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/cybernetic-lotus Feb 22 '24
Also not a swiftie but I just want say, it was likely the same when The Beatles and Elvis were at their peak. Imagine what it was like back then. It goes to show that Taylor has become a bona fide cultural icon for much of the younger generations today. This is the scale of impact we need to be thinking about. This is what she means to people. It's actually pretty historic and cool to think about at a macro level.
I wasn't always fond of her music either but at this point, I have to respect her achievements and how much she has succeeded as an artist. Honestly, she deserves it. She has single handedly driven monumental changes in the recording and streaming industry. Plus, she's a pretty good role model generally, compared to some other celebrities who seem to be in the news 24/7.