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    91 month ago

    No argument that she’s from the wealth & privilege class

    But you don’t become the biggest pop star ever with a completely healthy upbringing, either, right?

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      321 month ago

      …why not? Pop isn’t exactly a reaction like metal, punk or hyperpop, it’s just… The default genre of music she could have made?

      What unhealthy part of any upbringing would compel someone to make pop?

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        81 month ago

        Anyone that driven was probably abused mentally to some degree at the very least… I know you think you’re being “funny” because it’s just “pop music”. Like being pop means it isn’t a horrible cut throat industry that regularly chews up and destroys child stars …

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          351 month ago

          You know what else regularly grinds up and destroys children?

          Poverty.

          Which occurs to far more millions of people than whatever tf this princess went through

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          141 month ago

          No, she had the fucken cash to sit around and get the fucken recording equipment and instruments for country songs. That shit ain’t cheap, and she started before the home recording revolution. So you know Papa Swift paid for some studio time. Its not abuse at all, its wealth and privilege to pursue what you want.

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            31 month ago

            You’re not wrong on all your points but also jesus christ if you think DIY started after T Swift.

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              31 month ago

              No, but in the 2010s it became much cheaper to record at home than it ever was and we saw countless artists come from that.

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                21 month ago

                I had prosumer home recording equipment back around the turn of the century, and it wasn’t anything new.

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                  11 month ago

                  How expensive was it though? Probably more than the cost of a cheap laptop and a USB mic.

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                    11 month ago

                    We had cheap laptops and USB microphones back then. I had a set up with digital audio converter, a couple mics going to laptop set up was about $200-$250 w/out laptop and I had a separate boss br-532 8 track recorder I picked up used for like $300. I’m sure if I was more frugal I could’ve gone a lot cheaper.

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          131 month ago

          From everything ive heard, it seems her parents were super supportive and understanding, from driving her hours away so she could get lessons/coaching, to moving across the country so she could start her career.

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          61 month ago

          Abused mentally could mean not voted home coming queen. Tempest in a teapot can still be a tempest to someone fixated on the teapot.

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      241 month ago

      But you don’t become the biggest pop star ever with a completely healthy upbringing, either, right?

      Sure you could. Why not?

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      141 month ago

      But you don’t become the biggest pop star ever with a completely healthy upbringing, either, right?

      Paul McCartney had, by all accounts, an idyllic childhood

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      21 month ago

      I just don’t think anyone has that kind of drive their whole life without deepseated need of some kind to propel them