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Taylor's artistry downplayed by the GP. Why?


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"GP" but it's always the 100k to 200k liked tweets that you can tell it's an echo chamber of the same people that hate her. 

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This is literally not true. If major publications are afraid to critique your work and you have dedicated segments on morning television delegated to promoting you and your work, your artistry is not being downplayed.

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no honey, it's just bitter gay men who listen to pots and pans music and gay club house songs with gibberish lyrics vomited all over them, which to their standards, is peak artistry and revolutionary, that hate on taylor and downplay her artistry. The GP actually loves her :heart:

They hate it because they think their favs deserve her success and popularity, but if they did, they would've achieved it. :ryan3:

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If 10 million saw that video and one million liked it, how does that say anything?

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1 minute ago, MidnightsAtPeace said:

no honey, it's just bitter gay men who listen to pots and pans music and gay club house songs with gibberish lyrics vomited all over them, which to their standards, is peak artistry and revolutionary, that hate on taylor and downplay her artistry. The GP actually loves her :heart:

They hate it because they think their favs deserve her success and popularity, but if they did, they would've achieved it. :ryan3:

Something is not "not good" because it's not commercially successful or because queer people listen to it.

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3 minutes ago, mxoonlight said:

Something is not "not good" because it's not commercially successful or because queer people listen to it.

well that's not what I said

I do listen to pots and pans music every now and then, but I don't act like something I don't vibe with is bad :ryan3:

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Every one has their own taste in music. She is a big star, so she's also a big target 

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She still has it, but she needs to stop making music for teenagers

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39 minutes ago, Popboi. said:

Saying this while repping Sasha Fierce is... something 

well, she wanted that commercial era and still gave us good ballads (better than anything on ttpd) and uptempos

taylor wants the same but she compromises her artistry with mediocre lyrics and multiple variants gimmicks to stay on top

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I think "downplaying" is closely linked to calling someone "overrated" and in terms of doing that, the first thing we need to do is access WHAT they're rated for. For example, to call Madonna overrated because she isn't a renowned vocalist presumes that people do say she's a renowned vocalist, thus making her rating higher than the vocal talent she has. In actuality, Madonna is not considered by many to be a renowned vocalist and is rated where she's at ("The Queen of Pop" not "The Queen of Singing") because of the immensely important pop culture moments she's gifted us, for the bold choices she's made that have pushed the needle forward and opened doors, for her overall artistry, for her long popularity while maintaining quality, etc. all of which she certainly fulfils, thus making it hard to say she's overrated.

 

So, in terms of downplaying, I think there's a connection to what exactly are they downplaying. I think it's because mainly Taylor's artistry is wrapped up in the idea of her as a songwriter, that's squarely why people end up "downplaying" her. But in order for true downplaying to happen she'd have to have more than just a very capable pen. I don't think she's untalented, but I do think a lot of the "downplaying" is due to the fact that people simply don't see her artistry as dazzling, unique, innovative or even interesting to warrant what is now FOUR Album of the Year wins. When these people go hear or read what the fuss is about, they are met with feelings that (as the OP has partially said) there is a lack of flavour or clichés or metaphors that seem to try really hard. It's not that she doesn't have cleverness or even worth in her art, but what she's labelled as by many as a receipt for her success and acclaim (a songwriting genius) isn't exactly what the outcome presents itself as to many people who just don't see that artistry as reaching the level it should be for the level she is at and in comparison to what other songwriters out there are doing similar things.

 

 

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45 minutes ago, Popboi. said:

Saying this while repping Sasha Fierce is... something 

While it's true I Am...Sasha Fierce is Beyoncé's most outright commercial-sounding album in her entire career, the point is kind of lost here. A user repping an album they may like isn't exactly a cosign for it being the most artistic album of our time, or even an artistic album of our time or that they could never declare that another artist has valued commerciality. It's simply an album someone wishes to use in their avatar.

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9 minutes ago, Joaco95 said:

well, she wanted that commercial era and still gave us good ballads (better than anything on ttpd) and uptempos

taylor wants the same but she compromises her artistry with mediocre lyrics and multiple variants gimmicks to stay on top

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Says someone who never listened to one of her songs 

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53 minutes ago, Devin said:

bc she overrated asf like be fr.

Wow you barely made it to the first page of a Taylor thread.  You on? 

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4 minutes ago, Badgalbriel said:

Says someone who never listened to one of her songs 

not me cause I actually enjoy most of her albums, but you cant defend ttpd 'cause the lyrics are AWFUL sorry

after evermore you think she would do better (kinda did with midnights) but she decided to release that mess of an album

she knows she will sell a lot regardless the mid quality of the albums, so she should take another risk again and bring the artistry in front (and she should stop working with jack and aaron, 'cause it seems they are a yes man)

 

kinda reminds me to mariah releasing the excelent butterfly and then she gave us rainbow :gaycat6:

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People say her talent is songwriting, that she has a way with words. But this talent of her is subjective, many people don't find her pen work impressive or interesting at all.

 

Its different from a singing talent. Even if you don't like songs from Whitney, Beyonce etc, you can still praise and recognize their vocal performance.
 

 

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4 minutes ago, Joaco95 said:

not me cause I actually enjoy most of her albums, but you cant defend ttpd 'cause the lyrics are AWFUL sorry

after evermore you think she would do better (kinda did with midnights) but she decided to release that mess of an album

she knows she will sell a lot regardless the mid quality of the albums, so she should take another risk again and bring the artistry in front (and she should stop working with jack and aaron, 'cause it seems they are a yes man)

 

kinda reminds me to mariah releasing the excelent butterfly and then she gave us rainbow :gaycat6:

TTPD has some of her best lyrics lol

You're probably not into the melodies or production, cause that's indeed subpar about this album. But lyrically, it's one of her best. 

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So her music is full of protein and veggies? This may be the reason I'm having a hard time growing muscle you know whaat...
 

Spoiler

IT'S YEEEWWW, SHAPE OF YOUR BODY IS NEWW 

 

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Have you heard her music? :rip: 

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The videos aren't proof of anything.

But people saying this aren't a lot of likes are lying. 1.2 million likes on tiktok like that video has are a lot.

 

Imo not all of her music is bland but almost all of TTPD is which is probably why these videos are comming now.

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That's because only rates real artists like Charli XCX, Beyoncé and Ava Max

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it's watered down atp with all the variants and multiple releases 

and since the pandemic she just adopted lana's sound (which is also boring and faux-deep)

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13 minutes ago, Badgalbriel said:

TTPD has some of her best lyrics lol

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cruel summer playing in that tik tok :ahh: 

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1 hour ago, Badgalbriel said:

Poor Beyonce, then

I told it many times and I will tell once more - being a Taylor stan is another state of mind. Y'all should join us in reality ASAP!!!

 

btw. The amount of work you did to find random Tik Toks praising Mediocrity… I can't

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1 hour ago, Pepo said:

As if she deserved otherwise. Be serious.

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31 minutes ago, Sannie said:

Have you heard her music? :rip: 

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