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Celeb News: Taylor: It's not hard being a Popstar
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She is talking about touring here! Not how she got there! She has worked her *** off to get her tour ready (that is why it is extremely successful). We are looking at 100 million in earnings for the 1989 tour. What you guys fail to see, is that she is saying that she does not have to spend every single day touring since she has several Stadium tours (and that makes up for it). Some artists have to tour almost every day ( if they are only doing Arena tours) in order to get the same earnings (because they cannot sell out stadiums like Taylor does).
Taylor does not have to tour quite as frequently. She has a massive stadium tour and therefore can take breaks in between. Now you all, don't twist what she is saying to mean that she does not work hard. Yes, she has it easier, but because of the massive following that she has, not because she does not work hard.
In a business context, it is called 'economies of scale'. If you start a smart-phone company for instance, you will fail, unless you work extremely hard to the point of exhaustion to be able to compete with 'Apple' for instance. Apple can do it 'cheaper' and with less effort because they already own the market and don't need much effort to gain customers -- They are established already. Same with Taylor. She doesn't need much effort to sell out Stadiums. That is what she is saying (and not that she is lazy).
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Originally posted by TayGod
She is talking about touring here! Not how she got there! She has worked her *** off to get her tour ready (that is why it is extremely successful). We are looking at 100 million in earnings for the 1989 tour. What you guys fail to see, is that she is saying that she does not have to spend every single day touring since she has several Stadium tours (and that makes up for it). Some artists have to tour almost every day ( if they are only doing Arena tours) in order to get the same earnings (because they cannot sell out stadiums like Taylor does).
Taylor does not have to tour quite as frequently. She has a massive stadium tour and therefore can take breaks in between. Now you all, don't twist what she is saying to mean that she does not work hard. Yes, she has it easier, but because of the massive following that she has, not because she does not work hard.
In a business context, it is called 'economies of scale'. If you start a smart-phone company for instance, you will fail, unless you work extremely hard to the point of exhaustion to be able to compete with 'Apple' for instance. Apple can do it 'cheaper' and with less effort because they already own the market and don't need much effort to gain customers -- They are established already. Same with Taylor. She doesn't need much effort to sell out Stadiums. That is what she is saying (and not that she is lazy).
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educate me
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Member Since: 3/25/2012
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Originally posted by Obsession
Taylor is definitely talented, girl - but you can't deny she had more help than the others getting where she is.
I do honestly think she's put in a lot of effort in sustaining her career. But I just don't think she can fairly say if it's hard to be a pop star because she didn't really have to struggle for it the way the other girls did.
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Agree.
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Originally posted by Circinus
Once you make it, being a pop star probably isn't really hard for anyone inherently. They might work hard, yes, but they also have so many people who take care of the details and assist them along the way. It's not they're coal miners or anything. If she said it was hard, y'all would be dragging her I mean, she sings for a couple of hours and gets millions of dollars every night. Where's the hardship
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Also this.
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Originally posted by Timber
Actually yeah, everyone always says Bey spends 18+ hours a day in the studio or rehearsing.
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I'm sure this is false.
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Member Since: 2/8/2014
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Yeah, it's not that hard when you born with such talents. Poor others
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Member Since: 6/15/2012
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“When you walk off stage and you’re drenched in sweat and you’re tired and your legs hurt"
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She doesn't even dance tho. Hurt from what?
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She writes country songs and her main shtick revolves around love. It's hard to write pop music about other things and still be successful. Wait till the GP get tired of her. What will she evolve to? Will it still be easy for her?
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Member Since: 8/27/2011
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Originally posted by Katy Perry
She writes country songs and her main shtick revolves around love. It's hard to write pop music about other things and still be successful. Wait till the GP get tired of her. What will she evolve to? Will it still be easy for her?
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Poor her, she will only have 500M $, what will she do?
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Originally posted by TayGod
She is talking about touring here! Not how she got there! She has worked her *** off to get her tour ready (that is why it is extremely successful). We are looking at 100 million in earnings for the 1989 tour. What you guys fail to see, is that she is saying that she does not have to spend every single day touring since she has several Stadium tours (and that makes up for it). Some artists have to tour almost every day ( if they are only doing Arena tours) in order to get the same earnings (because they cannot sell out stadiums like Taylor does).
Taylor does not have to tour quite as frequently. She has a massive stadium tour and therefore can take breaks in between. Now you all, don't twist what she is saying to mean that she does not work hard. Yes, she has it easier, but because of the massive following that she has, not because she does not work hard.
In a business context, it is called 'economies of scale'. If you start a smart-phone company for instance, you will fail, unless you work extremely hard to the point of exhaustion to be able to compete with 'Apple' for instance. Apple can do it 'cheaper' and with less effort because they already own the market and don't need much effort to gain customers -- They are established already. Same with Taylor. She doesn't need much effort to sell out Stadiums. That is what she is saying (and not that she is lazy).
