Especially as, relative to many other "most popular ever" names, her actual production and cultural footprint is minimally felt to anyone. If the media didn't write about her every other breath and minuscule detail you would forget she exists, whereas Michael Jackson was still dropping music that everyone was listening to even outside his fanbase and personal life.

Exactly this. I do not care about Taylor and I don't hear a lot of her music in public. I got one of her albums a while ago and while it was ok, nothing stuck. It's like her looks, there's nothing that stands out as obviously bad, but she's not a stunner no matter how much praise she gets. Her legs are just long and thin, big deal.

The entire persona of Taylor Swift as a precocious 16-year old who wrote her own way to fame is a relic of legacy media anyway when people were credulous enough about show business to believe that BS.

Especially as, relative to many other "most popular ever" names, her actual production and cultural footprint is minimally felt to anyone. If the media didn't write about her every other breath and minuscule detail you would forget she exists, whereas Michael Jackson was still dropping music that everyone was listening to even outside his fanbase and personal life.

Exactly this. I do not care about Taylor and I don't hear a lot of her music in public. I got one of her albums a while ago and while it was ok, nothing stuck.

The entire persona of Taylor Swift as a precocious 16-year old who wrote her own way to fame is a relic of legacy media anyway when people were credulous enough about show business to believe that BS.