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😭😭😭 there’s an argument for both bro. If Kelce gets his 4th ring this year, it definitely starts to lean more in his favor.

I actually didn’t 😭😭 you know ball tho for sure, so thanks for informing me about this 🫡

@DeadPlayin hahaha the photo has less than a couple hundred likes on Twitter, i think, so i figured.

One of their best songs still to this day

@@chsaumz Ay, it’s never too late to watch any of my videos 🫡 I appreciate it no matter what! But I’m also very excited about the future of Paramore. I feel like they still got so much in the tank when it comes to their creativity and knack for trying new things 🙏

Oh wow, that’s an interesting starting point for them. Never heard anyone else say that’s how they got into them, lmao. There are some bangers on the Summer Tic EP, so I’m glad that was your introduction to them 🙏

@@HazelwithaZ Yeah, I was just going off a medical website, lmao. I’m glad you enjoyed the video :)

@@heavenrain2k17 yeah bro 😭 paramore’s my favorite band

@@DeadPlayin damn I thought i was the only one lol thats dope bro both of em are my fav artist/band too 😂

@ ayyy, we in this together bro 😭🫡

I didn’t even know that! Thanks for teaching me something new :)

Thank you :) I remember seeing stuff about the Olivia Rodrigo situation, and I wish I would’ve covered it in this video. I’ll see if I’ll have any room for it in Part 2. For the scalpers, I’ll see how much involvement she has with that since I believe Ticketmaster controls a lot of that. The variants to block other artists is very petty and uncreative if I’m being honest.

@@DeadPlayin Yeah, Dan Nigro mentioned afterwards how people only want songwriting credit when the song is a hit. Ticketmaster controls a lot, but Chappell voided several obvious scalper/bot tickets and set up a way for fans to get them instead, and Taylor has waaaaay more muscle. I literally think she loves seeing how much fans are willing to pay.

I really appreciate the kind words, Aliya :) This comment really made my day, so I just wanted to let you know that it means the world to me that I get to make videos that other people actually enjoy and look forward to 🙏 I’m glad that you have been on this journey with me, and I’ll always remember you and others for sticking with me. I feel like I got a lot of more work to do and things to improve, so I’m very excited for what the future will bring for this channel! It’s truly an honor that this channel has become one of your favorites 🫡❤️ It’s time for me to get Part 2 done cause y’all really deserve it

@@camilassuarezz I never said she was more famous than Michael Jackson 😭 I said she’s gained AS MUCH fame as him, but you may be right about nobody being on his level, lmao

Thank you so much for the kind words, and for recognizing that 🙏 I find it unnecessary to just hate on her too. I just wanted to provide an argumentative video essay about some of her business practices. I’m glad you commented and enjoyed the video :)

I get what you’re saying, but you shouldn’t compare yourself to any other artist or person in terms of work and success. A lot of people in the industry had prior connections, so don’t beat yourself up about it. I had a problem with that, and I just stopped caring cause it was holding me back. Just make whatever you’re passionate about 🙏 Keep working hard towards your goals, and put yourself out there more. Best of luck to you :)

@DeadPlayin Hey, thanks so much for that positive, encouraging reply! I am indeed actually at a point where I start being like "ah,well, whatever (one of my most recent songs is actually called that, but for a very different reason (which is because it's, rather untypical for my style, an attempt at a Nirvana tribute song...), so this is actually kind of a dumb joke, sorry 'bout that 😄...), let me just make the kind of music I enjoy 'cause I enjoy it". I mean, I should add that I'm already realistic enough not to aim higher than at becoming a slightly (!) well-known TH-cam person and even that won't work... But then again, I don't recall anyone ever reaching that goal based on their own music and thankfully I have other interests like talking about movies or something, so we'll see 😉...

