly white women/girls, which turned me off from being a Taylor fan throughout my girlhood-adulthood. But I listened to her whole discography in one week and something just clicked and I fell in love. For about 2 months into enjoying all her music, I was extremely hesitant to call myself a swiftie, because I know all the stereotypes and connotations surrounding the fan base and even the word "swiftie." All of this to say, I've never really enjoyed the Stan culture of it all, and the lack of criticism that comes from other swifties, as if criticizing her would make you "less" of a fan. I went to the eras tour, twice. I was lucky enough to get tickets but even the commodification of The Eras Tour was partially in her control, but also out of her control. At the end of the day, she is a business woman. She is an artist, but her music is her income, thus, it's no surprise that she has found a way to heavily profit off her fans.
I find it interesting that you see her drops as "intentional blocking" for other artists, because at the end of the day, they're all competing for the same awards. While Taylor is not a UK artist, her fan base is quite literally worldwide. I met multiple people from my Toronto shows who flew in from Europe AND the U.S. because they couldn't get tickets in their own countries. It's almost like saying "Oh Simone Biles should give other athletes a chance because she always gets Gold." It feels... odd. It is a blood bath and a competition at the end of the day, but with the timing of everything, I can understand why you came to that conclusion.
Vinyl variants... Well, this one's interesting. Taylor's career has spanned longer than some of her fans' lives 😂 It's normal for her to have a large catalogue, but I will agree that 9 variants for folklore is excessive. However, your counterarguments to Billie's eco vinyls is, interesting. Considering she put out a bunch of variants for her "eco-vinyls" after bashing the variant game is just fishy. If she really felt strongly about the variant game, she'd have 1 for her album. But that's just Billie. While TTPD variants had bonus tracks, the FOMO tactic is real with Taylor. I'm surprised you didn't delve into merch because her team often enacts a similar drop system. I think you really hit the mark calling it a "FOMO tactic" because it really is. I've felt so compelled to buy merch even when I can't afford it, because of the tactic. If you post your cart on Twitter, there's a chance that Taylor Nation will see it and repost or reply to you. It's all brownie points and bragging rights. Don't get me started on stan Twitter in general. I use the app to stay updated with what's happening, but really, it's hard to say how I truly feel on that app because you're constantly being judged or you'll probably get called a "tay-trier" if you criticize her. But that's also how all Stan culture is, and it's not singular to the swiftie community.
Her emissions are excessive but to be expected. She IS the most famous woman in the world right now, she has multiple stalkers who have broken into her homes, etc. There's no way you can expect her to fly commercial, but some trips can be done via car, she may just choose not to.
All of this to say, I became a fan of Taylor because of her music. I decided to join the swiftie community because I wanted to be around other fans, the fanbase isn't ALL bad, but it often gets overshadowed by the louder (and often richer and more privileged) voices. The fanbase is predominantly white and filled with Taylor worshippers, which is fine, but to completely ignore her business decisions and capitalism is wrong. Think of how much more good Taylor could do with her power as the most popular artist in the world. She could talk about Pal3stine, Sudan, Syria, and not just speak up when it's beneficial to her. She is extremely influential and has an army of followers who would do something if she came out and said to do it. To say that she's an artist and it's not her job to speak on world issues is, in my opinion, wrong. Someone with her global influence SHOULD and CAN use her voice, but it's ultimately up to her. She is a business woman AND an artist, both can and are true.
I'm looking forward to seeing Part 2 on The Eras Tour, keep making content. You've gained a subscriber. :)
She takes multiple 18 wheelers to every city and flies private by herself or with a few other people. You’re blinded by your love for her music that you try to excuse her environmental impact. Just because she is a businesswoman and the most famous person in the world does not give her the right to pollute the world with about the same carbon footprint as a large town. You can like her music but you can also condemn her for her harmful impact to the environment.
Just to add to that no one should be polluting more than they should and this does not just apply to taylor
@@cxfvsion Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to present my points to you :) I appreciate the kind words as well!
In terms of the points you’ve made, I’ve got a lengthy response back, lmao
I’m glad that as a fan of her music, you understand that there are some questionable parts of her fanbase, just like any community tho. Like you said, some of them will clown you into oblivion for the most trivial things, or if you critique anything she does. I’ve even seen some of her fans say some pretty racist things, and I know that Tyler, The Creator recently called her fans out for it. I’m also glad that you were able to provide a different and compelling point of view on the topics I covered.
For the part where I talked about her gatekeeping artists, I probably could’ve dove further into the idea of her drops being her form of competition. Yet I just feel like dropping the same album (with extra steps) instead of dropping a fresh project to compete with others is a cheap tactic to control the charts. Especially when you know your fans are gonna eat up whatever you put out. I’m not talking about deluxe albums either. The Simone Biles comparison you made would work better too if Taylor was competing with these artists with a new album, instead of one that had been out for over a month with several variants already. Simone has to constantly train and get better everyday, while Taylor can just decide when to drop another version of TTPD with some demos and acoustic tracks to keep her #1 spot.
