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Fan Base: Taylor Swift
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Originally posted by taylor__fan
I don't think she is getting overexposed just because of her success, but also because she has literally no competition at all.
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Yeah I definitely agree that no competition is another factor, but I also think it's because of the promo. It has been absolutely ruthless ever since before the live-stream.
If she tones it down, the singles will probably under perform, but if she doesn't, then the singles may still under perform because people are a bit tired. A real life Sophie's Choice
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Originally posted by TaylorNation
Yeah I definitely agree that no competition is another factor, but I also think it's because of the promo. It has been absolutely ruthless ever since before the live-stream.
If she tones it down, the singles will probably under perform, but if she doesn't, then the singles may still under perform because people are a bit tired. A real life Sophie's Choice
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Well, actually she didn't promote anything between new year's eve and Bad Blood, more than 4 months, everyone was saying that the era was slowing down a lot.
I think is just that the Bad Blood video + Katy feud + Nicki Feud , now Miley, etc... All came together and it feels like she is overexposed right now, when actually her only promo has been the music video.
IMO, she just needs to post less in social media, (a lot of media coverage about her is because of this) release WD to radio without promoting it, only the music video, ala style, and she would be fine
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Yeah but I think the GP doesn't really know anything about things like the Nicki feud, and the GP really lives her era much less involved than us stans, so maybe releasing other singles won't really hurt her. Just posticipate the release of the next LP and keep a really really low profile after the end of the era and everything will be fine.
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Originally posted by Dollas n Diamonds
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i posted this video three posts above dd
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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Originally posted by taylor__fan
Well, actually she didn't promote anything between new year's eve and Bad Blood, more than 4 months, everyone was saying that the era was slowing down a lot.
I think is just that the Bad Blood video + Katy feud + Nicki Feud , now Miley, etc... All came together and it feels like she is overexposed right now, when actually her only promo has been the music video.
IMO, she just needs to post less in social media, (a lot of media coverage about her is because of this) release WD to radio without promoting it, only the music video, ala style, and she would be fine
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Do you think TS6 is going to be delayed?
Yeah, I also meant promo in terms of media coverage and stuff. I don't know, for me it feels like she's always there, but maybe it's because Facebook has incorporated my likes on my timeline so they spam me with Taylor articles all the time
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Originally posted by dwuw
i posted this video three posts above dd
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exactly, i didn't even click yours. your voodoo
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Originally posted by itsjem
Yeah but I think the GP doesn't really know anything about things like the Nicki feud, and the GP really lives her era much less involved than us stans, so maybe releasing other singles won't really hurt her. Just posticipate the release of the next LP and keep a really really low profile after the end of the era and everything will be fine.
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Yes i agree with this. the other stans will fume and get more annoyed with her but they'll come around by next album cycle
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I kinda wanted an album next year because it lines up perfectly. 2016 --> LP6, the 10th year anniversary of her debut, even numbers, etc lol
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Wildest Dreams has better reverse version than other songs from 1989 .I just texted it .It sounds less annoying & catchy .
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Originally posted by TaylorNation
Exactly. Now that she confirmed there are going to be more singles, I'm scared tbh. Yeah, the fans will be happy (I was kinda hoping for TS6 next year, and this basically confirms it won't happen so I'm pretty salty tbh) but she is going to saturate everyone. This isn't like Red, where nobody will really care about seven singles (with the latter ones flopping) because the era lost steam after IKYWT and she wasn't as huge. Now she is huge, and everybody is watching and she has been everywhere for almost a year. I don't think extending it is that wise tbh
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This is a natural course to every successful singer once they reach the point that literally everyone is looking at them. IMO having more singles really won't do much damage because she's already "exposed" to the world. What I'm afraid of is that she'll pull another Nicki controversy with someone else. She has this image of a sweetheart, but at the same time she's revealing herself as a very outspoken person. While I do believe that she's entitled to respond to the criticism she's facing, it will start to ruin the image she tried to build all these years.
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Originally posted by taylor__fan
IKR? And Taylor donates a lot of her money, unlike other celebrities, well maybe she is not even talking about Taylor, but in general, Taylor is just so huge right now that everybody will turn a comment of someone about her.
