Understanding Taylor Swift Fans  

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Hi friends,
This week I wanted to share my thoughts on Taylor Swift’s most recent, and record breaking, album The Tortured Poets Department. Fans have been pouring over the meaning behind tracks like, Fortnight, Florida, Guilty as Sin?, Down Bad, But Daddy I Love Him, and So Long London. There has even been talk about how thanK you alMee is a Kim Kardashian diss with over 100,000 people unfollowing Kim after the song was released.
Fandom is important and it creates a relationship between artist and audience. What’s fascinating to me is when that relationship goes beyond the parasocial to a realm that is almost spiritual. You see stand defend their faces like they are their saviors and fan bases attacking each other like modern day crusades as they hold up their idols even when those same people try to stop the conflict.
When these emotions run high it can be terrifying to the point that critics of the album have asked publications to not include their name. As much as critics can overstep and sometimes build themselves up by tearing down someone else’s work, when have we gone to far when to even say a word questioning our newly anointed idols draws the same righteous indignation as the crusades?
I also talk about new money and how a lot of the idols gain their position from being our heroes in entertainment, and sports like NFL, NBA, NHL, and football around the world.
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Recorded at Helium Comedy Club in Buffalo, NY