@@janhommer Of course :) I hope your TH-cam journey goes well! Try whatever you want on here, and eventually, something will stick. I always tell myself that I’m one idea away, and it keeps me going everyday! Keep investing in yourself and the success will come to you 🙏

I should’ve focused more on the FOMO aspect than the color variations, so that’s on me. The color variations are a good thing that give fans more of a choice. I mostly wanted to focus on the difference between each vinyl, and emphasize the $120 clock. Billie does make a lot of vinyl variants too, but she’s at least made sure to emphasize that they’re eco-friendly. I’ve never seen anything about Taylor’s vinyls being eco-friendly, but I could be wrong. In the video, I also said that not every fan is gonna buy all of her vinyls. She isn’t holding a gun to anyone’s head, but she definitely uses FOMO tactics to sell more music. Having exclusive drops for 6 and 24 hours, as well as splitting bonus tracks between 4 vinyls are for sure FOMO tactics.

That’s what I’m saying 😭😭 if it was a brand new album, I wouldn’t even care. It’s the fact that it’s the same album, with a few additional goodies.

@@DeadPlayin I mean at this point even new music would still feel shady because of her influence but releasing old music makes it all the more petty.

She's your typical limousine liberal, so unsurprising that she wouldn't challenge capitalism.

You must’ve missed the part where I said within the last 4 years 💀

@@DeadPlayin Oh I definitely did then! Sorry! My apologies!

@ It’s all good 🙏

@@gnuwaves743 I think if she took a solid 2 year break, and came back with a banger album, it would do her wonders. I personally think she should try making a rock album

Imma try to look into that for Part 2. I don’t know how the artists affect resale prices, so I’m interested in learning about that

I’ll admit that I should’ve focused more on the FOMO aspects (like the bonus tracks for TTPD or how she has exclusive releases for vinyls), rather than the color variations. That was a weaker part of my argument looking back at it, so thanks for bringing this to my attention 🫡

@@DeadPlayin I'm not an expert on this stuff as I dont buy it. but i can also imagine that the exclusive tracks on these is to make them unique and thus increase their collectors value. the resale value of these is probably pretty good. so i dont really see a problem there either. It would be a problem if she sold overpriced appliances with her name on it that break after a few months. people also complain about Porsche asking for insane price increases but then again the rare models usually get more and more valuable as time goes on. so whats wrong if fans buy all these and they remain valuable or even possibly gain value over time? anyone who doesnt understand that every track can eventually be streamed for cheap or even for free here on youtube doesnt understand how the world works and if he buys the all the albums for that reason doesnt have my sympathy when he spends way too much money.

I agree with you. That's why I said she isn't the only who does this stuff. Like you said, a lot of pop stars, like Olivia Rodrigo, use similar tactics or make a lot of vinyls. I just think that Taylor stands out amongst the crowd due to her strong following and the unique ways she goes about making as much money as she can from them.

@DeadPlayin thanks for answering me! i agree with you, i just said that cause i never see videos talking about other celebs who do that, only about taylor, but you are indeed right

@ No problem :) you may be right in that regard, so maybe I’ll look into other artists and shine some light on their questionable practices. Thank you for bringing this to my attention 🙏

I’ll have to look into that stuff more. I remember seeing stuff about those situations, but I haven’t done any actual research about them. Thank you for bringing them to my attention tho 🫡

UK Exclusive Releases right when Charli dropped was low key a villain move 😭😭 It could’ve been a coincidence, but like I said in the video, the timing and the 24 hour limit makes it seem like it was a move to keep her #1 spot on the UK charts

@@DeadPlayinshe’s done it with Olivia too. I think Olivia penned the song vampire about her (speculation) and Taylor retaliated by writing imgonnagetyouback (Olivia has a song called gethimback). Details are hazy for me but I remeber when Olivia and Taylor used to hang out with each other and then they stopped and people don’t know why but there’s rumours going around that Olivia was an up and coming star and was going to be the next Taylor swift but Taylor wasn’t keen on sharing the spotlight so Taylor stole a lot of Olivia’s success and prevented her singles from going #1 by using her army of swifties to propel her music to the top of the charts. Olivia wasn’t happy with this and wrote vampire about her and in response Taylor wrote a song on ttpd about her. I think it’s also the reason why she dragged Sabrina carpenter on her world tour instead of Olivia to rub it in her face. Anyway I think that’s what more or less happened