I did see that Billie has made hella vinyls for her albums too. Thing is, she makes sure to highlight that they’re eco friendly and lays out the materials used for them. I personally haven’t seen anything about Taylor making her vinyls eco-friendly, whilst producing a lot of them in a 4 year span. I could be completely wrong tho if there’s any information out there confirming she makes eco-friendly vinyls. Going back to Bille, you could argue that making so many eco-friendly vinyls undermines the point of the vinyls being eco-friendly in the first place (if this makes sense, lmao).
I’m not saying that she should fly commercial, but the amount of CO2 emissions that are attached to her are staggering. Even when she’s not touring, she’s pumping a staggering amount of CO2 emissions into the air. Other prominent celebrities don’t emit nearly as much emissions as she does, at least from what we know.
We thankfully see eye to eye on the FOMO tactics she uses 😭 she’s able to use the parasocial relationship she has with her fans to her advantage instead of letting it control her. Even with this relationship, she doesn’t use it much to talk about world issues, possibly because she doesn’t want to find herself in trouble with the wrong group of people. She seems to play things very safe in this regard. You and I both are not asking her to go and protest everyday of her life, but her and her team should at least try to research the things going on around the world so her fans will have a great cause to latch onto.
Once again, I really appreciate you for leaving a very civil comment that made me reflect on the points I made in this video :) It means a lot to me that you’re willing to join this journey to make an impact on this platform ❤️ Thanks again!
Bitch how do i read the whole thing T-T
@@af-wm8sn I find it interesting that you think I was condemning her carbon footprint when I wasn't. I do appreciate that you highlight that the carbon emissions argument doesn't apply ONLY to Taylor, since she isn't even the top celebrity with emissions. You've got Jay-Z, Ronaldo, Travis Scott, Kylie Jenner, Elon Musk, etc. all AHEAD of Taylor on the emissions list. Taylor gets the most flack because she an easy target. That isn't me excusing her, it's me including her as part of the problem. She still contributes to carbon emissions and that is her contributing to the downfall of our climate.
I wouldn't say I'm blinded by my love for her music, because her actions impact the same earth that I live in, whether she has great music or not. I also would love to hear an alternative for her to tour around the world? As if others aren't touring using the same means as her? At the end of the day sometimes you just have no choice, touring is her way of making money as an artist and EVERY artist does it. Like I said, because she's the biggest pop star in the world right now, she's constantly getting criticisms, while others fly under the radar for doing the exact same things.
Very intersted in part two!!!1 The Eras Tour finally came to a close last night and seeing all that has happened was both incredible to witness and abit scary as well. That is what led me to searching for this type of video in the first place. Cause let's not forget, Taylor is also an expensive commodity at the highest level. One person having that much power. But it has also been nice to see how her tours have boosted economies in several countries across the world and soo many were able to benefit from the craze as well. In the same breath, we can also acknowledge that she has also milked her fans in every possible way. so two things can be right at the same time. Billboard named Beyonce as the greatest artist of the 21st century and her fans have been making racist comments, I know she may not see everything, but it says alot that her reps do not want her to speak on stuff like that so they probably dont inform her about it or make it a priority....We cannot forget that her fans are predominantly white teenagers plus....But I would have been good to have her respond and make her stance clear on something like this..
I was fascinated to witness the craze online. We may never witness this type of movement again. I am a huge fan of her work, the folklore album my favourite. love her live performances...we have seen soo many versions of her artistically, which i appreciate....but not a fan of some of the practices i have witnessed in her camp. Like i said two things can be right at once. You have to admit, she appears very nice, seems like a simple person with good intensions, which should be appreciated,....her being able to profit off of that is a plus but she has created this orbit through her songwriting, and ability to connect through that. Yes i dont love all her work,,,,but can appreciate it soo many of her songs that i adore and still listen as i go about my day...whether work or studies.... Her ability to connect with her fans cannot be ignored... Either way, Taylor has built a phenominal career and loyal fanbase through her personal experiences.
I’m glad you were able to stumble upon this video then :) I honestly agree with the points you’ve made. Taylor has definitely done good things throughout her career and probably isn’t a bad person, but it can’t be denied that some parts of her fanbase are definitely out of control and attack other people/artists whenever the opportunity is presented to them. Obviously, that isn’t her fault, but if she has knowledge of the things going on, she should say something about them. She’s also very successful from utilizing her parasocial relationship with her fans, which has led to people idolizing her. Her FOMO tactics I talked about in this video shows that she understands how much money she can make by just promising her fans “special” things. The word “special” could make her fans buy her products en masse just so they can idolize her and say they’re her biggest fans. There’s nothing wrong with liking or loving an artist, but Taylor leans into this idolization to make a lot of money.
I appreciate you a lot for leaving this insightful comment too!
9 vinyls for one album is *insane*
Great video. So much research was clearly put into this. Great work on the thumbnail too! Some serious production quality :) Good luck fighting the swifties! (Jk)
Yeahhh, she was just milking folklore dry LMAO
But I appreciate the support a lot, and I'm glad you enjoyed it Chats :) It means a lot to me! I'm standing on all 10 toes against any hate that comes my way 😎
@@chatsnaya actually no it was 8 count right and plus most albums now have the same amount smhas by Billie had 8 eternal sunshine had six brat by Charlie xcx had 12 for the STANDARD edition never mind the multiple deluxe’s she has put out since June
Ii don't knw if you knw but all other artists do so..... atleast she really actually signing them herself unlike other artists who spray them with color in a pesticides tank.....
