#also ty ray for swagful. i DID say i would steal it

[whiskeyswifty]

im the chappell roan anon and i rlly appreciate u sharing your thoughts!! thank you!! but sorry wouldnt you say taylor also has such a level of musical theatricality? and sincerity and corniness well she has that in packs and crates lol. so what makes her different for you?

for me, i don't think taylor is anywhere near as musical theatery, not even close. if chappell was mainly musical theatery on stage and made music more in a direction i enjoy, i probably would be into her. but it's the musical theatricality within the very music, all the noises and the shock value language and her delivery, that does not charm me to say the least. comparatively, taylor's music is very subdued or moody or more centrist pop. which isn't definitively better qualitatively, just speaks more to my taste when comparing the two of them. her performances every now and then contain musical theater corniness (like the ICDIWABH bit) but most of the time, her corniness broadly comes more from being awkward and extremely literal with her dancing/performance, or just being a bit swagless (affectionate!!). almost miming the lyrics most of the time, which is charming and cute to me, disarming and relatable too. chappell is very confident and very swagful in what she does, but i'm just not into the product she's selling. it's as simple as that, not that it's bad or anything. in the same way i detest going to broadway shows or drag shows or anything of that ilk because i get second hand embarrassment from how over dramatically showy they are, that kind of thing just isn't for me. i don't think there is a right or wrong way to be a pop star! i'm just not cut out for the kind with a more cartoonish schtick. i'd say there is very little schtick at a taylor show or in taylor's music, and i think you might be conflating her awkward, earnest corniness and jazz hands "musical theatricality" corniness, which are very different to me.

but i think the main barrier for me to chappell, which i think is what you're trying to figure out here, lies within the almost hypocritical fact that i love and adore gaga, have from day one, and balk at chappell. and that's simply because i used to be charmed and entertained by the very schtick chappell employs, but i just grew out of it, or grew tired of it, or just don't like it anymore. however you prefer to phrase it, and i don't mean that condescendingly to say it's childish. lady gaga caught me at a particular time when i was charmed by it, and now i'm not. nostalgia fuels my love for gaga, and i continue to be charmed by her as a character and the music she creates as this character. had gaga come onto the scene today, idk if i would be as open to receive her as i was as a teenager. probably not. that's just how it is!