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gworl educate them. the thing is everybody knows this but they are so PRESSEDT by her power that they choose to bash her for being blatantly honest and of course they will play the foul card of Taylor being a daddy's girl when in fact she dropped her first label off knowing she had her father's support there and got into another label on her own by her own means and with her talent only. She is smarter than anyone else right now, of course she has it easier.
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Originally posted by Katy Perry
She writes country songs and her main shtick revolves around love. It's hard to write pop music about other things and still be successful. Wait till the GP get tired of her. What will she evolve to? Will it still be easy for her?
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Because Shake It Off is a country love song. Either way, she already has enough money for the next 10 generations of her family to live the fanciest lifestyle possible, so it doesnt matter
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Y'all getting worked up over this.
Y'all can stay PRESSED at her going Pop and destroying your talentless and ugly faves careers' to the point of oblivion and RUBBING it in their faces like this.
She's standing still on the girls necks and she's ENJOYING IT.
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Originally posted by Six
gworl educate them. the thing is everybody knows this but they are so PRESSEDT by her power that they choose to bash her for being blatantly honest and of course they will play the foul card of Taylor being a daddy's girl when in fact she dropped her first label off knowing she had her father's support there and got into another label on her own by her own means and with her talent only. She is smarter than anyone else right now, of course she has it easier.
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Yes! and what people don't realize is that she pestered her parent to go to Nashville at a young age. Her parents never forced her. In fact, she sort of forced her parents (because she knew she had talent to begin with). Yes, her father did invest in Big Machine Label, but it was a small investment and had nothing to do with Taylor's own effort in garnering the masses of people that follow her today. I think people are only desperate to find a reason to discredit her, but let them remain pressed! She is here today because of 1) brains and 2) Talent.
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Originally posted by taylor__fan
Poor her, she will only have 500M $, what will she do?
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Originally posted by alestevens
Because Shake It Off is a country love song. Either way, she already has enough money for the next 10 generations of her family to live the fanciest lifestyle possible, so it doesnt matter
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I have nothing against her, I just don't think being a pop star is easy. She'll realize this one day.
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I can't see how being a pop star can be considered easy. Maybe at her current stage of life, it's not hard, but I wonder if she'll think it's easy when she starts a family and has fans and paparazzi stalking her.
I watched the video earlier of Beyonce fans opening the trunk while her van was being driven away. No way that you can call something like that easy to deal with.
I can understand why she'd say it's currently easy. She doesn't exactly put on a mesmerizing show and she doesn't do any type of difficult choreography herself. So maybe her current life is easy.
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Originally posted by Katy Perry
I have nothing against her, I just don't think being a pop star is easy. She'll realize this one day.
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Yes it is. Compare it with an average person working eight hours a day and being Meghan Trainor is the easiest thing in the world. Let alone a major, established popstar touring stadiums
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Originally posted by alestevens
Yes it is. Compare it with an average person working eight hours a day and being Meghan Trainor is the easiest thing in the world. Let alone a major, established popstar touring stadiums
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Actually, it is quite easy for Taylor. She could bottle her breath and it would sell millions!
She doesn't have to work as hard as others (even though she probably does). I am just saying that she can earn lots of money just by looking pretty!
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Originally posted by Six
LOOOL as if getting signed was the difficult part y'all! STAYING on top is the true challenge. And she's nailing it so far. Stop being pressed. AS IF others didn't have it easier like the queen of BBB (Black Bareback Bottoms) Beyonce! At least Taylor didn't have to marry the devil to be the Queen. She turned herself into a GOD.
YES BEYHIVE I IZ TALKING ABOUT YOU YOU ****ING *****S WHO WHORSHIP THE MILCKING FAT COW THAT BEYONCE IS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GIMME THEM WPPPPP GIMME THE THING THAT I LOVE
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The amount of pressedness in this comment, and in all your comments in this thread.
For the record, the first person who mentioned Beyonce wasn't even hive. In fact, they hate Beyonce. And as far as staying power goes, an Avril stan coming for anyone else's longevity? A joke.
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Originally posted by alestevens
Yes it is. Compare it with an average person working eight hours a day and being Meghan Trainor is the easiest thing in the world. Let alone a major, established popstar touring stadiums
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working eight hours a day is easier than being a popstar. Do you know how hectic their schedules get? Also, having to be away from home for long periods of time due to touring, having your life under the microscope of the general public, being mobbed by strangers everywhere you go even when you want alone time etc etc. She doesn't know what the hell she's talking about... maybe it's bc she's white and can afford to be mediocre while others have to work 10x as hard to even receive half the amount of recognition or maybe she just loves her job so much that it's nothing to her. idk
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Stan culture has run so rampant on ATRL that when someone DOESN'T complain about the pop star life and tries to spin it positively, she is called cocky/arrogant/full of herself and dragged for it.
Shut the **** up.
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Member Since: 2/8/2014
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Originally posted by TayGod
Actually, it is quite easy for Taylor. She could bottle her breath and it would sell millions!
She doesn't have to work as hard as others (even though she probably does). I am just saying that she can earn lots of money just by looking pretty!
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Ikr.
Even her 8s fart managed to stay on top of iTunes for days. Her power.
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