How come Taylor Swift doesn’t have the same mass appeal to the Black community that previous white singers had?

[O.Red]

She started off in country so she did not have to leech off black music to get a buzz.

This is an excellent point

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Taylor Swift struggles with black people
Beyonce struggles with men
Both do their thing

Neither are MJ

 

[Jerz]

Something similar -- this crossed my mind about Ed Sheeran. Mega star, has radio songs wit Beyonce, Cardi B. Even has tried rapping lmao. To this day, I've never met a black man or woman who knew who he was

 

[L&HH]

She quite frankly doesn’t make anything that doesn’t appeal to her core base. Her core base is massive though so that’s why she’s so big.

 

[shopthatwrecks]

Hot take: cause Taylor Swift isn’t a culture vulture like the rest of them

3lw

 

[Formerly known as...]

She started off in country so she did not have to leech off black music to get a buzz.

I came to say this. If she ever struggled they would have switched some things up to appeal to the black community more but she killed it doing exactly what she likes to do.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

highly elevated white mediocrity with no soul.

madonna had some soul

any singer that can connect does on a instinctual level. nobody had to think about liking them and their color. you heard a jam and it was your jam. even adelle.

swift is watching paint dry the movie. her tone of voice is garbage to me personally and it's never pulled me in for a listen. her shyt sound like old formulaic boy band music cosplaying as something smarter when it's really much worse.

 

[Mindfield333]

Bytch started out doing “country” music. Shyt ain’t rocket science

Country is just appropriated and whitewashed blues

 

[Sad Bunny]

Y'all see now why Aretha said what she said

"Nice gowns"

Also, Madonna and Britany were on MTV, which was a major focal point on pop culture in America.

Madonna helped MTV become what it was.

Young Madonna was a sexual icon too.

A lot of young girls idolized her in the 80s and 90s.

Taylor does not appeal to as wide of an audience. She definitely captures the white girl "Live, Laugh, Love" "Pumpkin Spice" crowd but that's it

She sells more than all of them put together though so this isn’t accurate. She got this shyt on smash

 

[How Sway?]

Her music is just very white.

Like "sweet caroline" playing during the last call at a bar in Nebraska type white, if you know what I mean lol.

 

[Tasha And]

She was about to get invited to the BBQ but then this happened

 

[Tasha And]

On invited to the BBQ note, as trivial as it is, if Taylor ever dated a black man from the industry I guarantee she get more spin and discussion in black circles, especially when she’d drop that inevitable song about it.

 

[Windows 91]

I don't have anything against her, her music just don't hit for me. Like I'm not a Post Malone or Jack Harlow fan, but they at least got a few bops that I can appreciate. T Swift makes music that's meant to be played in Macy's or TJ Maxx.

 

[broller]

Sums it up. As big as her career is, she really only caters to one demographic - the basic, self-absorbed white girl with first world problems. "Omg I'm literally shaking right now because Starbucks messed up my order and now my day is ruined, I can't even" in musical form.

 

[Coco Loco]

Exactly, she's very relatable to the average yt girl

RIGHT!!!! "I wish I were Taylor Swift" oh babe, you are!

I never looked at it that way but now it makes sense. She's the mediocre white girl whisperer


Ok, Ms. Taylor

FYI, my edible just kicked in and my team is probably going to get blown out. I'm on one lol