Re: I had never knowingly heard any of her songs

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Posted by Tabernacles E. Townsfolk (@billstrudel) on March 13, 2024, 9:47 a.m.

“Blank Space” is a legitimately good song and “You Belong With Me” is sweet (in sound; thr sentiment is a fucking stalker nightmare). Other than that, “Shake UmUt Off” is deeply flawed (shouted verses, weak chorus, cheerleader break) abd it was fucking everywhere for a while. It’s just not a good song. I don’t know why it in particular was so popular and it was the lead single, but that’s why I don’t decide these things. (Actually it was the lead single because it’s very lead-single-y and fit her new image. It just needed to have been a better song.) “Bad Blood” is meh, and those are all the Taylor Swift songs I know I know. I have no idea how I was that plugged into pop culture in 2014 because I wasn’t doing anything in particular, unless those songs truly were that ubiquitous.

Shake It Off’s popularity had to be the music video, right? - benjamin March 13 10:10 AM
- The initial response to the video - Billdude March 15 4:58 PM
  - There's probably a big difference - Norville March 18 5:49 AM
    - Okay, yes, this is a valid point - Billdude March 19 11:23 PM
  - I think It's tough to like any song you're forced to hear that many times (nt) - benjamin March 16 4:04 PM
- Re: Shake It Off’s popularity had to be the music video, right? - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk March 13 11:13 AM
  - The "soap opera" effect is real lol - benjamin March 13 8:34 PM
    - I don't think that's the case? - Norville March 14 1:04 PM
      - Yeah, I was confused when I saw that post. - Joe March 14 1:41 PM
        Re: Yeah, I was confused when I saw that post. - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk March 14 3:45 PM
        Yeah I meant open-ended serial, like in the classic sense - benjamin March 15 12:19 AM
        Neither of those examples are open-ended. - Joe March 15 5:10 AM
        Re: Neither of those examples are open-ended. - benjamin March 16 4:03 PM
        That makes more sense. - Joe March 17 11:17 AM
        
        Re: Yeah I meant open-ended serial, like in the classic sense - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk March 15 12:31 AM
    - Wrestling is a notable exception to the last paragraph. You could say creative is secondary to the matches but they're really equal partners (nt) - Tabernacles E. Townsfolk March 14 12:43 PM