• @[email protected]
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    She’s got a lot of good / great songs in her repertoire. You’ll find something you like.

    Edit: I watched her documentary before I really got into her music. I think that’s a great starting point.

    • @[email protected]
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      263 months ago

      I like death metal and gangster rap. I can appreciate that she’s a talented musician but none of it does anything for me

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        153 months ago

        As a fellow enjoyer of heavy/extreme music, I appreciate a well-written song in any genre, and I’d say her talents are far more along the songwriting vein. She’s a reasonable musician, but her ear for hooks and her lyricism are far more remarkable than her musicianship.

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          Same here, generic pop is as far from my taste as possible, and as a mid 30s dude I really came to like her music, it’s like she took the storytelling aspect of country and put it into pop, works really well imo.

          Also some funny things about her music and calming voice, like my friend’s few months old baby instantly falling asleep to her music (and refusing otherwise), or my dog also sleeping through hours of drive in my car if Taylor is playing, but getting up if I switch to something harder.

          Add to this her immaculate work ethic and (perceived) niceness, being an emotionally healthy person by growing up in a rich, loving and supportive family, writing music about heartbreak and love instead of drugs and sex, dressing like a normal pretty person without oversexualizing herself, etc. I think many parents would be happy if their daughters would listen to music and like an artist like this.

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        If anything, you might like Cardigan. I’ve enjoyed metal and some rap most of my life, and I find that those are more about the lyrics than the melody (but obviously the melody matters). Cardigan is one of her best lyrical songs, IMO.

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      183 months ago

      I like synthwave remixes of anime title themes and 90s songs covered in the Mario 64 soundfont, which Taylor Swift song do you recommend?

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        If that’s a serious question, I think Lover is her closest album to something like that. It’s a pretty fun mix of modern electro-pop songs with some decent lyrics.

        Disclaimer: I am far from a true swiftie and others might disagree with me

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        13 months ago

        I wrote that Lover is the closest to synthwave, but that was before I listened to some of Midnights with my daughter in the car. Midnights is very synthwavey in a The Weeknd/Billie Eilish way. Probably you were just making a joke and aren’t actually interested, but in case you are, give the whole album a listen. You might actually find something you like there.

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      53 months ago

      I’ve tried, and her music is fine but it’s just not convincing enough to relisten, and absolutely nothing she’s made justifies the cult like obsession from swifties.

      As far as female pop singers go, I’d much rather listen to Purity Ring. Or any jpop/jrock outfit with a female singer for that matter.