@@user-Landon13hey so Billie makes her merch eco-friendly and makes sure to do so, and Ariana has different album covers for eternal sunshine, as it provides context to the theme of the album. see, these have significance and meaning to do this, Taylor....doesnt 💀
@ where’s your evidence for Billie like new article or something and Taylor does different covers/packing or different color variations for the cds/vinyls and sometimes includes different unique songs for them
Thank you for the video. I finally had time to watch it and agree with what you said about the vinyls. I love that you show the good with the bad as things are not always black and white as Taylor can be very generous at times.
Your content is easily digestible and simple for people who are also not fans or aware of these music artists. You’ve also gotten better with your editing and quality of your videos. I’m always excited for the next one to drop and you’re growing so fast. This has quickly become one of my favourite RUclips channels this year and I hope you find more success in 2025. Keep up the good work and can’t wait for part two!❤️❤️❤️
I really appreciate the kind words, Aliya :) This comment really made my day, so I just wanted to let you know that it means the world to me that I get to make videos that other people actually enjoy and look forward to 🙏 I’m glad that you have been on this journey with me, and I’ll always remember you and others for sticking with me. I feel like I got a lot of more work to do and things to improve, so I’m very excited for what the future will bring for this channel! It’s truly an honor that this channel has become one of your favorites 🫡❤️ It’s time for me to get Part 2 done cause y’all really deserve it
As a struggling singer-songwriter myself I just think the hype is exaggerated, which is all, really. I don't hate her music (in fact, I think it's superior to certain other people's like Katy Perry or Ed Sheeran) I just think it's overrated compared (!) to some people who'd deserve it more (like Lana Del Rey or "even" Shakira, who I like naming as examples of also relatively recent(ly) succesful, also female, artists, not to even mention Mr. Dylan (or "even" Cobain for that matter), Miss Joplin etc. ...). And no, I don't mean that in the sense that I include myself in that ( "even" Lana Del Rey is far superior to anything I could ever pull off...), just that what I do isn't necessarily inferior to what she does, either, so I keep thinking "if writing one's own songs is all it takes now and if they sound like that and given that I've been doing it for more than 10 years now, constantly trying new things (and that, frankly, more consequently than she does, imo) etc., it, well, shouldn't be too much to ask to, well, at least, get so much as a fraction (!) of that recognition, shouldn't it?", that's all...
I get what you’re saying, but you shouldn’t compare yourself to any other artist or person in terms of work and success. A lot of people in the industry had prior connections, so don’t beat yourself up about it. I had a problem with that, and I just stopped caring cause it was holding me back. Just make whatever you’re passionate about 🙏 Keep working hard towards your goals, and put yourself out there more. Best of luck to you :)
@DeadPlayin Hey, thanks so much for that positive, encouraging reply! I am indeed actually at a point where I start being like "ah,well, whatever (one of my most recent songs is actually called that, but for a very different reason (which is because it's, rather untypical for my style, an attempt at a Nirvana tribute song...), so this is actually kind of a dumb joke, sorry 'bout that 😄...), let me just make the kind of music I enjoy 'cause I enjoy it". I mean, I should add that I'm already realistic enough not to aim higher than at becoming a slightly (!) well-known RUclips person and even that won't work... But then again, I don't recall anyone ever reaching that goal based on their own music and thankfully I have other interests like talking about movies or something, so we'll see 😉...
@@janhommer Of course :) I hope your RUclips journey goes well! Try whatever you want on here, and eventually, something will stick. I always tell myself that I’m one idea away, and it keeps me going everyday! Keep investing in yourself and the success will come to you 🙏
She could make tickets resell at face value like Coldplay did but she's more concerned with how expensive and in demand her tour/tickets looked than her actual fans. And missing this point is peak swiftie delusion.
Imma try to look into that for Part 2. I don’t know how the artists affect resale prices, so I’m interested in learning about that
i am a fan of taylor's music, and i used to really admire her work ethic. but i also have been a charli xcx fan for a long time, so it's not an exaggeration when i tell you i felt a pain in my SOUL when taylor blocked her, and didn't even tried to hide it.... (like exclusive variants just for the uk? seriously?)
the thing is: charli is also a hard worker, she been looking for her moment to shine again for a while now, and when she finally have it, taylor finds a way to block her. at first i thought it was because of the "sympathy is a knife situation", but then she also did it to billie without any apparent reason
i'm sorry, but she's really coming out of this as a greedy woman and a performative feminist...
