Monday, October 28, 2013

Swift Ain't So Swift

You know all of Taylor Swift's hit songs? Yeah, You Belong With Me, I Knew You Were Trouble, Fifteen, and all the other ones? Newsflash, they're all written about her past boyfriends. I'm not saying that her songs aren't good, I just don't agree with her inspiration for it.

John Mayer and Taylor Swift
It seems like every month there is news about Taylor having a new boyfriend, or breaking up with one. Is she able to keep a relationship for, I don't  know, 6 months? I think not! Her past relationships have lasted on average 3 months. The number of boyfriends she has had corresponds to the number of hit songs she has. Imagine how much money she has made just by semi-committing herself in a relationship.

She is exploiting her ex-boyfriends.

The problem with Taylor Swift is that she is a big role model to girls everywhere. She is stereotypically pretty, she can sing, she can act. Every little girl wants to be like her! You see, those kids are too young to realize the content and message behind the song and where it originated from. They don't see that it's from her ex-boyfriends.

Taylor is making so much money off of exploiting her past relationships. Whether directly or indirectly referring to past flings, she somehow manages to direct it towards someone. There's even a joke that goes around whenever she breaks up with a guy - "I wonder what song she's going to make now."

One other thing I will add as well, but I wont go in depth about is her relevancy to Miley Cyrus. Before the VMAs I would have said that Taylor is by far worse than Miley but now it's even. They both have different reasons to be embarrassed. Taylor Swift is stereotyped as the "innocent girl from down the road" when really she is kind of a sl*t. I feel bad for saying that, but her history is evidence to support my statement.

Anyway, Taylor Swift is such a role model for younger girls yet her track record for boyfriends is degrading, therefore, from Fame To Shame, Taylor has ruined her title to older audience members because they understand the background to the lyrics. Even though she uses her ex-boyfriends to make money, I don't know if she is better or worse than Miley Cyrus.


Picture 1: http://nowmagazine.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/11140/000020511/9cd5_orh400w514/Taylor-Swift-and-John-Mayer.jpg
Picture 2: http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/popcrush.com/files/2013/01/swift-10.jpg
http://taylorswift.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Taylor_Swift's_ex-boyfriends
http://www.songfacts.com/artist-taylor_swift.php

3 comments:

  1. Yeah,before the VMAs i heard people saying that Miley is a slut but Taylor Swift isn't. Miley was with Liam Hemsworth for a long time, whereas Taylor Swift goes through boyfriends as fast as she writes songs. I used to like Taylor Swift in Grade 7 or 8, but even before this joke about her has been going around I didn't like her that much. And I think she's better than Miley Cyrus in terms of being able to keep her clothes on, but they are both slutty in their own ways.

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  2. I actually used to sing to 'Our Song, ' White Horse and Love Story, where I just found a teenager artist writing songs about their love life kind of normal, but growing up and now in her 20s, still singing, but in a way 'complaining' about boys/mens now is just wow..

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