Scott Greer

Dec 22, 2023

Unlike other pop stars, Swift is fairly benign. Her music isn’t profane, doesn’t fixate on sex, and is light-hearted. It’s inoffensive music for the whole family. Swift doesn’t promote herself as a degenerate. She has no tattoos, isn’t known for drug abuse, and doesn’t sport odd styles. She looks like a nice white girl you’d love to bring home to mom. Compare her to white pop stars like Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish, and Swift is practically wholesome. In contrast to other female celebrities, she doesn’t date rappers. She only dates white guys.

Swift’s “basic” whiteness makes many left-wing critics hate her. They would rather have a star with tattoos and a rapper on her arm. Over the years, Swift has done more to accommodate the haters, particularly by adopting vocally liberal politics. Her music has changed as well. She started out as a country singer, but has moved on to a more “cosmopolitan” blend. There’s hardly any country in her newer music. It’s standard pop now, with hip-hop influenced beats and such. The difference between her and other artists is that there’s hardly any rapping. Her singing is largely the same. Like everything Taylor, it’s unobjectionable and can be played at all occasions. It’s the musical equivalent to a suburban cul-de-sac or a wine bar chain.

Those aren’t terrible places to find yourself at, but they don’t inspire the greatest music. I’m personally not a fan of Swift’s music. It’s bland to my ears, even by pop standards. However, T Swift’s music is fine when compared to the alternatives. A girl being really into Swift is much better than her being really into rap.

Even if you don’t like her music, Taylor Swift is still a nice white girl with nice white aesthetics. That’s why Swift is still greeted with suspicion and antipathy by minority critics. They’re pretty open that they can’t stand the pop star’s whiteness. Here are some examples:

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