[labrador]

On Christmas day after dinner we were sitting around chit chatting and the subject of Taylor Swift came up. I mentioned I thought it was odd I didn't know any of her songs. I could name songs by Lana del Ray, Adele, Amy Winehouse and Billie Eilish, but drew a blank on Taylor Swift. A gay friend of the family seemed offended, but he looked on his phone and realized he couldn't name any either. No one in my large family could name a TS song.

About a week later I started seeing reports that Taylor Swift was a psyop, which I thought was hilarious given that earlier conversation, but don't believe for a minute.

[epiccoleman]

This comment vaguely reminded me of this delightfully strange article on Taylor Swift that Sam Kriss published a while back: https://samkriss.substack.com/p/taylor-swift-does-not-exist

[labrador]

That's a fine piece of manic writing. I enjoyed it so thanks for sharing. The other weird thing for me is that I'm a huge fan of female artists starting at a young age with Joni Mitchell (I kept this to myself so the fellows didn't think I was gay) up to Aurura, Kate Bush, PJ Harvey and the other previously mentioned artists but total blank on Taylor Swift.

These are the more conspiratorial type stories I was referring to

Pentagon Rejects Fox News Conspiracy About Taylor Swift Being Recruited as an Asset

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-p...

[ahazred8ta]

She's known for moonlighting as an InfoSec guru. /s

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwiftOnSecurity

[labrador]

I'm a big fan of SwiftOnSecurity, the place previously that I heard anything about Taylor until she started dating a sports guy.

[kirubakaran]

I don't listen to Taylor Swift at all, but even I've heard of "Shake it off". Is your comment about your memory or about her mindshare among non-fans?

[labrador]

I've never heard Shake it off. I listen mostly to YouTube, which never recommends her. Maybe she's more Apple/Spotify? I would think I'd hear a song of her around town some where. I don't know what she sounds like, so I don't know if I'd recognize her voice. At this point, I think I'll remain ignorant of Ms Swift in case she is a psyop lol

[kirubakaran]

Taylor Swift is a psyop meme is the psyop. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they're not out to get you :-p

[elzbardico]

I tried listening to a couple of songs of Taylor Swift. I find it is important to keep an open mind and not be a complete snob.

But I can't even remember the melodies let alone the titles. It completely goes like through a vacuum in my brain, as if my mind decided it is completely unremarkable.

[labrador]

That's probaby it. I don't resonate with Taylor Swift's emotional landscape so I never notice her songs when they're playing.