If her daddy wasn't in major Finance and they hadn't moved to the Heart of Country Music where she magically got gigs with session musicians, then yeah, she wouldn't have been the Trojan horse she is.
When she appeared on the scene in the mid-late 00s, it was obvious to people who understood the industry that she was targeted crap. First for execs to try and disrupt the country music scene (country was beginning it's death spiral anyway), then to pivot into a feminist pop star (which she succeeded in doing).
The most recent bullshit from her before this NFL thing was that, since she didn't own the rights to her recordings (boo fucking hoo), she went and rerecorded a bunch of her albums, released them last year, and by golly looks like they sold like hotcakes because grrrlpower (I only know this because the places where I buy music were showing her at the top for sales last year). Swift got to do what almost any artist never has the time or money (or care) to do, but because she had the resources, got patted on the back for being a AWFL fighting back against the ebul music industry.
I know it's evil, it's just that Swift's case was used as a means of acting like she overcame it all herself, a victory for wimminz, even though she already had a leg up over most other musicians that ever tried.
Any artist in pop, rock or major genre where big money is involved is guaranteed to get royally fucked in the industry. Niche genres along with metal and indie I'm not sure, maybe even small time groups have similar issues. Although the industry has given us good music, it pushes a lot of garbage (moreso in the past 25 years)
If her daddy wasn't in major Finance and they hadn't moved to the Heart of Country Music where she magically got gigs with session musicians, then yeah, she wouldn't have been the Trojan horse she is.
When she appeared on the scene in the mid-late 00s, it was obvious to people who understood the industry that she was targeted crap. First for execs to try and disrupt the country music scene (country was beginning it's death spiral anyway), then to pivot into a feminist pop star (which she succeeded in doing).
The most recent bullshit from her before this NFL thing was that, since she didn't own the rights to her recordings (boo fucking hoo), she went and rerecorded a bunch of her albums, released them last year, and by golly looks like they sold like hotcakes because grrrlpower (I only know this because the places where I buy music were showing her at the top for sales last year). Swift got to do what almost any artist never has the time or money (or care) to do, but because she had the resources, got patted on the back for being a AWFL fighting back against the ebul music industry.
The music industry is evil, and if you think otherwise because shitty people like Swift also have problems with it, you've been tricked.
I know it's evil, it's just that Swift's case was used as a means of acting like she overcame it all herself, a victory for wimminz, even though she already had a leg up over most other musicians that ever tried.
Any artist in pop, rock or major genre where big money is involved is guaranteed to get royally fucked in the industry. Niche genres along with metal and indie I'm not sure, maybe even small time groups have similar issues. Although the industry has given us good music, it pushes a lot of garbage (moreso in the past 25 years)