Imagine Taylor is gay and came out before the album or on the album, would that affect her sales?

She would stop being Americas sweetheart

A gay country singer would NOT bode well for her sales. They would be significantly less than usual.

It would hit her hard but she'd get through it.

A lot of her fanbase are 14-17 year old white girls in middle America. They'll struggle to connect to her lyrics if they're explicitly in the context of a lesbian relationship.

Also, her country support would pretty much vanish.

She'd gain the gays though for that era.

I think it would probably do really well based off the controversy, but I don't know how much longer her career would last after that honestly. Maybe it wouldn't affect it at all, though, because lesbians (especially the pretty ones) are more accepted in society than gay men.

They would drop like a bomb. Her main demo is middle American teenage girls. Not East Coast gays

Her next tour will be an 'intimate tour'.

Taylor Swift is not lesbian people I mean all those guys she's dated and was caught kissing

She'd do half her regular 1st week sales. Which would still be more than 2x more than all the other pop girls, aside from Beyonce.

Assuming it's country, then her sales (and airplay) would drastically drop. She might have a hit or two on pop.

Pop/indie-style? It could go in three different ways: people are tired of hearing about her so they don't buy, controversy generates buzz about the album and sells more, or nothing happens.

She would gain some new fans I think.

That doesn't mean anything! People get married and have kids...and realize at the age of 45 that they are gay.

Not saying that she is, but you get my point!

WELL considering that most of her sales come from straight white teenagers, i'd say they'd drop

the gais would only give her at max 200k

UNLESS them people buying pizza at papa johns are all secretly lesbians too and buy her album

It would help her in the short term with promo etc, but her sales will suffer in the longterm.

It wouldn't be a country album, so I don't think it would affect that demographic. Plus younger people tend to be more open-minded, so She wouldn't suffer too much with teenaged fans/ young adults. Even if She came out, I don't think Her lyrical style or songwriter's perspective would change too much, so Her music would remain relatable. The new pop direction would attract new fans, and more gays would flock to Her.

It'd be fine.

Yeah, that happens quite a bit with soccer moms where i live in socal tbh. I think there should be a rule where people must come out before age 30 or not come out at all. It makes us flawless gays look indecisive.

an ARTPOP flop tbh for the debut atleast

BUT she would also gain a boatload of new fans cause so many people only hate her cause they think shes a **** or a homophobe so the damage could not be that bad

not to mention she would definately get dat publicity and ACCLAIM and of course be happy and free

honestly if Taylor did come out i would consider too

Guys let's be serious, Taylor hasn't been getting them country sales for the last two albums. Those have been superstar sales.

Her main lyrical content is teen love songs about her boyfriends that can girls can relate to. She'd have to change her subject matter