UK Exclusive Releases right when Charli dropped was low key a villain move 😭😭 It could’ve been a coincidence, but like I said in the video, the timing and the 24 hour limit makes it seem like it was a move to keep her #1 spot on the UK charts
@@DeadPlayinshe’s done it with Olivia too. I think Olivia penned the song vampire about her (speculation) and Taylor retaliated by writing imgonnagetyouback (Olivia has a song called gethimback). Details are hazy for me but I remeber when Olivia and Taylor used to hang out with each other and then they stopped and people don’t know why but there’s rumours going around that Olivia was an up and coming star and was going to be the next Taylor swift but Taylor wasn’t keen on sharing the spotlight so Taylor stole a lot of Olivia’s success and prevented her singles from going #1 by using her army of swifties to propel her music to the top of the charts. Olivia wasn’t happy with this and wrote vampire about her and in response Taylor wrote a song on ttpd about her. I think it’s also the reason why she dragged Sabrina carpenter on her world tour instead of Olivia to rub it in her face. Anyway I think that’s what more or less happened
1:09 THIS IS WHY
PARAMORES THE GOATSSS
Crapitalism 101: paråsite incarnate
Taylor Swift is literally a billionaire. Those donations were weak as hell 😭
@@skybartnick5945 I get what you mean g, but I can’t just say her donations were weak since she has donated millions throughout her career. You did make me laugh tho 😭😭
@@DeadPlayin she just gave 197 million dollars to her crew and cast of Era's Tour as bonus. If this is not a generous queen, then I don't know what is.
You do knw that billion dollar is her net worth not the actual amount of money she has in her bank account.... that's most of her music catalog if she sells them, her real estate portfolio and other things......also, she is atleast doing well somethin' unlike you.....she worked for it
🤦♀️ you can't be serious. You do realize she doesn't literally have a billion dollars in liquid cash, right? It's the value of her catalogue, some of which she still doesn't even own. she's written over 200 songs and now has 11 studio albums.
she became a billionaire purely through the music, ticket sales for tours, vinyls, CDs, and cassettes, streams, and yes, umg makes merch. but she hasn't appeared in commercials in years she hasn't had a perfume in an extremely long time and she never made a fashion line or a makeup brand like other celebrities and musicians have. Because of this it's reported that her wealth was gained directly through the music in a way that no other billionaire ever has done. she quite literally has made so much of that money without exploiting anyone, she's not Jeff bezos. so these arguments are a little ridiculous. Dolly Parton was also a billionaire was she not ? or was that JK Rowling? but she became a millionaire because she donated enough of it, and Swift will probably do the same.
the Eras Tour cost a huge amount of money to put on, and she never allowed Ticketmaster to use surge pricing, etc. she and her team fought Ticketmaster every step of the way to try to get her fans reasonable tickets. the resale price was insane but the actual price of the tickets set by her were extremely reasonable. Verified fan was also used to try to get more fans tickets instead of scalpers.
She's donated a HUGE amount throughout her career. At the end of the You Need to Calm Down music video they talk about the proceeds going to an LGBTQ charity, the song itself has the line, "when you could be GLAAD". At the end of the Wildest Dreams music video you can see that she donated to wildlife preservation.
She wrote the song Ronan for a woman whose son died of cancer, it was a charity single and the mother is credited as a writer since she used her blog for inspiration, the money went to cancer charity. The mom's name is Maya and she's gotten to go to the tour herself.
Her song It's Nice to Have a Friend also included a youth choir. "Royalties from the new Taylor Swift song from her new album, Lover, "It's Nice to Have a Friend" will support a music program in Toronto" 'It's Nice to Have a Friend' Is Boosting Art Education at Toronto School: 'This Will Benefit Us For Years'. "
Recently she donated 5 million to hurricane relief. She's encouraged people to register to vote throughout the years, and her links have driven huge traffic to vote.org.
She pays all of her employees extremely well and then gives them huge bonuses on top of it, including all of the crew, the truck drivers, etc.
At every single stop of the Eras Tour she's donated huge amounts to food banks, in the UK she donated so much, that it was reported that she did more for food insecurity than the government. look it up. Wherever the tour went it also gave an economic boost to the area, certain governments were begging her to visit them for this reason, she brings prosperity and joy.
and by the way, isn't Beyonce also a billionaire? does she donate as much as Swift does ? and I don't hear anyone complaining about her. hmmm 🤔
Rihanna and Ariana both have makeup brands and Rihanna is a successful business woman. (Fenty and R.E.M) I don't see anybody complaining about them being rich off of their makeup brands.
Billie eilish and Sabrina Carpenter just keep releasing more and more fragrances. Billie has three or four now and Sabrina has at least three, a new one just dropped. I don't see anybody complaining about Billie or Sabrina's perfumes.
Meanwhile Taylor Swift doesn't have a perfume line anymore, and hasn't in a long time, she never had a makeup line or a fashion line, the only physical things she sells now are through UMG's merch line, and we don't exactly know what her contract with them looks like or how much of a say she has in that aspect of it, unfortunately. But all of the other artists I mentioned ALSO have merch lines with their record labels. Sabrina and Billie both sell tons of merch on their websites. Vinyl variants are also extremely common and have been forever, way before Swift. Labels always try to make as much money as they can off their artists, that's capitalism for ya. Why do you think they used to release greatest hits albums? now with streaming those are obsolete.
So what's the difference? is it wrong for Billie, Sabrina, Rihanna, and Ariana, to try to make money just like everyone else does under capitalism, or is it ok? and if it's ok, why isn't it ok when Taylor does it? 🤔
She's an ESTIMATED billionaire, WHY ARE YOU EVEN COMPLAINING ABOUT LITERAL DONATIONS? Taylor could give them 500Million dollars y'all don't be satisfied
3:01 you got me with that Kingdom Hearts sound effect there
KH2 is the goat action rpg, idc what anyone says
Lingering Will clears every other secret boss
@@DeadPlayin KH2FM is my favourite video game ever made. Lingering Will and Data-Roxas are two of my favourite video game superbosses of all time.
