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Originally Posted by wazu
It is fascinating to me that somebody who is this famous can have so few songs that most people know. In the age of Michael Jackson, or the Beatles, people couldn't escape their music. Now there are so many sources of media that people can indulge in that there are very few major stars. Taylor has essentially a massive cult following from what I can tell. I call it a cult because as somebody who has a wife that tunes into pop music, and two teenage kids, I've somehow missed most of her phenomenon. But she has hundreds of songs. Just clicking around I've found 4 total that I've heard before. They are catchy. Any list that I google of her top songs goes on and on and includes at the very top things I've never heard before. Just wild.
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I actually kinda agree with this which isn’t a reflection of her as much as it is how much radio changed. We don’t live in a world where people are glued to radio stations where DJs dictate what we listen to. Adults and older generations would probably end up listening to Taylor because it was on their radio on the morning commute. It would be almost unavoidable.
But I think the Beatles are the wrong example. Someone like Madonna seems like a better example. Lots of adults were exposed to Madonna only because she was part of top 40 radio culture. If Taylor was in the 90s you’d damn well know who she was, if Madonna was today you might not. But even still… i don’t actively listen to Taylor swift but her music is damn near everywhere. Ads, social media, restaurants, bars… she has the kind of ear worm music you don’t know but you instantly recognize.
But even still… it’s just a different era. I mean, I’d never ever hear morgan wallen songs except for a few of my buddies who are big into country. A lot of people who don’t pay attention to country have no clue who he is. But dude can easily out multiple days in the largest stadiums in the country.