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Now Twilight may have been critically panned but it was huge and absolutely catapulted his career, although he did have to work to break out of that image and be taken more seriously. I kind of see Robyn in a similar way tbh! Starting out more bubblegum pop/mainstream, but paving her own path and becoming a critical darling years later.

This has and will always be a dumb thing to criticize her for. The amount of artists (including the woman in your avatar, who credits Taylor for being the reason she learned about this stuff and negotiated to own her masters going forward) who backed Taylor on this says enough. She was 15 when she signed a contract and knew nothing about the music industry, you truly don't know it until you know it. After the massive success she built over the years, it was messed up that she was not given an opportunity to purchase her own art.....but an adversary of hers was able to buy it instead. So she went through the work of re-recording everything so she could own it. She couldn't "just release anniversary editions like everyone else" because she didn't own it and didn't have the authority to.

I think there's absolutely a discussion to be had about these artists being cowardly and not speaking up about Palestine, but this thread is not an example of that. The harsh reactions (calling her disgusting, bringing up unrelated other things to bash her for, saying she's racist) because she ate at a restaurant in Philadelphia and didn't know the views of the owner does not seem to be in good faith.

100%. It's incredibly frustrating when people throw nuance out the window and use this stuff for stan wars, because it just sucks out the importance of actually discussing it. See, you guys keep saying this just to serve your own biases. Taylor is "calculated" when it comes to her album rollouts, planting (blatantly obvious) easter eggs in her music videos, etc, sure. But she is not researching the views of the owners of the restaurants she eats at, that's just unrealistic. All that to say, Taylor should absolutely be using her platform more responsibly with this stuff. Considering the fact that she went to a fundraiser for the people of Gaza, and is close friends with Gigi Hadid (who has Palestinian roots and is one of the most vocal young celebrities about Palestine these days), I would be shocked if she was some kind of Zionist. But being silent about it does deserve criticism.

This is...a lot sis.

No source...the Smilers are at it again

I love goldens so much, their temperament and happiness are infectious. We don't deserve dogs, they're too pure for this world. Losing one is incredibly hard. Rest in peace to this angel

P!nk has been revealing herself to be such a loser with her posts about this stuff in the last few years. How disappointing for someone who seemed to be progressive and stand up for things at odds with what she's currently standing for. Good on Macklemore for using his platform for good, and good on Ed for allowing him that platform

but... Would this not be a much bigger concern if they had it in a remote country like you're implying? Thankfully they did get the privacy they needed without having to have their guests fly to a remote island!

Very true, Dolly and Stevie are more direct idols of hers and maybe she would have been more excited to greet them amidst all of that, but who knows. She had met Celine several times over the years before that moment and obviously knows she's an icon. It would have been a quick interaction regardless of who it was, but either way, she's human and got swept up a bit in the heat of the big moment of winning a record breaking album of the year Grammy. We don't always play situations out the way we would like to in real time. Thankfully gave her the proper greeting she deserved backstage, but yeah, I don't think it's as deep as some people want to make it.

I like Kill for Love but the deluxe version of Mayhem drags it down imo, mainly because of The Dead Dance.

She's such an icon

Yes, I'm so sure that Taylor despises Celine and made an intentional effort to not acknowledge her, knowing exactly how it would look, only to change her mind backstage minutes later. She's human, she was swept up in the moment. Mistakes happen, and she made up for it right afterwards backstage. That's all there is to it. People made this into something way more dramatic than it was.

The 7 Years effect tbh. It’s a nice song, but was super overplayed/overused and became a joke to people.

Can you show us the data to back this up?