You know ball 🫡🤝 I wanna start a Lvl 1 run whenever I have a chance 🙏
@@DeadPlayin ive never done LV1 but beating KH2 on Crit is one of my proudest gaming achievements
that entire kind of three year span of gaming from 2004 to 2007 was full of bangers. Kingdom Hearts 2, Final Fantasy 12, Sly 2 and 3, the first two Forza Motorsports, Half-Life 2, GTA San Andreas, NFS Most Wanted, Metal Gear Solid 3, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Resident Evil 4, Psychonauts, Gran Turismo 4, Halo 2 and 3, Super Mario Galaxy, Persona 3 FES, Bully, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007, Devil May Cry 3, Burnout 3: Takedown, BioShock, etc. it was a damn good fuckin time to be alive and into video games back then lol
It really was a goated era bro. We may never get anything like that again
im a fan of her myself, and i agree that a lot of things are unecessary to do, and she should not be doing them, but she is not the only artist who does that (especially in the pop industry) so i just dont understand why people only come after her when lots of artists do that too
I agree with you. That's why I said she isn't the only who does this stuff. Like you said, a lot of pop stars, like Olivia Rodrigo, use similar tactics or make a lot of vinyls. I just think that Taylor stands out amongst the crowd due to her strong following and the unique ways she goes about making as much money as she can from them.
@DeadPlayin thanks for answering me! i agree with you, i just said that cause i never see videos talking about other celebs who do that, only about taylor, but you are indeed right
@ No problem :) you may be right in that regard, so maybe I’ll look into other artists and shine some light on their questionable practices. Thank you for bringing this to my attention 🙏
Damm hope the fans go easy on you ❤
Good video
I appreciate it 🫡 I need all of her fans to see this, and let me know how they feel 😎
I loved this video you appreciated her accomplishments but are still able to critique her. Some people hate her so much they viewpoint is clouded. I love her music and have been a listener from her early on i can notice her greedy sides its not just the cds and vinyls she also does merch releases for every album.
Thank you so much for the kind words, and for recognizing that 🙏 I find it unnecessary to just hate on her too. I just wanted to provide an argumentative video essay about some of her business practices. I’m glad you commented and enjoyed the video :)
i think the point of the different kind of color variations is that you should get one of them with the color you prefer? do we criticize apple for releasing different colored iphones?
I’ll admit that I should’ve focused more on the FOMO aspects (like the bonus tracks for TTPD or how she has exclusive releases for vinyls), rather than the color variations. That was a weaker part of my argument looking back at it, so thanks for bringing this to my attention 🫡
@@DeadPlayin I'm not an expert on this stuff as I dont buy it. but i can also imagine that the exclusive tracks on these is to make them unique and thus increase their collectors value. the resale value of these is probably pretty good. so i dont really see a problem there either. It would be a problem if she sold overpriced appliances with her name on it that break after a few months. people also complain about Porsche asking for insane price increases but then again the rare models usually get more and more valuable as time goes on. so whats wrong if fans buy all these and they remain valuable or even possibly gain value over time?
anyone who doesnt understand that every track can eventually be streamed for cheap or even for free here on youtube doesnt understand how the world works and if he buys the all the albums for that reason doesnt have my sympathy when he spends way too much money.
Good video. Add in suing Olivia Rodrigo for song writing royalties to two somewhat similar songs, her not taking on scalpers for a tour rife with autotune and lip syncing (staff bonus = payoff?), and using variants to block Charli, Billie and Chappell, but not blocking her "friends" Post Malone and Sabrina from hitting #1 when they put out an album. I love The Tortured Poets Department but her actions remind me of Trump, no joke.
Thank you :) I remember seeing stuff about the Olivia Rodrigo situation, and I wish I would’ve covered it in this video. I’ll see if I’ll have any room for it in Part 2. For the scalpers, I’ll see how much involvement she has with that since I believe Ticketmaster controls a lot of that. The variants to block other artists is very petty and uncreative if I’m being honest.
@@DeadPlayin Yeah, Dan Nigro mentioned afterwards how people only want songwriting credit when the song is a hit. Ticketmaster controls a lot, but Chappell voided several obvious scalper/bot tickets and set up a way for fans to get them instead, and Taylor has waaaaay more muscle. I literally think she loves seeing how much fans are willing to pay.
BRAND NEW EYES SPOTTED IN THE BACKGROUND 🗣️ WTH IS NOT BEING ENRAGED WITH YOUR BANDMATES
edit: THIS IS WHY ALSO SPOTTED 🗣️🗣️ WTF IS NOT LEAVING THE HOUSE
edit 2: i just realized that this is DeadPlayin i subbed a whiiiiiile ago 😭
Yo Penny!! It’s been a while, but I’m glad to see you again :) I HAD TO REPRESENT THE GOATS IN THE BACKGROUND 🙏🐐🔥 I LOVE THOSE VINYL STANDS
It's really not a good look dropping music when other top artists are dropping there's. I mean, she has a track record. Doesn't look coincidental to me. Very shady and very petty.
