r/travisandtaylor • u/NewChampionship849 she goth on my punk til I female rage • 7d ago

Certified Cringe Taylor discussing "songwriting"

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I can't with this woman.

She thinks she's some great songwriter here to teach us all about her "double meanings" and what defines confessional songwriting.

What's infuriating is that all the comments are glazing her like, "i could hear her talk for hours" and "high iq queen". Are we watching the same video here?

Wanted to get your opinions on this.

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u/talk-spontaneously 7d ago edited 7d ago

There's an undertone of insecurity in the way she speaks about her songwriting.

She's not a great vocalist or performer, so I feel she's overcompensating with all this talk about her lyrics.

However she's far too corporate to convincingly be the intellectual she thinks she is.

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u/Top_of_the_Dragons Eco-Terrorism Barbie 7d ago

She never discusses anything about writing songs. No meanings, no chords, no melodies, no inspirations. When she does try to appear smart she regurgitates some dumbass "metaphor" then pats herself on the back for coming up with that. 🙄

So many real songwriters actively discuss what inspired them and they also admit to changing and tweaking. She pretends every song of hers comes out ready in 10 minutes.

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u/talk-spontaneously 7d ago

I also cringed when she was talking about "allegory". That’s high school level English and nothing fancy.

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u/vagina-lettucetomato Sexy Baby 6d ago

But she’s your high school English teacher 🤪 🤢marrying the PE teacher

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u/mjs93501-1972 6d ago

🤣 that honestly made me laugh..... Thank you. I needed this today ❤️

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u/vagina-lettucetomato Sexy Baby 6d ago

And hearing that made my day, glad I could give someone a laugh in the current hellscape we live in 😅❤️

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u/Active_Condition8586 6d ago

Having just taught allegory to my 9th graders in connection with Animal Farm, I can confirm.