[DoubleDutchess]

Originally posted by Dark Horse

No offense but I had to Google who that was. Taylor really did make country global and pioneer country pop. Red was risky because of that, and everyone said she would lose fans by straying from a traditional country sound into something newer.

No Max Martin song is risky.

[RobynFKA]

Originally posted by Javan

I don't really get them. Taylor does have a distinct writing style and it's actually how you described it. Pretty basic and simple like a teenage girls diary and that also carries over to her style of singing.
Adele and Sam haven't removed themselves from the pop structure. What screams Taylor about Rolling In the Deep, she's singing in metaphors throughout. Stay With Me would fit better on Alicia Key's album I Am, besides No One than it would on any Taylor album. They tried it

That is true, I don't think many people would disagree but that's who she is, she writes about stuff she knows and feels..That speaks to the majority of her audience too. I personally like it and her lightness (in the way she sings, writes and behaves) is rafreshing and easy going.

[DoubleDutchess]

Originally posted by Humunukuapua

[WeFoundTrouble]

Originally posted by DoubleDutchess

No Max Martin song is risky.

Yet EVERYONE was claiming that Taylor going pop would alienate her fanbase and she would decline in sales prior to 1989 smashing.

[Brando]

Originally posted by Javan

I don't really get them. Taylor does have a distinct writing style and it's actually how you described it. Pretty basic and simple like a teenage girls diary and that also carries over to her style of singing.
Adele and Sam haven't removed themselves from the pop structure. What screams Taylor about Rolling In the Deep, she's singing in metaphors throughout. Stay With Me would fit better on Alicia Key's album I Am, besides No One than it would on any Taylor album. They tried it

Exactly.

Originally posted by CountryBritney

Um...I wouldn't call her songwriting basic. I don't even like Taylor, and I don't deny that she writes about basic things but songs like Enchanted are not basic. She's written some of the best pop songs of recent years. I also wouldn't say her lyrics lack depth either. Sure, if you're not listening past WANEGBT or SIO then yeah, she has no depth but songs like Ronan, Clean. All Too Well etc..... are all beautiful lyrically and show at least a bit of depth.

No, just no. Her songwriting is as basic as it gets. It's all like "I see this, you do that, he did this, i thought that, bla bla". Very very basic language and no ambiguity or room for interpretation. She's simply not capable. Taylor's songwriting is one of the most overrated things on this forum.

[umich]

https://youtu.be/dA1ZmHibs4w

[Evolution]

She single handendly revived a dead and local genre and introduced it to the biggest continent in the world (in terms of population ). Most artists can't even break through Asia with generic pop music yet Taylor managed to become this millenium's biggest artist there with self-written songs

[WeFoundTrouble]

Originally posted by Brando

Exactly.




No, just no. Her songwriting is as basic as it gets. It's all like "I see this, you do that, he did this, i thought that, bla bla". Very very basic language and no ambiguity or room for interpretation. She's simply not capable. Taylor's songwriting is one of the most overrated things on this forum.

State of Grace, Treacherous, and Safe & Sound are songwriting highlights that are far from being basic.

[ahauntingnearu]

This thread is a MESS, damn I knew it would be just from the topic at hand. I think both Taylor's fans AND haters need to be a bit more honest with themselves. Some of y'all in here are just delusional right now

[Smilers]

Originally posted by Brando

None really.

Dying at people saying "break up songs" or personal songwriting. It existed since the creation of music
Sales is not impact. Awards is not impact. Like get a grip

Taylor is one of those artists who is generally harmless. People don't really mind her because she is so PG-13, very easily digestible and inoffensive. Her songwriting is very basic and easy to understand. There's no two ways about her lyrics, they are very linear and lack any sort of depth, which makes her very easy listening and radio friendly. Unfortunately none of it is impact. Just success.

What a lazy and unintelligent response

You don't have to literally create something to have impact, the point is "breakup songs" is literally synonymous with Taylor's name, that's how much people care about her music.

And the second part it's just a biased opinionated drivel. "Basic! Easy to understand!" as if it has anything to do with impact.