That’s what I’m saying 😭😭 if it was a brand new album, I wouldn’t even care. It’s the fact that it’s the same album, with a few additional goodies.
@@DeadPlayin I mean at this point even new music would still feel shady because of her influence but releasing old music makes it all the more petty.
I am a Taylor fan myself, but still appreciated this video. The over-consumerism of her music and poorly made merch gives me the ick. Yes her donations have been generous throughout the years, but I have been wondering for a while now "Where is her philanthropy work?" She should be following the steps of Shania Twain and Dolly Parton in that sense. Okay, so you're a billionaire now Taylor. What are you going to do about that? How are you going to help others, besides through your music? What legacy do you want to leave behind? Even pressuring the Ticketmaster system would make me happy if she chose to do so after the mess that the Eras tour was for tickets, but a registered charity of some kind would be great to see from her eventually. She claims that she leans left when it comes to politics, but obviously continues to very much benefit off capitalism.
She's your typical limousine liberal, so unsurprising that she wouldn't challenge capitalism.
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i need the part two !!!!!
If this video gets enough traction, I’ll definitely make it 🙏
she really just kinda.. sucks. she has so, SO much power and she chooses not to do anything meaningful with it bc of the risk of upsetting a portion of her fanbase (and therefore losing her money), cause god forbid she loses fans that aren't nice people anyway... I hope she chooses to do more in the future but it's not possible to become a billionaire AND be an ethical person. so I highly doubt she will change. she has ALWAYS leant conservative, I think people find it easy to forget that just because she's not a Trump supporter.
she also dated connor kennedy when he was 17 and she was 23 (supposedly she had some obsession with the kennedy family too which I feel makes it even weirder?) which is really gross & predatory.. like even when I was 20 I couldn't have imagined dating a 17 year old. what did a 23 year old woman have in common with a 17 year old boy. absolute creep she is
ok
Everytime yall say the connor kennedy thing her age grows by one year. The next I'm going to read something like this, I'd probably read something like she dated connor who is 12 years old when she's 40. (Btw she actually dated him at 18 when she's 21 so both adults and I don't see theeeyear age gaps as problematic anyway)
@@lapissed9620 think whatever you want swiftie babe. doesn't make it true. that age gap IS still weird !
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I'm going to paste this comment i posted elsewhere:
You do realize she doesn't literally have a billion dollars in liquid cash, right? It's the value of her catalogue, some of which she still doesn't even own. she's written over 200 songs and now has 11 studio albums.
she became a billionaire purely through the music, ticket sales for tours, vinyls, CDs, and cassettes, streams, and yes, umg makes merch. but she hasn't appeared in commercials in years she hasn't had a perfume in an extremely long time and she never made a fashion line or a makeup brand like other celebrities and musicians have. Because of this it's reported that her wealth was gained directly through the music in a way that no other billionaire ever has done. she quite literally has made so much of that money without exploiting anyone, she's not Jeff bezos. so these arguments are a little ridiculous. Dolly Parton was also a billionaire was she not ? or was that JK Rowling? but she became a millionaire because she donated enough of it, and Swift will probably do the same.
the Eras Tour cost a huge amount of money to put on, and she never allowed Ticketmaster to use surge pricing, etc. she and her team fought Ticketmaster every step of the way to try to get her fans reasonable tickets. the resale price was insane but the actual price of the tickets set by her were extremely reasonable. Verified fan was also used to try to get more fans tickets instead of scalpers.
She's donated a HUGE amount throughout her career. At the end of the You Need to Calm Down music video they talk about the proceeds going to an LGBTQ charity, the song itself has the line, "when you could be GLAAD". At the end of the Wildest Dreams music video you can see that she donated to wildlife preservation.
She wrote the song Ronan for a woman whose son died of cancer, it was a charity single and the mother is credited as a writer since she used her blog for inspiration, the money went to cancer charity. The mom's name is Maya and she's gotten to go to the tour herself.
Her song It's Nice to Have a Friend also included a youth choir. "Royalties from the new Taylor Swift song from her new album, Lover, "It's Nice to Have a Friend" will support a music program in Toronto" 'It's Nice to Have a Friend' Is Boosting Art Education at Toronto School: 'This Will Benefit Us For Years'. "
Recently she donated 5 million to hurricane relief. She's encouraged people to register to vote throughout the years, and her links have driven huge traffic to vote.org.
She pays all of her employees extremely well and then gives them huge bonuses on top of it, including all of the crew, the truck drivers, etc.
At every single stop of the Eras Tour she's donated huge amounts to food banks, in the UK she donated so much, that it was reported that she did more for food insecurity than the government. look it up. Wherever the tour went it also gave an economic boost to the area, certain governments were begging her to visit them for this reason, she brings prosperity and joy.
and by the way, isn't Beyonce also a billionaire? does she donate as much as Swift does ? and I don't hear anyone complaining about her. hmmm 🤔
Rihanna and Ariana both have makeup brands and Rihanna is a successful business woman. (Fenty and R.E.M) I don't see anybody complaining about them being rich off of their makeup brands.
Billie eilish and Sabrina Carpenter just keep releasing more and more fragrances. Billie has three or four now and Sabrina has at least three, a new one just dropped. I don't see anybody complaining about Billie or Sabrina's perfumes.
