A Swift Venting
For nearly two years, Taylor Swift has been popping up everywhere, whether it’s been that cringy Capitol One commercial, the evening news or in NFL stadium suites of whichever stadium that the Kansas City Chiefs were playing in. Yes, the media’s favorite sweetheart is someone that we just can’t seem to get away from, thus making all of this coverage complete overkill. Let’s delve right in.
Alright, so before we delve right in, I just want to say that quite a bit of the stuff that I have compiled is based on what other people have told me, along with reading multiple Reddit threads and watching multiple YouTube videos, thus a lot of the content here is my reaction to that “bit”. Okay, now let’s finally delve.
First off, I thought to myself about a week ago that Taylor Swift is like the kid in school, who has rich parents that pay his/her peers to be friends with him/her, instead of allowing for friendships to develop naturally. And of course, I thought of it in a comparatively joking kind of way, only to find out that A) Her father was a stockbroker who became vice president of Merrill Lynch, B) Her mother was a former marketing manager at an ad agency and C) The former of the two bought three percent stake in their daughter’s first record label, Big Machine. So, given all of that, especially Point C, there could be a possibility that Papa Swift perpetuated a payola scheme to jump-start his daughter’s career. Obviously, there’s no confirmation about that, but it wouldn’t be surprising since her music is overplayed dreck.
Second, her publicized dating history is filled with high-profile celebrities, and all but her current boyfriend (Travis Kelce) have become the source material for her post-break-up songs (and possibly for entire albums) to the point that the songs seem artificially created. And not only do they seem artificially created because in addition, each situation seems to be 100% the guy’s fault in the aftermath. And that’s fucked up because I heard that all of her exes were all hit with NDAs (non-disclosure agreements), meaning that Taylor Swift and her camp want her to be 100% innocent in all of that. But given how much of a narcissist that she is, I’m not at all convinced that she is 100% innocent in all of that. Oh, and before I move on to the next paragraph, I heard that Jennifer Lopez (another narcissist) used the power of lawsuit to suppress her first husband, Ojani Noa, from speaking honestly about her in public. So, given those parallels, either Tay Tay (gosh, that moniker is cringy as fuck) took a page out of J.Lo’s playbook or vice versa.
Third, I have to say that I have mixed opinions about Norah O’Donnell, from the standpoint that she looked fucking pathetic grinning at both Charlie Rose and Gayle King ganging up on John McEnroe during a segment of the CBS Morning Show. And then there are times that she doesn’t get all googly-eyed about what she’s reporting on, only to stop short of having an on-air orgasm about Taylor Swift every time that she becomes a story on the CBS evening news, even if it’s about her being spotted buying bottled water from a 7-11. The obsession that Norah O’Donnell and other people in the media have about her is beyond ridiculous, so it’s no wonder that there is major Taylor Swift fatigue.
Fourth, how in the actual fuck is Taylor Swift the all-time winningest act in the Grammys, when much more talented acts don’t even have one Grammy win? Is it one of those announce her as the winner or else type strongholds? Someone please explain that to me because I’m struggling to fathom that bullshit. Oh, and speaking of The Grammys, the opening dance sequence for the 2023 edition was a group of people on stage dancing in an initially weird robotic (it began to grow on me) kind of dance to some type of Latin music. And just as I’m getting used to all of those people doing that dance, the cameraperson suddenly decided to zoom in on Taylor Swift’s “reaction” to it, which was both cornball and cringe as fuck. It’s like why show someone that has no sense of rhythm at all “reacting” to a particular Latin dance sequence? I swear, Taylor Swift’s presence gets shoe-horned in at every turn.
Fifth, I’ve said on a couple of occasions that Taylor Swift dating famous people is like Rose Armitage (Allison Williams’ “Get Out” character) handpicking certain people to uphold her family’s twisted scheme, with one of those handpicked people being a fictional five-star high school basketball prospect. Granted, the twisted scheme of the Armitage family is definitely apples to oranges, in comparison to the rumors of how Taylor Swift accrues her “source material”. But her targeting Travis Kelce reminds me of Rose targeting that fictional five-star high school basketball prospect, especially since the Kansas City Chiefs tight end was coming off a “banner” 2022 season and kept growing in popularity. And how convenient that that happened during the 2023 NFL season, as the Chiefs constantly got bullshit calls to go their way, and the NFL camerapeople for various networks panned to Taylor Swift at the ends of certain games and at least 30 times (rumored) during the Chiefs’ Week 4 game against the New York Jets last season. And it gets especially cringy when the camerapeople show her in her luxury suite celebrating during a Chiefs win, as A) She looks very fake while doing so and B) She looks obnoxious while doing so. I guess her and Travis Kelce deserve each other because they are both obnoxious people, and the Chiefs are an obnoxious team, based on how arrogant that they are. Chalk up the Traylor (portmanteau of Travis and Taylor) relationship to being a perfect match made in hell.
And finally, the unhinged faction of The Swifties, who for starters, make it seem as if it’s illegal for anyone to criticize their “queen” at all, even if the criticism is constructive. And of course, that unhinged trait spills over into other situations, such as A) Rumored death threats against her exes, B) Death threats against other content creators, C) Death threats/racist remarks to Kayla Nicole (Travis Kelce’s ex-girlfriend, D) Condescension upon those who like other artists and E) Al Michaels being replaced by Noah Eagle as lead commentator for an NFL playoff game on NBC, due to the rumor that the veteran lead commentator found the constant obsession of Taylor Swift to be a bit excessive. And that’s not quite all because in addition, I saw a video clip of Swifties holding hands and dancing in a circle during the closing credits of the concert movie “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and did so in a movie theater auditorium, followed by members of that unhinged faction referring to her as “Mother”. If that last part isn’t cult-like behavior, then I don’t know what constitutes as such.
In summary, the media needs to stop acting as if Taylor Swift is the only entertainer worth reporting about on the face of the Earth, as there are vocalists (Lajon Witherspoon) that have way more of a presence than her, female celebrities (Melissa Barrera) that are way more radiant than her and people that play in movies (Garrett Hedlund) that are much more grounded than her. Taylor Swift is a mostly untalented charlatan from garish beginnings and acts as if the world centers around her. But guess what Tay Tay, it doesn’t center around you, so go disappear and participate in a celebrity group cover version of “I Got Friends In Low Places”, especially since the unhinged faction of your fanbase has done some lowdown dirty shit to perpetuate your narcissistic empire. And should you participate in that cover version, then it will far exceed any of the prior pollution that you call your songs.
May NFL parity hit you and the Chiefs in the ass on the way out!