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Mike Joseph's avatar

I was actually thinking this the other day. Taylor is a monoculture phenomenon the likes of which we haven't seen in quite some time. I'm also not a Swiftie (I rebelled against the idea of her for quite some time before "Midnights" officially turned me around) but there's no denying her chokehold on pop culture.

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Chris Mann's avatar

Are you kidding? This article is a joke. TS doesn’t have the cross-generational, cross-racial, or complete international support that MJ did.

And there are plenty of people who cannot name, let alone sing along with, any TS song. I am one of those people. And she has been easy to ignore, even in the internet age.

But everyone knows Billie Jean, Beat It, and Thriller.

You sound like one of those people who said Barbra Streisand would be bigger and more influential than Aretha Franklin. And we both know how that turned out - despite the fact that BS outsold AR both in album sales and concert tours.

You guys will say anything. TS has one peak year, and y’all swear this bland minor talent is the second coming.

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