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/Mr_Puddintaters Tame Impala Glazer 9h ago

Idk why this is hard for Swifties to understand lol it’s the entire industry and Taylor does it more than others.

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u/adnansbae95 9h ago

It’s not hard to understand, you actually misunderstood my comment. Most everyone popular engages in the same industry practices yet only one person gets villainized for said practices (ad nauseum)

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u/Mr_Puddintaters Tame Impala Glazer 8h ago

Yes, because Taylor is accused of not just boosting chart numbers, but also intentionally blocking other artists (particularly female artists) on the charts given how many variants she drops and the timing of those drops.

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u/BeansArePastaSauce 7h ago

It’s the hypocrisy that puts a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. She says she a feminist, a girls best friend, wants to be on the “right side of history” yet she purposely blocks only female artists.

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u/SlenderByrd 6h ago

She’s the most successful artist on the planet with the largest and most cult-esque following. It seems sensible that the most (not all as you suggest) ire is going to be directed toward the person who has capitalized the most on these practices, and who does so with the most egregiously and heinously. You treat her as though she’s some niche underground act being targeted arbitrarily with a career barely clinging to life with each performance, and not the most ubiquitous name in the music industry.