r/Music • u/ebradio • 11h ago

article Taylor Swift sparks chart-blocking accusations with new “Patient Zero” alternate versions

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-sparks-chart-blocking-accusations-with-new-patient-zero-alternate-versions
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u/NooblordBG 10h ago

The notion that there's a point where you as an artist become successful enough that you have to be careful about releasing music is so beyond ridiculous that it's not funny.

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u/doublegoodproleish 10h ago

"Releasing music." You mean releasing remixes of a song you just released for the express purpose of blocking another artist's success?

There's a sports term for that. "Running up the score."

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u/bndwgnfn 9h ago

I’m confused, has she come out and said that she does this to stop other people from getting a number one? Or is it speculation based on her release pattern

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u/estedavis 9h ago

It’s entirely speculation based on her release pattern, but also no one pays attention to the millions of times she doesn’t drop music when another pop girl drops music. They just apply malicious intent to whenever Taylor decides to drop music.

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u/bndwgnfn 9h ago

Ah I see. Kinda what I figured but people talk about it with so much certainty that I wasn’t sure

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u/RoseTheta 6h ago

It's especially blatant with this one because Taylor's release of these was known weeks ago, Olivia is the one dropping on the day someone else is releasing new music. If she was actually trying to block someone she'd release a full album the same day as Olivia, Arianna, B8llie ,Miley, whoever, but that hasn't happened.

The amazing thing is everyone can listen to Taylor's for free and you don't have to buy anything at all. Also you can listen to all the songs or none of them so "blocking" makes zero sense.