Like at least the 25% of threads in ATRL are about Taylor
I remember when I joined, back in the middle of 2011, when everybody here thought she was a country local flop act, that would never be relevant compared to the main pop girls
Look how things have turned
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Yeah, and she do a lot of good deeds. It upsets me whenever people make comments like, "Oh she's only doing that for publicity" like there are countless instances where she did good deeds without being recorded. Seems to me nowadays people are finding excuses to hate on her
And right? I remember when Taylor was deemed irrelevant by many. I definitely felt that throughout the Speak Now era.
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Originally posted by chrispratt
This is a natural course to every successful singer once they reach the point that literally everyone is looking at them. IMO having more singles really won't do much damage because she's already "exposed" to the world. What I'm afraid of is that she'll pull another Nicki controversy with someone else. She has this image of a sweetheart, but at the same time she's revealing herself as a very outspoken person. While I do believe that she's entitled to respond to the criticism she's facing, it will start to ruin the image she tried to build all these years.
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Even though she had a fair point, what she said about Spotify in that Vanity Fair interview was a bit messy, the way she said it. I'm so glad she is finally speaking up for herself, and like you said, she is certainly entitled to respond, but she should be more careful
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I don't believe in this overexposure argument. If the lead single of TS6 is good then GP will be with her no matter what. This has been proven multiple times by Taylor. Red era was a mess and everyone expected her to perform poorly as they believed the GP and media was against her. However, GP loved Shake It Off and supported it wholeheartedly forcing the media to support her too. TS6 will suffer only if the lead single is not upto the mark.
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Wait can someone fill me in on the Miley thing. I haven't been online for the past 15 hours
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Originally posted by TayTay4Life
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Ikr
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I don't understand Miley attacking Taylor. The Bad Blood video is cartoon violence at best. She wouldn't say this about Rihanna even though BBHMM is far more violent. She needs to just accept people don't want her to get her **** out on TV when their kids are watching This isn't the 1st time she's said/implied derogatory things about Taylor so I hope Taylor stays away from her and doesn't respond to this. It will just give Miley more attention that she desperately craves (despite not caring about money/fame allegedly).
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Miley is just being messy to attract attention to herself as host of the VMA's. Once VMA season is over, Taylor's media exposure should return to normal. Then the Q4 sales boost will kick in, Rih or Ariana or Selena or whoever should steal most of the Pop culture attention with their releases, and the negative bias against tay will die down while her album sales slowly increase and crawl their way to 8.5M WW
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To be fair, media is responsible for making Miley and her family bitter about Taylor from the start. Andrea confirmed that Taylor has nothing against Miley but the same cannot be said for Miley. Miley has been compared with Taylor from the start and it has only gotten worse after her crazy attention seeking ways. I remember reading the music review of "Hannah Montana" and I felt quite sad for Miley when they insulted her and praised Taylor. I feel there onwards their friendship had gone for a toss. She took advantage of the media backlash in 2012-2013 by indirectly calling Taylor **** and now this. I don't expect Miley to be friends with Taylor as their personalities are polar opposites, but at least she should stop showing her bitterness so obviously.
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Originally posted by TayTay4Life
I don't believe in this overexposure argument. If the lead single of TS6 is good then GP will be with her no matter what. This has been proven multiple times by Taylor. Red era was a mess and everyone expected her to perform poorly as they believed the GP and media was against her. However, GP loved Shake It Off and supported it wholeheartedly forcing the media to support her too. TS6 will suffer only if the lead single is not upto the mark.
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I think the overexposure argument is super valid, because it happens sometimes you're just tired of seeing a person EVERYWHERE at everytime!
The last, like, three singles of the Red era did not make an impact, so she had somehow kinda a low profile, especially in the USA.
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She who must not be named was everywhere in 2010-2012 with her singles from the Teenage Dream era and it didn't damage her. She had no where near Taylor publicity or star power tbf but if Taylor keeps a low head and focuses on the music she should be fine. The public still seem to be on her side for the most part.
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