I agree with you for the most part - and don't know that much about her music, other than it's catchy and brings back some good camp memories - but Taylor gets shit on so hard, and it's very obviously incredibly gendered critique. She has a richer discography than a lot of pop stars. I listened to the songs you suggested and coney island is a pretty good tune.
Though I just can't leave this out; as someone who's reading Proust, the comparison you posted comes off like an early high school project, and makes the relevant point hard to take seriously.
Though I just can’t leave this out; as someone who’s reading Proust, the comparison you posted comes off like an early high school project, and makes the relevant point hard to take seriously.
I mean, it's a semi-serious shitpost by a lit major, but does still highlight a lot of the skill and nuance in her songwriting. Half the point is that it irritates Scholór(tm) dudes that take themselves too seriously, like the sort of guy that would interrupt you reading some book with a picture on the title to neg you for not reading Hemingway instead
I agree with you for the most part - and don't know that much about her music, other than it's catchy and brings back some good camp memories - but Taylor gets shit on so hard, and it's very obviously incredibly gendered critique. She has a richer discography than a lot of pop stars. I listened to the songs you suggested and coney island is a pretty good tune.
Though I just can't leave this out; as someone who's reading Proust, the comparison you posted comes off like an early high school project, and makes the relevant point hard to take seriously.
I mean, it's a semi-serious shitpost by a lit major, but does still highlight a lot of the skill and nuance in her songwriting. Half the point is that it irritates Scholór(tm) dudes that take themselves too seriously, like the sort of guy that would interrupt you reading some book with a picture on the title to neg you for not reading Hemingway instead
Ok that half of the point is fair enough.