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If Taylor Swift Had Endorsed Donald Trump
Democrats would scorn her business savvy, cap her ticket prices, and fret over her huge carbon footprint.
Wall Street Journal
By Allysia Finley
Forbes estimates Taylor Swift’s net worth at $1.3 billion. Despite her liberal leanings, the singer-songwriter has amassed her wealth the old-fashioned way: through hard work, talent and business savvy. Her endorsement of Kamala Harris last week is rich considering she owes her success to the capitalist system the vice president wants to tear down.
“The way I see it, fans view music the way they view their relationships,” Ms. Swift wrote in a 2014 piece for the Journal. “Some music is just for fun, a passing fling. . . . Some songs and albums represent seasons of our lives, like relationships that we hold dear in our memories but had their time and place in the past. However, some artists will be like finding ‘the one.’ ” She has become “the one” for hundreds of millions of fans worldwide with lyrics that chronicle relationship woes women commonly experience.
Ms. Swift took advantage of her ardent fan base in 2014 by removing her catalog from Spotify in a bid for higher royalties. “Valuable things should be paid for. It’s my opinion that music should not be free,” she explained. “My hope for the future, not just in the music industry, but in every young girl I meet, . . . is that they all realize their worth and ask for it.”
She also criticized Apple Music for not paying artists during the streaming service’s free trial, prompting the company to change its policy. As she jeers in a hit song, “Who’s afraid of little old me?” Apparently, Big Tech companies.
Last year she reportedly raked in $200 million from streaming royalties on top of the estimated $15.8 million she grossed per performance during her recent “Eras” tour. Some fans have shelled out thousands of dollars on the resale market to see Ms. Swift perform. Americans have even traveled to Europe when they couldn’t get tickets in the U.S.
Her fan base may be more loyal and enthusiastic than Donald Trump’s. JD Vance scoffed at the idea that the star’s endorsement of Ms. Harris could influence the outcome of the election. The “billionaire celebrity,” he said, is “fundamentally disconnected from the interests and the problems of most Americans.” Maybe, but she certainly taps into the problems of young women.
Democrats hope to use Ms. Swift’s endorsement to drive them to the polls. But it isn’t difficult to imagine what the left would be saying about her had she endorsed the Republican antihero. It might go something like this:
The billionaire has gotten rich by ripping off fans, avoiding taxes and harming competitors. Time for the government to break her up. Unlike rival artists, Ms. Swift writes, performs and owns her compositions. This vertical integration allows her to charge exorbitant royalties and ticket prices.
Tickets for her “Eras” tour on average cost about $240. That’s merely the price for admission—not including food, drink or Swiftie swag. VIP passes that include memorabilia go for $899. How dare she make young women choose between paying for groceries or rent and going to a concert.
The Federal Trade Commission must cap Ms. Swift’s ticket prices at a reasonable price—say, $20—and ban her junk fees. Concertgoers shouldn’t have to pay $65 for an “I Love You It’s Ruining My Life” sweatshirt.
Her romance with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce also unfairly boosts their star power, letting them charge more for endorsements. As Ms. Swift writes in one song, “two is better than one.” Mr. Kelce reportedly signed a $100 million podcast deal with Amazon’s Wonderly. By breaking up the couple, the government could reduce their royalties and ticket prices.
Ms. Swift, the self-described “mastermind,” also dodges taxes on her “full income,” which includes some $125 million in real estate and a music catalog worth an estimated $600 million. “They said I was a cheat, I guess it must be true,” Ms. Swift acknowledges in her song “Florida!!!”
Under the Biden-Harris administration’s proposed billionaire’s tax, she would have to pay a 25% levy on the $1 billion increase in her fortune since 2017. But that isn’t enough. Ms. Swift should also have to pay taxes on the appreciating value of her “name, image and likeness,” which the Internal Revenue Service considers an asset.
How much is her brand worth? Easily billions. She might say, as she does in a song, that her “reputation has never been worse.” True, Miss Americana’s image took a hit after reports that her private-jet travel in 2022 emitted 576 times as much CO2 as the average American in a year. When Ms. Swift sings, “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me,” she’s correct. She and her fat-cat friends are what’s wrong with America.
Appeared in the September 16, 2024, print edition as 'If Taylor Swift Had Endorsed Donald Trump'.
