celeb news NYT: T.Swift has reached demand & media saturation not seen since 1980s MJ & Madonna

[Feanor]

 

 

How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Conquered the World

 

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The pop superstar’s tour, which is now finishing its initial North American leg with six nights at SoFi Stadium outside Los Angeles, has been a both a business and a cultural juggernaut. Swift’s catalog of generation-defining hits and canny marketing sense have helped her achieve a level of white-hot demand and media saturation not seen since the 1980s heyday of Michael Jackson and Madonna — a dominance that the entertainment business had largely accepted as impossible to replicate in the fragmented 21st century.

 

“The only thing I can compare it to is the phenomenon of Beatlemania,” said Billy Joel, who attended Swift’s show in Tampa, Fla., with his wife and young daughters.

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In a summer of tours by stars like Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Morgan Wallen and Drake, Swift’s stands apart, in numbers and in media noise. 

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The Taylorpalooza extends to every level of the news media, which began the coverage cycle by chronicling Swift’s ticketing fiasco last November, when fans — and scalpers’ bots — crushed Ticketmaster’s systems, leading to a heated Senate Judiciary hearing. Since then, seemingly no nugget of Swift news has escaped coverage, from the stars in the stands to oddities like a Seattle concert that, according to one researcher, shook the ground with an intensity equivalent to a 2.3-magnitude earthquake.

The New York Times

 

 

Edited August 5, 2023 by Feanor

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

It's true.

[Saintlor]

This is actually true

[ScubaDive]

Truth hurts

[mael]

It’s undeniable at this point 

[HardBambi]

It is true, so global, impressive!

[fridayteenage]

the biggest star in her lifetime, it's true

[Born to Run]

Taylorpalooza 

[shookgrande]

even my grandma is talking about it which is shocking to me 

[Taemira]

This is sinful

[réveuse]

Very much true.

[Gorjesspazze9]

It’s true. She is overexposed tho

[Saintlor]

2 minutes ago, Gorjesspazze9 said:

It’s true. She is overexposed tho

I don't think so

 

My only issue is that her material doesn't match the hype

 

If her music was outstanding, I'd get it more, but her music is just good to me

[CakeLikeMariah]

3 minutes ago, Gorjesspazze9 said:

It’s true. She is overexposed tho

And it’s not effecting anything 

[CakeLikeMariah]

2 minutes ago, Saintlor said:

I don't think so

 

My only issue is that her material doesn't match the hype

 

If her music was outstanding, I'd get it more, but her music is just good to me

I disagree. Midnights is definitely better than her other pop albums. Unless you’re referring to the re-recordings, which would be dumb to really consider now 

[Don]

Very true I guess..! I've never seen her in the most important Dutch news online and on tv, but the past year I've seen her multiple times on tv items and many articles are written about her.

[Solaria]

Honestly what’s more baffling to me is how she is at this level of fame so deep into her career. I can’t think of many (if any?) artists that are this popular 17 years into their career

[Odette Violet]

Her longevity and still be able to be at the top is truly impressive. 

[Trent W]

The way she’s really there without being overexposed(or at least not affected by it) is for the history books

 

We also have to consider that she’s doing this in the 2020s where it’s almost impossible to have the same effects of monoculture.

 

And I also think she might even outdo her current phase with TS11 considering how she knows how to capitalize on hype and repeak

[greento]

It’s literally undeniable at this point, pretty much everyone I know has mentioned her or the the tour in the past few months

[Solaria]

She’ll probably be the No.1 Artist on streaming + sales forever. I don’t think anybody can beat her anymore, considering she will always keep releasing music. She’ll probably be at album 20 in about 15 years

[Shimenawa]

The Queen of Pop

[KingDavid]

I don't see it for her but she's absolutely become The Queen of White People and that cannot be denied. 

[Don]

Where also living in a time where still denying her talent etc. makes you look so dumb, and it's been real fun

[enchanted0]

Her giving bonus to her staffs and that earthquake thing were all over the news even in my country pretty sure it's similar in other countries.