r/Music • u/ebradio • 10h 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/FriendlyDrummers 9h ago

Patient Zero is also just not a good song. It's not awful, but it's not very good either. The song comes off like an attempt to be a girl's girl but ends up coming off as self centered.

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u/stvura 9h ago edited 9h ago

Yeah I mean for some reason we all keep pretending she isn’t a hack?? I mean this sincerely like I’ve tried to give Taylor Swift a fair shot and she is just very middling at best as a songwriter, quite mediocre really. I feel genuine sympathetic pity for these people who are so moved by the most shallow kind expression, it’s sad to me. Anyone I’ve ever met that thinks otherwise seemingly has not heard a lot of music generally speaking across time. The collective gaslighting that occurs around her songwriting is unfathomable.

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u/Slight-Owl4300 9h ago

You can dislike Taylor Swift's songwriting without implying that everyone who appreciates it is intellectually inferior or hasn't been exposed to enough music. Music is subjective. The fact that something doesn't resonate with you doesn't mean it lacks depth, and the fact that it resonates with millions of others doesn't mean they're incapable of appreciating more complex art. The irony of calling other people shallow while demonstrating such a limited understanding of how people experience art is pretty funny.

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u/salvation122 4h ago

She hasn't put out anything worth the absurd cultish devotion her fans show ever. Her last good album was a decade ago

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u/Slight-Owl4300 2h ago

I don't agree with cult-like devotion to any artist, but saying Taylor hasn't released good music in a decade is wild to me. 

Reputation, Lover, Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights are some of her best albums.

 I'd argue Folklore and Evermore are her strongest work, and Midnights was fantastic. Even TTPD, despite mixed reviews, had some great songs. But again, music is subjective. You're entitled to dislike it, but your opinion isn't an objective measure of its quality.