I don’t get it. Her music is sometimes catchy but otherwise unremarkable, from the songs I’ve heard. How does she break all these records and accumulate so much fame and wealth?

She’s pretty, but a lot of singer songwriters are, especially those with makeup and costume people, a support staff.

Is there something else to her that people like?

I’m confused about what makes her so apparently uniquel or phenomenal.

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    This is an open-ended question, and there have been tons of useful, insightful answers that have changed my views if you cared to read, as to why this particular pop star, who doesn’t seem to differ much from most other pop stars, is rewarded so much more and is so much more popular.

    Yes, people like her music, but that isn’t the question, which is why do people like her music?

    Why are Israel and Palestine fighting?

    “They don’t like each other.”

    Phew, case solved, now you don’t have to learn anything new and you understand nothing more than you did before.

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      live feed of the goalposts being moved:

      what makes taylor swift so popular? (post title)

      what explains all of taylor swift’s awards? (your first comment in this thread)

      that isn’t the question, which is why do people like her music? (this comment)

      idk what to say buddy lol.

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        I wish people would stop using the goalposts comment when you obviously don’t know what it means.

        Let’s look at these three questions.

        1. What are the mechanisms that explain Taylor Swift’s popularity?

        2. What are the mechanisms that explain Taylor Swift’s recognized popularity?

        3. What are the mechanisms that explain Taylor Swift’s recognized musical popularity?

        Pretty on message.

        If you look at the threads of this post, you’ll find the most people recognize that and are contributing to the answer.

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          someone provides their answer to number #1 and you dismissed it without evidence. i find this gross and in bad faith; this is all im pointing out. 👍

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            Do you want to provide any evidence for that? I’ve answered tons of people who have answered the first question, and for the most part we’ve had engaging conversations and many of them have contributed to the overall answer.

            And that’s not all you’re pointing out. You repeatedly are inaccurately attacking the merits of my questions or comments rather than responding to the questions or comments.

            If you consistently encounter a lot of “bad faith” arguments to your comments that are provably in good faith, you should probably look a little closer to home for where those bad faith arguments lie.