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Nikki Badgett

I hate that people keep saying you shouldn’t watch Taylor bc “it’s not your taste” or “you don’t seem to enjoy it”. I enjoy your fresh perspective and I actually do think you seem to enjoy yourself. You don’t need to be a super fan to enjoy something. Also, your appreciation for Taylor as a person even though you don’t gravitate toward all of her music actually affirms for me that I’m not just a biased Swiftie when I think she is a phenomenal person. Lol. I think you guys nailed this! The Taylor side I actually thought was pretty fairly done and mostly seemed like a good explanation of her side but the 🛴 side, since the facts weren’t really going to paint him as a victor, they just went for emotional manipulation. The thing is; the contract was fulfilled and then she used her right to re-record her stuff and bc of who she is and her fans was massively successful at doing that. She’s not the first to do it just the first to outshine the original recordings the second time around. No one including Taylor is trying to claim the sale was illegal; but that it was morally corrupt. The damage done in the beginning was to Taylor’s heart or feelings bc Scott Borchetta was family to her (though clearly in the end he was a businessman first) and she never expected that treatment from him. She would have expected to be allowed to buy the masters outright and then move on to UMG rather than be essentially enslaved while “earning” them back but this obviously would have devalued Big Machine to 🛴. The damage in the end (with her re-recording project nearly over) has ultimately been to 🛴’s reputation bc of his own actions both past and present. He likes to portray this good guy persona like he would have just sold them back for a fair price but by all accounts (from anon sources or the few who haven’t been locked into ironclad NDAs) he is a ruthless business man and no doubt tried to prohibit Taylor from uttering a single negative word about him ever again. Taylor has flaws but one thing I’ve always admired about her is that she isn’t going to be bullied into silence. 🛴 had bullied her publicly (and most likely privately) since she was a young teen and to be bullied into saying nothing were it to happen again would be a non-stater for her, as I think it should be. 🛴 likely knew this going into the dealings but if she did acquiesce then he still won bc he could do whatever he wanted with no fear of her speaking out about it. His side of this was ultimately trying to create a victim narrative for him which is ironic considering that’s what everyone constantly accuses Taylor, an actual victim in some cases, of doing. On another note I would suggest a watch of her Billboard Women in Music speech. It is obviously from her side but it is a powerful, somewhat informative, and clearly emotional speech. It isn’t unbiased but gives a good look at how affected she was by all of this. You can see her genuine emotion and I’m fairly certain it was not too long after the sale was announced. Thanks again for doing what you do! It is really enjoyable and I love having a community where we can talk all about the things we enjoy without fear of being trolled! Lol

Jaz

Just now watching and the bad blood part is so funny. In the video of her “inciting violence” she’s fighting her best friend Selena Gomez 😭. You guys should watch the music video together. Certainly not as she tried to paint it out to be. Also Taylor calling out the fans for misbehaving just makes it worse honestly. She did it with John Mayer right before speak now Taylor’s version and it was a mess. Also, Taylor Swift certainly has no control over her fans considering they tried to put her in a conservatorship because of a guy she dated that they didn’t like. The Taylor playing the victim narrative is so nauseating. We can’t see a women who speaks up for herself against mistreatment without them being over dramatic and playing the victim. Taylor Swift has always had this girl next door image and that’s why people make her seem like she’s helpless but I don’t think she’s ever made herself seem like a victim. I think it’s something people do on her behalf because she’s this girl next door persona. The whole video of Kanye and Taylor on the phone is 20 minutes long of Kanye talking about himself lol. I wish they would’ve included more of the phone call so you could hear how uncomfortable Taylor sounds. I also kinda hate that everyone acts like Taylor is being dramatic about the way she reacted to Kanye’s famous song. They were trying to insinuate that Taylor Swift, a powerful white women was lying and trying to play the victim to a black man publicly which is a common trope with underlying racism and micro-aggressions. It’s way more serious than people always insinuate and way more reputation damaging. Also I think the scooter and Taylor issues are far more intense and complicated than we will ever know.