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Originally posted by Nippy'sReceipts
Taylor. Beyonces PR has had some highly-publicized snafus happen of recent (the Superbowl, the Photoshop IG, the elevator incident, baby bump flop). Taylor literally has never gotten any media outrage, despite being the only popgirl to actually admit to dissing a peer in a song, and being the only one writing letters begging companies to look out for her own corporate interest.
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Yes, Bey's PR team and management (post Mathew which is basically
her) aren't even really good let alone great and her media reception by and large is mostly circumstantial simply based on what Bey delivers and how she behaves. I think it's hilarious when people attempt to cite things like Yvette contacting BuzzFeed and requesting those unflattering SB performance pictures be taken down as proof of Bey's faultless PR machine when in reality all that did was prove the contrary. That was a
huge gaffe and one of the most amateur moves I've seen from any PR professional on a major star's behalf,
ever (largely the result of Bey being loyal to a fault and still having the same PR rep she had when DC were doing Lil' O and Silkk da Shocker features instead of upgrading to a big league rep like she should have more than a decade ago

). And in other cases, they simply just say absolutely nothing and let the rumors and bad press die on their own in absolute silence.
Bey has this wholly other treatment by the media because she legitimately exists that way as a public figure of her kind. Her approach to fame and celebrity is extremely unique when you consider the times and what the modern paradigm of a pop star has come to be. In the age of social media, stardom has come to be this immersive and interactive experience, Bey's separation of herself from that was and is fascinating. It gave her this very throwback old school true
star magic while all of the other major pop stars settled into this "I'm one of you, touchable and can be your best friend" (even if just an illusion) new celeb norm created by social media. That's circumstance, not strategy; however, it's really funny that there are people that want to believe that her barely competent PR team have manufactured that from nothing and nowhere.
