At 24 years old, Taylor Swift inhabits something of a unique position within the teen pop firmament. It’s not merely the fact of her immense popularity, although the sheer devotion of her fans can sometimes knock you back a bit: earlier this week, when Swift released a track consisting of eight seconds of static to iTunes – alas, the result of a technical malfunction, rather than a radical new power-electronics direction influenced by Right to Kill-era Whitehouse and Genocide Organ – her fans in Canada bought it in such quantities that it went to No 1. It’s more that Swift’s music attracts the kind of serious critical attention afforded almost none of her peers. You don’t get many learned articles in the New Yorker about the songcraft of Swift’s mortal enemy Katy Perry.
Who cares about either of them. The Lord is the only one the GP has time for. Global, critically respected, biggest selling act. Smash era after smash era. It feels so holy.
Rihanna is more global, but like he said, many don't know either of them. Last pop phenomenon that became a huge household name was Lady Gaga. She's more popular than both of them combined, fad or not.
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2Out of the three songs I heard so far from that album, I am not convinced I like her new sound. Pop music has to have more of a melody. She sounds like she is just trying to go Eurotrash disco. I think she thinks that will get her respect in the NYC crowd, but her quality of music might actually go down. Because it just sounds bland now. But I will have to hear the whole album, before I make up my mind though. Maybe it will grow on me.
