r/melbourne • u/Diqt • Feb 21 '24

Light and Fluffy News Taylah Sweeeft

Hopefully this doesn't get deleted because I sure as hell can't post anywhere else about her unless it's mindnumbing blind agreement with everyone else.

Anyway I just saw live coverage of her NFL boyfriend landing in Sydney. Professional journalists who have interviewed our country's leaders are watching his plane land. Sitting around talking about it. This is live news.

This goes WAY beyond enjoying her music. I don't know what this is anymore. It felt like as a society we were moving away from celebrity worship. This has lost touch of reality. What's weird is everyone going along with it? I feel like I'm in a movie where everyone gets infected and I'm going to be the last person alive. Movie ends with me dancing mindlessly to Shake it Off, my eyeballs completely white. Roll credits.

Maybe a Swifty can explain this phenomenon to me because this level of worship would be ridiculed for just about any other celebrity. I didn't even know Pink and Blink 182 were here too, they've gotten so little media coverage.

EDIT: Thanks mods for not deleting this. Third different sub I tried. Happy that the Melbourne sub allows some discussion! Saving me from any Donald Sutherland in Body Snatchers assumptions.

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u/Lightrec Feb 21 '24

This is nothing new - If this was the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna or any other top artist of their time then we'd have the same hysteria. We know all about their lives and dating habits too.

She's not my cup of tea but she's just THAT big.

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u/Chance-Ad8064 Feb 21 '24

Remember the footage of masses of people hanging outside Michael Jackson’s hotel window?

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u/abaddamn Feb 22 '24

I get Michael Jackson bc of his footwork/singing talent but Swift? Who the fuck is she in musical terms?

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u/stonk_frother Feb 22 '24

I have no interest in pop music, and I’m definitely not a fan of Swift. But c’mon, she clearly has talent.

She writes the music and the lyrics, and she performs the songs. She pulls them off live, and puts on a good show. And her music appeals to an enormous audience around the world.

How else would you define talent? Just because her music isn’t to your taste doesn’t make it bad.