I forget how the quote goes. Something along the lines of "I don't marvel at Einstein's intellect, but at how many Einstein's wasted behind a plow or in a dark factory." Theres no limit to the amount of people that have the intellect of Einstein or are as talented as Taylor Swift, its the mode of production that keeps most of them from having the chance.
I think what gets lost in nepo baby discourse is that, they aren't all failchildren. Many are actually talented. Its just that they aren't successful because of that. They're successful because they had the opportunity to display talent to the right people. That's what many people equally talented will never have and why they will never have the chance to be successful in a given field.
The 3% stuff is at Wikipedia.
Soon after, Big Machine released Swift's first ever recording, the single "Tim McGraw" and her debut album Taylor Swift. Keith dropped his affiliation with the label in 2006, but he was reported as an equity holder in November 2014, alongside the Swift family and Borchetta (the latter reportedly owning 60 percent of the company at the time). In October 2012, Borchetta told Rolling Stone magazine: "[Taylor Swift's father] Scott Swift owns three percent of Big Machine."
Her dad doesn't have a Wikipedia page but he does have a page at a fan site.
Scott Swift | Taylor Swift Wiki | Fandom
In an interview, Taylor briefly discusses her father's work:
In a recent Google/YouTube interview, Ms. Taylor said that at 8, while friends reported wanting to grow up and become astronauts and ballerinas, she wanted to be a financial adviser, like her dad. “My dad is so passionate about what he does, like in the way I'm passionate about music," Ms. Swift said. "He's so gung-ho for his job, and I saw how happy it made him and I just thought, like, 'I can broke stocks.'"
!taylorswift@hexbear.net must be closed
makes sense, her music is fucking dogshit. so boring
Death to America
Trying to keep this as vague as possible: family member on the west coast runs music events at a bar and has for a long time. Taylor Swift played said event when she was really young and she absolutely bombed. Apparently the owner of the bar (not my family member) was giving her advice on how what to do to succeed. This drunk hippie probably gave her family some wild ideas and they absolutely ran with them!
look, the faildaughters need representation too
The basis is legit, but I don't care enough to read enough to figure out this headline https://web.archive.org/web/20150109151416/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-12/taylor-swift-and-big-machine-are-the-music-industry
“She is failing upwards,” I say about the insanely talented billionaire who is massively admired around the world and strikes gold with every pressing
Like her or not you can’t in good conscience say she’s failing. Haters are just jealous imo. I am also a hater bc I am jealous btw but let’s be real with ourselves here
Ah well never the less. She's just slop for the hogs. Mmmmmm slop.
Known this for years, still love her music tho
I dont know if Daddy did pay for her career to start, but she seems to have had some powerful people behind her. For a feminist she sure liked the idea of reducing the percentage other women took from their spotify streams in favour of her major label cut. Her music isnt that original. Country ballads that were created in the 90s have the same structure, harmonies, standard recording techniques - its paint by numbers music.
Even the electronic "Look what you made me do" track is very Depeche Mode and other synthpop influenced. Its like she's gone into a studio with a famous track in mind and said "give me this!!" I dont think that makes her a bad person or musician/singer/songwriter... it just makes her unoriginal.
Its not my style of music tbh, but I dont hate her or dislike her music tbh. I can tolerate it on the radio. Or in the soundtrack to a tv show.
wooo another very important thing to have petty arguments over, go hexbear!
Do people realize that there is a difference between being a hater and being critical of someone
All i know about Swift is that i would not dare date her (not that there is a chance in hell). Becuse my fragile soul could not handle beeing dunked on in a international multiplatinum single.
Haters mad haters mad
My complete lifelong indifference to Taylor Swift discourse has never felt like more of a boon than it does now
Even if true: Good for her tbh, she actually has talent.
