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Comment by taylodl

Her music isn't that hard to identify, even if you don't listen to it. It has a country-folk song structure, and a simple rhyme scheme. Listen to a few songs and you'll see what I mean.

Meanwhile, I'm coming from the other side - I'm a musician and I've been wondering why is it I don't care much for the music of the biggest pop star on the planet? Usually when it comes to the "pop tarts" as I call them, they have something I like.

Not so with Taylor Swift.

I've listened to all her top hits. I've tried using AI to find songs I might like based off of other music I like. I've basically come up empty-handed. If there's a song where the music is interesting, it's ruined with her vocals or her simplistic rhyme schemes (I really find her rhyme schemes super annoying!).

The most interesting song she has is Shake It Off. The use of a saxophone in modern pop music is welcome and I find the repetition in lyrics better than her usual rhyme schemes. No surprise it was co-written by Max Martin.

parent taylodl 3 years ago

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