Meanwhile Taylor Swift doesn't have a perfume line anymore, and hasn't in a long time, she never had a makeup line or a fashion line, the only physical things she sells now are through UMG's merch line, and we don't exactly know what her contract with them looks like or how much of a say she has in that aspect of it, unfortunately. But all of the other artists I mentioned ALSO have merch lines with their record labels. Sabrina and Billie both sell tons of merch on their websites. Vinyl variants are also extremely common and have been forever, way before Swift. Labels always try to make as much money as they can off their artists, that's capitalism for ya. Why do you think they used to release greatest hits albums? now with streaming those are obsolete.
So what's the difference? is it wrong for Billie, Sabrina, Rihanna, and Ariana, to try to make money just like everyone else does under capitalism, or is it ok? and if it's ok, why isn't it ok when Taylor does it? 🤔
i think you missed the fact that Taylor's fanbase will mindlessly consume and consume and consume without hesitation. Ariana, Billie, Charli, Rihanna's fans DO draw the line and don't mindlessly consume. may i add; Billie's merch and items are eco-friendly, she makes sure to make people know that it is.
@p3nnyroyalteaaawho tf is charli xbox
@p3nnyroyalteaaaand how is that taylor’s problem?
@p3nnyroyalteaaa How does Billie’s merch is eco friendly? Apart from that you are practically suggesting we swifties are the problem.
The first part of the video is why is she releasing some CDs and Vinyls. Don’t buy If you think you don’t need. This is like blaming swifties for collecting some special things for themselves. Everything is consumerism even when we want certain things to keep as memory/ sonething special.
Love the video! I can tell all the effort. One thing tho is I wouldn’t use Billie as a good example she is known for the million vinyl variants she has (u can search them up if u dont believe me). But I do think these practices are incredibly predatory
Thank you so much! I realized that Billie makes a lot of vinyls herself, which is why I relied on her word that she makes her vinyls eco-friendly. An argument could be presented against Billie that making too many eco-friendly vinyls undermines the reason they’re supposed to be eco-friendly. I’m glad we’re able to agree that some of her business practices are predatory and really rely on the parasocial relationship she has with her fans.
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great video 🙏🏼 vinyl vampire had me dead asf
Thank you g 🫡 All of the alliterations had me dead asl tbh 😭😭
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@ I'm not even a Taylor fan, but you had be engaged from the jump! Can't wait to see more of your vids
imo her music's not that good for people to be buying that many variations anyway 😭
well i love it
I personally enjoy listening to her music here and there, but I see how you feel, lmao
@@Robertdbd20 good for you
@@kiwiana444 so let people like what they like
@ ? never said you can’t like her music i just said that i don’t find it that good damn can people not have opinions anymore or what
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Taylor Swift has released 11 albums... not 4 or 8
You must’ve missed the part where I said within the last 4 years 💀
@@DeadPlayin Oh I definitely did then! Sorry! My apologies!
@ It’s all good 🙏
💜Great video.
Thank you so much Angie :) I’m glad you enjoyed it!
You need to go back into Pop/Rock history and realize Taylor isn’t the first to start these kinds of practices. For DECADES we have had far, far too many “Greatest Hits”, “Best ofs”, “Essentials”, “ Comprehensive collections” and more, more, more unneeded and wasteful albums by everyone from Louis Armstrong, Elvis and The Beach Boys to Madonna. All designed to just milk, milk, milk the music buyer. It’s not about choice. It’s about waste, and it’s been going on a long time. Taylor is far from the first “bad guy” here. The weapon is being a sensible consumer with the paycheck in hand.
She definitely isn’t the first to start these kinds of practices, but releasing 36 variants of the same album within a year is something I’ve never heard of 😭😭😭 I suppose that I can understand the vinyls FOMO tactic since it reaches out to collectors, and it’s very effective. I also alluded to the consumer being a part of the problem at the end of the Vinyl Vampire chapter. The more her fans buy all of her vinyls, the more she’s gonna make. It’s just basic business at that point, lmaooo
This is such a weak argument. Taylor is NOWHERE near as far into her career than the other artists you mentioned.
Whi tf buys more than one copy of the same album. Just wait and buy a deluxe and you're done lol
That's a good question 💀 Although, some artists don't release their deluxe albums on vinyl
If a few free acoustic songs that are free on youtube are blocking you from hiting number 1, do you really deserve to hit number 1?
Well, you can listen to a lot of songs on RUclips for free, so I don’t quite understand what you’re going for here. She can release TTPD with a singular demo track for like $10-15, and people will eat it up like hot cakes 😭 she knows what’s she doing when she’s dropping on the same day as other artists. It’s all a strategy, and it works for her
@DeadPlayin Im just saying if people are buying the vinyl with one or two extra songs that are not even exclusive to that vinyl, the album that that vinyl is blocking maybe doesn't deserve to be 1
Part two please 🙏🏾🤍
I’m definitely thinking about it 🙏❤️
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😭😭😭 there’s an argument for both bro. If Kelce gets his 4th ring this year, it definitely starts to lean more in his favor.
