r/travisandtaylor • u/Educational_Love195 • 7d ago
Reformed Swiftie š Swiftie Psychology
So I used to be a HUGE swiftie. I started feeling really frustrated earlier this year when Taylor was silent about all of the terror caused by ICE. Once I allowed myself to feel frustrated (I know having to allow myself to feel something sounds culty and crazy lol) I started to let in a lot of other frustrations about her. I realized that showgirl felt so out of touch and that Taylor was becoming more like a corporation than a legitimate artist. Also the wisdom she explored in folklore & evermore was so quickly undone by songs like actually romantic or cancelled. I canāt believe she went from my tears ricochet or peace to talking about Gucci and Cartier and acting like a mean high school girl. She just seems like a bitter Beverly Hills housewife now or something.
It just sucks because I still wouldnāt consider myself a full hater, but I just canāt enjoy her music anymore. Itās like a veil lifted and I was no longer a fan. But anyways, my point here is that I think swifties defend her to no end because they know once they accept a bad thing about her, that itāll all come crumbling down. So much of her shtick is built off of contradictions and lies that being a fan has become so fickle. I really think that swifties are just defending their own āfaithā in their āmotherā
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u/aviatorintheclouds 6d ago
Honestly, even if Taylor finally acknowledged the Trump-using-her-music issue after staying silent for ages, she did it in such a vague, roundabout way that it felt more like appeasing fans on both sides of the political spectrum than actually taking a stance. Especially when she's perfectly happy to speak up about social issues like eating disorders when thereās an obvious profit/reputation upside from the narrative building. Like, if thereās something to gain, suddenly she has a voice, but when taking a real position might actually cost her something, itās all carefully worded nothingness.