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I didnât quite realise until watching the Reputation stadium tour on Netflix: Taylor Swift is a religion https://t.co/njh5UH0n2f
Iâm not really joking https://t.co/7X3C80PUU2
Choosing to work the đ into her act and brand (itâs what her haters were calling her) is a particularly genius move. Doesnât take a lot of cleverness to come up with it; it takes savvy, conviction and persuasion chops to execute on it https://t.co/ZhfdOQJmHQ
This song by the way is *superbly* well-written and to explain it I gotta queue up one of my favorite threads next https://t.co/wzKiPvjuna
I find myself curious to contrast the geniuses of Taylor and Kanye. (I separate the person from the character, so I can study their craft & savvy without falling into the boring trap of hero-pedestalization.) Theyâre both uncommon geniuses in similar yet distinctly different ways https://t.co/eTr9W5q8L5
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I find myself now curious to compare and contrast the trajectories of Taylor Swift and Hayley Williams (my fav). Theyâre less than a year apart in age, both have Nashville roots, are friends, and iirc Hayley/Paramore was bigger around MizBiz era, maybe up until Fearless [2008] https://t.co/gwZdEJeOq6
Bear in mind Paramore is still huge enough to sell out stadiums - just that Taylor is selling out stadiums TWICE https://t.co/rjdJ201Je3
Thereâs a bunch of technical aspects here too that casual observers might not grok. Taylorâs travelling circus (a term of respect in my book) strikes me as far more complex and complicated, with the dancers, backup singers and the pyrotechnics... it costs more; you charge more https://t.co/qRtgAompPB
How much bigger...? A Paramore tour of 20 shows makes under $4m. Taylor made $266m on the Reputation tour. Like 60x more. This is G.O.A.T territory. (these are revenue numbers, not profit) https://t.co/XsxNIFkwAq
This is in BeyoncĂŠ territory - and BeyoncĂŠ has a full 8 years of age, experience, etc etc over Taylor https://t.co/NOgWLuQ0xQ
Taylor Swift Instant Photo Camera https://t.co/GihLQKbU3M
New recordings https://t.co/eaWv02sqyj
was curious to see it for myself- over 50,000 people filling out Singaporeâs National Stadium and more than 10,000 people outside, on the sixth night of the Eras tour run here. 45 songs over 3+ hours. Tremendous https://t.co/X5D4tF4aBp
