![]() ![]() I’d like to believe that she is intentionally exposing the artifice of celebrity, but I’m not sure she has that much DGAF in her. You can see the goddamn photographer she hired to follow her friends around all weekend. My main complaint with Taylor Swift is that she no longer does it well - you can see the puppet strings. Everyone is creating a marketable image, and some people (Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Adele) sell it better than others. We have a whole podcast about this concept, but the short version is: they are not. ![]() “Dear John,” 2010Īmanda Dobbins : So, disclaimer first: I object to the word “lying” here - it presumes that all other celebrities are honest and giving us the most authentic versions of themselves. The question is: When did you realize that, while persuasive, everything Taylor Swift is peddling is a lie? We asked our staff. ![]() It’s a fact we all come to recognize in our own time. She got to this point by seeming approachable and fun, but you simply can’t be as famous as Taylor Swift and remain real and regular. She has an ever-changing but always famous group of friends. Even when she doesn’t have a record to promote, you still can’t escape her.
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