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/Fractal-Infinity 8h ago

Taylor made her money fair and square, what is your problem? Apparently she paid her taxes, she paid her crew very well, etc. What are you expecting her to do, to give up her wealth because you say so? If you were in her position, you would quickly change your tune. Just stop the hypocrisy.

As a matter of fact, she is not sitting on a billion. A large part of her wealth is how much her assets (like her music catalogue) worth in case she is selling them.

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u/DynamiteDuck 8h ago

Whatever you got to say to make yourself feel better about simping for billionaires. Not the life choice I would make, but you do you

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u/Fractal-Infinity 8h ago edited 8h ago

That's not simping for billionaires, I'm defending what's right. Why would her wealth even bother you? If she didn't steal from you, you should mind your business. Regular people like you and me made her rich. You're crying billionaires are bad. But there is a nuance.

For me it matters how you made your money. And surprise, Taylor Swift made her money only from her music. She didn't steal from anyone. Are you mad because she is so damn successful? That's your problem.

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u/DynamiteDuck 8h ago

Believing billionaires shouldn’t exist full stop and believe if you are one you care about money first and foremost does not mean I’m mad about Taylor Swift, it means I think she’s a bad person and I think you’re a clown for defending her.

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u/Fractal-Infinity 8h ago

I actually agree that billionaires shouldn't exist. That's a society problem. But why blame Taylor for basically getting money from people for her artistic products (albums, merch, show tickets, etc)? Blame the system, not the gamer.

I liked Taylor way before she was a billionaire. Personality wise she is almost unchanged. She is still treating people with respect. She still has some people working for her for almost 2 decades. Nobody working for her ever said anything bad about her. I assume they signed NDA clauses but even then, such clauses didn't prevent the truth from escaping.

I would agree that TS is richer than necessary, but that also gives her room to make substantial donations in the future. She is already giving back to society that made her rich.

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u/BocolateBipped 8h ago

I mean this in good faith but can we lay out the reasons shes bad. I understand she makes pretty mediocre stuff but as far as i can tell she just resells the same shit and people keep buying it. Its not akin to underpaying or exploiting labour which is the usual thing. However I am also severely mentally injured due to a mind phreaking incident last year.

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u/DynamiteDuck 8h ago

Yeah for sure, in my opinion, (and this is fully my opinion, I never once said her being bad is a fact) the gap billion being a successful multimillionaire superstar and billionaire is so massive that to achieve it you have to love and focus on money more than anything else in life. And I fully believe if you love money first, you’re an awful person. I’m not religious but “the love of money is the root of all evil” is like the most poignant shit ever.

I’m not even going to go into all the airplane stuff and how awful that is for the environment or preying on kids with multiple variants and stuff, because that just run of the mill advertising/media stuff, I’m just talking the billionaire level thing. That’s enough for me.

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u/BocolateBipped 8h ago

Fair enough i agree