Has Taylor Swift's white-girl naïveté started wearing thin?

March 11th, 2018, 09:27 pm

Has Taylor Swift's white-girl naïveté started wearing thin?

After reigning atop the music industry for a decade, Taylor Swift suddenly seems under review https://t.co/3TNDXjLIby
— The New York Times (@nytimes) 11 marca 2018

- Taylor has never been a standout singer,

- she was able to include rapping on her songs and no one accused her of "acting black",

- disliking her used to be sexist,

- she doesn't seem to translate to hip-hop dominated pop easily,

- she still acts like a teenager,

- her act feels desperate in current climate.

source: twitter

Tagged: taylor swift

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12dozenroses

Right? And tbf, she didn't use black culture as a foundation for her entire career.

I feel like nearly every other white girl pop act who's tried rapping has done so wayyyyyy more egregiously than Taylor Swift. like I wouldn't call her rapping good but she still sounded pretty damn white

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it seems unfair to call it rapping when those two notes are her entire vocal range tbh

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this just reminded me the next episode of germany's next topmodel will feature the girls "rapping" and having dance battles. thank you, heidi klum, for what is certain to be a disaster.

but yeah idt the bit of wannabe singtalking from taylor counts as rapping idk

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We're apparently calling talk singing rapping now. 😔

I think if she were to take a stab at rapping, that would be it.

Damian she's not going to see this and then fuck you

What a ridiculous & pointless article. Embarrassed for having read it...
— Damian White (@DamianWhite42) March 11, 2018

who is this guy?

no idea I just laugh at these people who defend ha like they're on ha payroll

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I only entered this post to ask if that's Portia lol

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Her act has always been pathetic, current climate or not

lmao mte

in a nutshell

The innocent guitar-strumming schoolgirl act was meant to be pathetic. Current climate is ironic because the intention is resulting the opposite effect.

Lmao go in

for real

This truth lol

Yupp

yuuuuup.

accurate

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this is like the 100th think-piece on this subject.

honestly it's a welcomed change from having to see Bari Weiss bullshit all week!

i was screaming at her being caught in a lie with videos of her speaking at her college campus. like girl. you should know how the internet works!!

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Who and what?

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Oh Bari finally* got the backlash she deserves?

Edited at 2018-03-11 09:11 pm (UTC)

it's interesting coming from the NYTimes though, they're usually up her ass

The mistake people keep making tho is tying it exclusively to Taylor, I think pop stars in general have kinda faded out in this era we're in. Except for on the internet and stan-twitter, like no one irl is really checking for pop stars the way they used to, I feel like that's what the story should be, Taylor is just one piece of it tbh

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well her album still sold over a million first week right, clearly she still appeals to a lot of ppl whether shes considered cool or not (im not sure she has ever been cool/not desperate seeming tbh).

lol i would really not be able to handle being a celebrity if i had to worry about nytimes ripping me to shreds

I didn't pay much attention to her era so I don't know if she really did anything desperate. I think the issue is that her playbook is Wash Rinse Repeat at this point. Passive aggressiveness is only interesting for so long. It's great for her that she continues to sell tons of albums but I wonder if she's broadening her base at all?

We been knew for years before the media caught up

these think pieces about her popularity are just boring now.

lets talk when she's going to marry that british troll because i can see it happening. an engagement within the year.

The planned pap stroll right before debuting the "Delicate" video was like Taylor's version of an engagement announcement in The Times.

ngl my eyes were looking for a ring on that finger

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We all thought she was gonna have a baby with Tom but alas that drama never unfolded.

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And pointless... like if there are tons of articles on someone not being popular...they are popular. I also prefer the troll speculation.

So happy she’s not doing any obnoxious interviews this era. Almost forgot she had an album out

If she sabotages Delicate with a piss poor mv, she's cancelled

wat

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LoL, this phrase kills me every single time.

What is Katy doing in that gif?

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I'm mesmerized, tbh.

lmao

lol what is THIS???

so she does have a talent! not in singing but thats something...

SCREAMING

I CANT

this could have been a promo for ahs freak show

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So she’s finally revealing her alien reptilian form? Good food r her. 👽

Oh...no wonder she sounds like a frog.

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Omg

OMG! She's a frog!

cute

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multitalented queen.

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LMAO wtf?!

you would think that with that much throat muscle control she'd be able to sing pretty well... but oh well

that's fucking creepy wth

is this weird? i can do that...

Lmao I’m drunk and this toad shit is making me die laughing

LMAO I just left the katy perry post stop

lmfaooooo

also: lionel, you're a shit parent.

tswift and timberlake are both flopping (to varying degrees) for the same reason. they stopped making fun bops. they released mediocre albums with no real hits. that's all. there's no deeper meaning imo.

YES

Pretty much.

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