#Taylor Swift#swifites#eras tour london#TS13#trump#president trump#trump 2024#repost#donald trump#america first
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The Eras Tour, performing Karma (x)
#Taylor#Swift#taylor swift#era#eras tour#the eras tour#tswiftedit#tsedit#ts13#taylor swift edits#performance#my edit#mine#karma
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Tracklist of The Tortured Poets Department
“Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)” “The Tortured Poets Department” “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys” “Down Bad” “So Long, London” “But Daddy I Love Him” “Fresh Out the Slammer” “Florida!!! (Florence + the Machine)” “Guilty as Sin?” “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)” “loml” “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” “The Alchemy” “Clara Bow” Bonus Track: “The Manuscript”
#taylor swift#taylorswift#ts13#swiftie#swifties#taylornation#taylor nation#taylor swift fan#taylurking#the tortured poets department#tracklist#the tortured poets department tracklist#taylor swift new album#taytay
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7 graves, 1 gun
*stolen from tl on twt*
#taylor swift#swifties#taylornation#the eras tour#ts13#ts eras tour#taylor swift eras#eras taylor swift#eras tour#the tortured poets department
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Taylor Swift Fortnight Music Video Behind the Scenes
#taylor swift#taylornation#ts#TS13#Eras tour#The Eras Tour#1989 taylor's version#speak now#speak now Taylors version#the tortured poets department#TTPD
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rocking back and forth listening on repeat to down bad atm thinking about remus lupin for the whole album again
#ts ttpd#the tortured poets department#i love taylor swift#taylor swift eras#taylor swift#ts13#down bad ts#remus x sirius#remus lupin
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When @taylorswift announced The Eras Tour Movie I was so certain that there would be an accompanying live album released at Christmas or her birthday that I made some concepts for it (I was clowning hard) but I really enjoyed giving it a good old go.
#mo#my own#album cover#cover#editing#photoshop#graphic design#graphic design is my passion#theerastour#taylorswift#the eras tour#taylor swift#eras#taylors version#taylor swizzle#album#live album#live from la#lover#ts#ts13#taylornation#swifties
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What TTPD song are you claiming before the album comes out?
The tracklist for The Tortured Poets Department:
SIDE A
Fortnight (feat Post Malone)
The Tortured Poets Department
My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
Down Bad
SIDE B
So Long, London
But Daddy I Love Him
Fresh Out the Slammer
Florida!!! (feat Florence + The Machine)
SIDE C
Guilty as Sin?
Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?
I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)
loml
SIDE D
I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived
The Alchemy
Clara Bow
Bonus Track: The Manuscript
@taylorswift @taylornation
#ts13#ttpd#taylor swift#taylornation#new era#the eras tour#track 5#i love you taylor#taylors version#swifties
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the tortured poets department - @taylorswift @taylornation
#the tortured poets department#taylor swift#taylornation#ts11#ts13#swifttok#swifties#concept art#aesthetic#light academia
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#taylor swift#taylurking#swifties#the eras tour#taylornation#réputation#reputation#rep#rep tv#debut#debut tv#you’ll always find your way back home#yafywbh#need#lover#ts13#foreverfeelslike#Taylor swift poll#po#poll
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like or reblog if you saved it 🤍
#taylor swift#ts#ts13#taylornation#speak now#red#taylor's version#the eras tour#icons#icon#twt#twitter
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I love the fact that tumblr is for the gaylors
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My collection: TTPD The Black Dog vinyl
The vinyls of TTPD are quite cool, because they include a big 12" booklet that's built-in to the case.
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i counted days, i counted *hours*
@taylorswift @taylornation
#taylor swift#swifties#taylornation#the eras tour#ts13#ts eras tour#taylor swift eras#eras taylor swift#eras tour#ts ttpd#the tortured poets department#taylor swift the tortured poets department#taylor swift ttpd#ttpd
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#swifties#taylor nation#taylor swift#taytay#ts11#ts13#ts ttpd#ttpd#ttpd era#taylornation#mastermind#taylor sw#taylor's version#taylor's era#taylors version#taylorstans#ts11 theories#the tortured poets department#april 19#taylor swizzle#black and white#taylor alison swift#tayloralllison#taylor album
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