Thank you so much bro 😭🙏

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with color variations either. Like you said, they do give the listener more choices to pick something they like. I should’ve emphasized the FOMO tactics more than the color variations. I’m also very annoyed with how she releases her albums, and some of the variations since there’s FOMO from the beginning of the album cycle. It just makes it seem like she wants to make a certain part of her fanbase feel “special” just cause they bought everything. That just alienates her fanbase. She uses this parasocial relationship to boost her sales, which could seen as a little exploitative. I could be overthinking this, so take it how you will 🫡 I appreciate you a lot for providing a great comment and having a civil conversation with me :) EDIT: I DIDN’T KNOW THAT WAS YOU AT FIRST MARG 😭😭 I’m tweaking bro. Thank you so much for watching this video, and it means a lot to me that you left such a good comment providing support for both sides 🙏❤️

keep the same energy with beyonce fans who are buying incomplete vinyls

PARAMORES THE GOATSSS

I agree with this, but I'd like to add nuance to both your points: 1. Yes, this is true, however for TS specifically, it is pretty important to note that a HUGE chunk of her net worth isn't liquid cash, it's her music catalogue which she won't sell. You have to commend her for the fact that her business is purely built on the music. She didn't exploit workers to create a majority of her wealth (Unfortunately, her merch is very unethically produced), she did it as an artist first and foremost. Thus, of her net worth, she probably only has like a quarter of it in liquid assets. Thus, a bonus as huge as $197 Million Dollars is not just chump change for her, it's a huge amount of money. This ain't mentioning the donations she has made in every city that hosted the Eras Tour (Of which none have not publicly disclosed the amount, and only a few paces have actually publicly thanked her for this without her input, so she's not doing it as a publicity stunt) nor does it account for the cost of her high-budget productions, high salary of workers, etc. She is the closest we have to an ethical billionaire in this world, and we can critique her missteps, but it's disingenuous to think she's only doing these generous and kind things for PR or ulterior motives. 2. While this is ultimately true, it is not really productive to put an expectation for every celebrity to be an activist for social change. One rich famous celebrity cannot meaningfully change the status quo, especially pop stars like Taylor Swift. Their largest influence is only on the industry they are under, to which Taylor Swift has done plenty that still benefits smaller and less successful artists to this day. This is a fair criticism to give towards CEOs or business moguls, but it is more layered when it comes to careers on the entertainment industry. Such radical decisions, especially under the scrutinizing general public, can quite literally make these stars lose their celebrity status and jobs entirely. As you've already said, they ultimately benefit from capitalistic society. However, another point to add here is that celebrities as a concept is born from capitalism. To be in a position of stardom is to participate under consumer culture, because it is impossible to be a famous person in entertainment if you cannot treat yourself as a product. People watch and listen to you and your art, this is your work, you should be able to sell it. It's just that celebrities do it in a scale much larger than most people. This is also why most celebrities makes brands in the first place, because banking all your assets in such a fickle industry can majorly backfire. In this context, Taylor is once again coming out on top as one of the few artists that doesn't sell anything beyond her music and merch. Extending her brand to include things like perfumes or clothing lines would be nothing but more money for her, yet she doesn't do anything of the sort to taint her brand or business. That isn't to say she is a saint who has done no wrong, but it's important to add context to her billionaire status because it's reductive to also paint her as a devil incarnate because of her net worth. Celebrities (ESPECIALLY Taylor) because of their exposure get unfair scrutiny over much more influential and powerful people, when in the day most of their brand is just being entertainment for the masses. I mean, I think it's fair to say it's bad to compare any celebrity to Jeff Bezos, who isn't actually famous but brings so much more harm and damage to the world than any celebrity ever could while getting less than a quarter of the press or media attention.