There are tons of ppl who are making more than her that are actual capitalist but you chose her. And also, you talk about vinyl variations as if she's the only artist do them.....she literally hand sign those vinyl's unlike billie Eilish who my good gracious god! Took a big pesticides spray bag filled them with color abd sprayed em and sold em' for collection.....ya'll RUclipsrs and haterz keep making vids but at the end of the day she keeps winin'...but she works hard unlike ya'll who attach everything to her name for clicks & views.....
i knew the swifties would flock here.. why can't y'all accept valid criticism?
There definitely are people making more money than her, but that wasn’t the point of this argument. I also said in the video that she isn’t the only artists that makes a lot of vinyl variants. Another thing is, only SOME of her vinyls are signed. Unless you have footage of her signing them herself, it’s probably a copied signature. Last thing, I explicitly stated that I don’t hate Taylor Swift, and that I actually enjoy listening to her music sometimes. I also acknowledged that she’s worked her ass off to get to the top. I don’t need to lie for the clicks and the views. At the end of the day, this is an argumentative video essay more than this all just being facts that can’t be argued against. It’s my opinion. But I appreciate you a lot for commenting, and giving me your piece of mind 🫡🙏
@@kiwiana444because this is NOT valid criticism. Duh?
Your cannot criticize her and at the same hand praise someone else who does the exact same.
Why don't i see y'all having the vinyl attitude toward Billie eillish?
Why don't i see y'all having the carbon emission attitude towards Travis Scott?
Taylor is as much capitalistic as the next artist. You criticize her because you cannot stomach her.
@@Aiibh because billie doesn’t produce as much as her and actually gives back by making the products sustainable. we criticise her because we have a good reason to but no y’all have to turn this into something it’s not
Grow up, just because there are worse, doesn’t mean that she can’t criticised aswell. I love Taylor, but she is a capitalist queen. And yeah many other artists do it, but she is the most excessive
You lost me at the mike comparison, Nobody is more famous than Michael Jackson, nobody is at his level.
@@camilassuarezz I never said she was more famous than Michael Jackson 😭 I said she’s gained AS MUCH fame as him, but you may be right about nobody being on his level, lmao
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POV you have never heard of an album cycle and celebrity merch
POV an album cycle doesn’t require 36 releases of the same album (excluding the deluxe)… I didn’t need to mention her merch either since it’s not a point of concern to me
@ 36 in 4 years you do realize it’s for collectors and also different variants has some personality to them bc you picked the variant you liked best
@ and HUNDREDS of celebrities now have overpriced merch she’s not the only one look at Ariana Grande or Olivia Rodrigo my evidence right there
When I said 36 releases, I’m talking about her latest album, TTPD. I also admitted that the Midnights vinyls had unique designs that make them more worthy to collect. The color ways for folklore were basic, but I do appreciate the marble appearance in light.
@ “basic” sure the pressing sure but packaging is the big major difference
She is the most overrated BASIC artist ever.
billie talked about vinyls but her album also has a bunch of different versions just like taylor… isn’t like taylor is putting a gun in her fans head to buy all the versions… i don’t get why people get mad that the fans want to buy the different versions… taylor is just playing the game just like the big names out there.
I should’ve focused more on the FOMO aspect than the color variations, so that’s on me. The color variations are a good thing that give fans more of a choice. I mostly wanted to focus on the difference between each vinyl, and emphasize the $120 clock. Billie does make a lot of vinyl variants too, but she’s at least made sure to emphasize that they’re eco-friendly. I’ve never seen anything about Taylor’s vinyls being eco-friendly, but I could be wrong. In the video, I also said that not every fan is gonna buy all of her vinyls. She isn’t holding a gun to anyone’s head, but she definitely uses FOMO tactics to sell more music. Having exclusive drops for 6 and 24 hours, as well as splitting bonus tracks between 4 vinyls are for sure FOMO tactics.
I love my capitalism queen (i never bought anything from her)
LMAOOOO
To y'all absolutely INSANE people in the comments.
She literally gave 197 MILLION dollars away in BONUSES to her crew.
Knowing that, if you call her cheap and greedy you are a certified hater and nothing more.
Yeah, I can’t deny how beneficial that is to her workers. In Part 2, I’ll make sure to mention the bonuses she gave out
Taylor can buy Kanye 5 times and she will still have 100 million left. 😂
There’s so many racial connotations in that statement 😭😭 I don’t even like Kanye as a person either, which is why I made that video about him needing to retire
@DeadPlayin I didn't knew Kanye was black. I don't see race. I think it's a YOU problem.
taylor can buy kanye 5 times but would also have 5 charges of human enslavement…
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@@akashvalsan6609 ima need you to not be raciest
I spent over 2 thousand on her holiday drop in november. I will ALWAYS support her and shes #1. She knows some of her fanbase like to collect like myself. The more she releases, the more for me. 💯💯 also, the clock is 100% worth it! I have the vinyl clock and CD clock. Is this wasteful? Honestly, I don't give a f***. ❤
If you got the extra bread to spend, then I got nothing to say bro 😭 you up tbh. I get why people would collect her vinyls to have at least 1 vinyl for each album, but I just think that buying multiple vinyls for the same album isn’t worth it. I’m glad that you’re passionate about her, and I wish you the best of luck with collecting bro 🫡
Lmfao