![]() She relentlessly releases new music and relentlessly rakes in cash. Parade estimates she’s worth more than $400 million. ![]() She, a smart, likable woman, gets her heart broken, as evidenced by her recent split with Joe Alwyn. After all these years, I - like many young women - can’t help but listen to Taylor Swift. This worked until Spotify Wrapped - champion of truth - exposed to me and my peers that Taylor Swift was my second-most listened artist in 2022, surpassed only by - you guessed it - Phoebe Bridgers, the sourdough to Swift’s white bread. When blind dates who “really want to know me” ask what music I listen to, I tell them Khruangbin, Kikagaku Moyo, and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, before I run to the bathroom to blot my sweat, pray they won’t steal my phone, guess my phone password - 1111 it’s about the illusion of security - and see “All Too Well- Sad Girl Autumn Version” paused on Spotify. Her music timestamps every long car ride I sat through before the age of 14. Taylor Swift was the first pop star we saw rise to fame. She single handedly discovered Taylor Swift, monopolizing her CDs like Scooter Braun, blasting them from her Magnavox Toploading Boombox, benevolently permitting me to go through the CD pamphlets, explaining that the capitalized letters in the song lyrics spelled out secret messages. Like many children, I idolized - and continue to worship - my older sister. I hope Taylor forgives I tell people I don’t like her. I consider myself a “Swiftie,” but Taylor and I have had a rocky relationship. She probably saw the DMs I sent her in 2015 pleading for tickets to her concert, but she must have been so busy she didn’t have time to respond. At this point, she must know my work our relationship can’t be one-sided. ![]() Taylor Swift, please don’t read this article.
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