Yeah, I can’t deny how beneficial that is to her workers. In Part 2, I’ll make sure to mention the bonuses she gave out

Thank you so much :)❤️ I’m blessed that you watched it 🙏

If you got the extra bread to spend, then I got nothing to say bro 😭 you up tbh. I get why people would collect her vinyls to have at least 1 vinyl for each album, but I just think that buying multiple vinyls for the same album isn’t worth it. I’m glad that you’re passionate about her, and I wish you the best of luck with collecting bro 🫡

Lmfao

She definitely isn’t the first to start these kinds of practices, but releasing 36 variants of the same album within a year is something I’ve never heard of 😭😭😭 I suppose that I can understand the vinyls FOMO tactic since it reaches out to collectors, and it’s very effective. I also alluded to the consumer being a part of the problem at the end of the Vinyl Vampire chapter. The more her fans buy all of her vinyls, the more she’s gonna make. It’s just basic business at that point, lmaooo

This is such a weak argument. Taylor is NOWHERE near as far into her career than the other artists you mentioned.

Touché 😭 I leaned on Billie saying her vinyls were eco-friendly, since I’ve never seen anything about Taylor’s vinyls being eco-friendly. I could be wrong tho. I do believe an argument could be put forth that making too many eco-friendly vinyls undermines the point of the vinyls being eco-friendly to begin with.

Obviously such an argument could be out forth. Just because your vinyl is eco-friendly doesn't mean it's not excessive consumerism and wastage. Be consistent in your criticisms is what I'd tell you. ​@@DeadPlayin

taylor released 23 versions for ttpd so far

@@mati321 I still feel like that’s a lot tbh. I don’t see any other artists releasing that many versions of one album in the span of 8 months, but I could be wrong

@@DeadPlayin ofc, i mean i support everything u said in the video XD i was trying to point out that despite knowing that a lot of artists are releasing these stupid special editions vinyls and shit, nobody does that to such extent as Taylor and none other fanbase than swifties is so brainwashed to buy that shit

I appreciate it 🫡 I need all of her fans to see this, and let me know how they feel 😎

Well, you can listen to a lot of songs on TH-cam for free, so I don’t quite understand what you’re going for here. She can release TTPD with a singular demo track for like $10-15, and people will eat it up like hot cakes 😭 she knows what’s she doing when she’s dropping on the same day as other artists. It’s all a strategy, and it works for her

@DeadPlayin Im just saying if people are buying the vinyl with one or two extra songs that are not even exclusive to that vinyl, the album that that vinyl is blocking maybe doesn't deserve to be 1

I’m definitely thinking about it 🙏❤️

Thank you so much for watching :)

Nobody was forcing you to buy them tho. Even if you thought they wouldn’t be on streaming, there’s always a way that someone will put them out there, even if it’s illegally 🤷‍♀️

@jordannnk just because I'm not being forced to buy them doesn't mean it's okay, do you not see a problem with selling something as "exclusive" only to find out everyone gets it when it comes out anyway?

Simple solutions are to buy one copy and to purchase the album after the initial release. I purchased the manuscript version and streamed the rest of the anthology when I wanted to listen to it.

Nobody was forcing u to buy them she's allowed to sell music however SHE wants and she SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT listen to it from someone like u. It's the ppl that buy them. If ppl wants to buy it then they will. She cannot force anyone to buy. U talk like u r dumb.

@imabaaaaddddddnews she's allowed to sell them, and I'm allowed to complain. The whole "no ones forcing you to buy them" argument is weak af, I'm sorry.

Yo Penny!! It’s been a while, but I’m glad to see you again :) I HAD TO REPRESENT THE GOATS IN THE BACKGROUND 🙏🐐🔥 I LOVE THOSE VINYL STANDS