re: Someone younger than me: Explain the infatuation with Taylor Swift?

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Usually an artist either has a a huge sex appeal for fairly unique sound/act to get to that level

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I’m calling in sick the day her nudes get leaked. Kelce seems like the guy to do it too.

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I think the question is why

Usually an artist either has a a huge sex appeal for fairly unique sound/act to get to that level

She doesn’t seem to have any of the above. It’s not that she is bad, but I don’t get either why she exploded

Adele and Gaga aren’t sex appeal either, but their talent and sound is fantastic. Spears amd Jlo didn’t have that much of a talent but their sex appeal was off the charts

Swift is none of the above

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It's her music, plain and simple.

Not that the others don't have "good" or catchy music, but Swift's music appeals to a mass of people that even those others you named that are massively famous, they can't reach the audience Swift does.

I sorta agree in that it's hard to grasp, but I do think it's that simple, her music is just THAT much more desired compared to any other artist probably since Michael Jackson.

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I think the question is why

Usually an artist either has a a huge sex appeal for fairly unique sound/act to get to that level

She doesn’t seem to have any of the above. It’s not that she is bad, but I don’t get either why she exploded

Adele and Gaga aren’t sex appeal either, but their talent and sound is fantastic. Spears amd Jlo didn’t have that much of a talent but their sex appeal was off the charts

Swift is none of the above

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I haven't read the rest of this thread, so forgive me if this was already stated.

but she's like the "perfect" storm.

she's not smoking hot, but definitely not ugly either.
so that makes her "pretty enough" to get by on looks, but not so hot that half the women in the world automatically hate her.

he can sing, but isn't the greatest voice either.
so again, that makes her definitely good enough to hold her own, but at the same time, not so much better than everyone else as to really get all the haters.

her songs aren't really country, but country enough to get that crowd since it's where she got her start. they aren't really pop, but pop enough to bring in that crowd. they aren't R&B, but has juuuuust enough soul to get some of that demographic.

Miley Cyrus should have been this big, but she let the whole world know she's fricking crazy. and chopped off her hair, grew out her arm pits, etc. Taylor is probably equally crazy, but only lets you see hints of it. she lets you see juuuuust enough to know she's probably nuts without letting you know she straight fricking batshit. kept her "innocent" look that sells.

then she tiptoes that line of "I'm just like all you teenage girls" and "I'm a grown successful woman" which helps bring in both of those groups (and their dads or husbands).