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I'm so tired of this bs. As a black woman, Taylor Swift is NOT racist in her new album. If you would actually look into the rest of the song, you would understand that.

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Anonymous 5w

Yall really reaching with Wi$h Li$t. While maybe tone deaf, the lyric "have a couple kids, got the whole block looking like you" does not mean she wants the whole damn block white. It's a romantic exaggeration for "I'm so into you that I want everything to remind me of you" hence the basketball goal in the driveway.

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Anonymous 5w

Taylor Swift is too popular and smart of a woman to INTENTIONALLY put racist lyrics into her music. Get a fucking grip.

Anonymous 5w

In Opalite, the lyric begins with "my mama told me it's alright, you were dancing through the lightning strikes, sleepless in the onyx night, but now the sky is opalite." If she's targeting Travis' ex, why in the hell would her mom be mentioning her? The "onyx night" is a representation for darkness/depression, while opalite is representation for brightness/happiness." Simple as that.

Anonymous 5w

I'm not even gonna get started on the simple lyric "don't care where the hell you been cause now you're mine" in The Fate of Ophelia being called white-washed racism, it's literally saying she doesn't care about his past because she loves him for who he is.

Anonymous 5w

And yes, I am a poc. You want proof, ask for it but don't sit here and accuse me of lying about my own identity you piece of shit

Anonymous 4w

PREACH

Anonymous 4w

Every album people say there’s something racist and/ or homophobic. Like…. Y’all are grasping at straws for nothing

Anonymous 4w

Here we go, I guess I'll add more explanations since we're still making accusations. In Eldest Daughter, the song begins explaining how the world/internet is filled with trolling, memes, slang, etc. The media portrays successful women as 'bad bitches'. "But Kayla has been an ambassador for Savage for years!" Yeah and the word savage has existed for 800 years! She's saying that she's not the things the media wants her to be. Seriously calling her racist for using those two phrases is insane. +

Anonymous 4w

i was actually starting to believe it those damn gaslighters😭 ty for this clear explanation tho ft

Anonymous 4w

I’m so embarrassed for you.

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Anonymous 4w

absolutely L, wrong, whitewashing take

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Anonymous 4w

And her not crediting the jackson 5 means nothing too sureeee. mhmmm.

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Anonymous 4w

Onyx night just sounds cringe. "Twilight" is 2 syllables and has nice assonance with night (but she doesn't write lyrics that sound good like that anymore)

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Anonymous

OP 4w

LITERALLY PREACH

Anonymous

#1 4w

One, "sleepless in the twilight night" sounds stupid. Two, the title is Opalite, a stone which is why she adds onyx. I'd love to see you try to write a song

Anonymous

#1 4w

so no one can use figurative language anymore with out sounding cringe?? onyx is a color theory color of the sky at night. how is it cringe to use it to describe that?

Anonymous

OP 4w

i don’t even think it’s tone deaf… like when did it become “insensitive” to want your kids to look like your husband. sure they’re white but there was no ill intention and if people think that it’s just purely reaching to find anything to hate her for

Anonymous

#1 4w

the song is called opalite… onyx is another stone… she’s using stones as an analogy…

Anonymous

#6 4w

I can list multiple white artists that have used the phrase bad bitch in their music and have never been accused of being racist because of it

Anonymous

#5 4w

Of course!

Anonymous

#6 4w

I didn't mean to reply to you, that was supposed to reply to myself lmao

Anonymous

OP 4w

Which is whyyy she put them in but y’all don’t wanna hear ab that sooooo

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Anonymous

#5 4w

oh you were so close. shame

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Anonymous

#7 4w

She actually mentions them in her documentary about the album!

Anonymous

OP 4w

ok and? still not credited on the album. I don’t care if she wrote it on her left shoe. if it’s not professionally credited in the song it’s used in then it’s not credited.

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Anonymous

OP 4w

also thank fuck she mentions then she better have at some point or that’s an even bigger issue than it is

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Anonymous

#7 4w

Seems like you care a little bit idk

Anonymous

#7 4w

She did she said she took interpolations from the song and is why it's one of her favorites

Anonymous

OP 4w

i care about the jackson estate getting their money wtf? Swifties are so weird. She needed to credit them it’s not her doing them a favor.

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Anonymous

OP 4w

isn’t that what olivia did?

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Anonymous

#7 4w

and she SUED her?

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Anonymous

#7 4w

I never said she shouldn't have credited them, you're arguing with a brick wall

Anonymous

#7 4w

Idk I don't keep up with her

Anonymous

OP 4w

says the brick wall answering

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Anonymous

OP 4w

convenient

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Anonymous

#7 4w

Did you not ask me a question?

Anonymous

#7 4w

there’s no evidence to prove Taylor sued Olivia, if she did we would know.

Anonymous

OP 4w

brick wall answer #2

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Anonymous

#6 4w

she at the very least poopooed olivia’s interpretation and forced her to add credit

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Anonymous

#7 4w

She didn't sue her, Olivia literally shut that controversy down in a video

Anonymous

OP 4w

brick wall answer #3

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Anonymous

#7 4w

actually is was a healthy business conversation, Taylor never “poopooed” (lol what even is that) on Olivia’s name or song

Anonymous

#7 4w

Idk who's downvoting this but there's nothing wrong with someone wanting Jackson 5 to get their credit

Anonymous

#7 4w

Emotionally unintelligent answer #500

Anonymous

OP 4w

it’s because swifties hate any kind of criticism. even valid ones. Sooooo….

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Anonymous

OP 4w

Are you numbering yours too? so sweet of you to do that for me

Anonymous

OP 4w

i absolutely think they deserve credit, what i don’t think is that is makes her a racist for not giving them formal credit

Anonymous

#7 4w

Of course honey <3

Anonymous

#6 4w

it’s at the very least if you want to downplay it a micro aggression but whatever

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Anonymous

#7 4w

and tell me how you know she blatantly denied them credit because of their race, you are jumping to conclusions about a person you don’t even know and about music legality that none of us really know a lot about. people are so quick to fire off racist and it’s actually so weird

Anonymous

#6 4w

girl is it a coincidence that she only did that to black artists? ok sure. keep worshiping a white billionaire

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Anonymous

#7 4w

all i’m saying is that you don’t know why she didn’t. theres legalities and technical reasons for albums and especially sampling songs. we don’t know what conversations were made and what decisions happened. it’s just extremely sad to see that you are jumping to the worst conclusion about something we know very little about

Anonymous

#6 4w

Nah man i’m not giving a billionaire who is apparently a “mastermind” and been in the industry YEARS didn’t think to credit someone

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Anonymous

#7 4w

Interpolations give the ARTIST money, samples give the LABEL money. A lot of the “samples” on this album are from artists who had issues getting their rights to their music like she did. She made sure the estate/ artist got the royalties & not whoever happens to own the label now.

Anonymous

#3 4w

proof? oh wait there isn’t none.

Anonymous

#7 4w

There’s literally a Rolling Stone article about it.

Anonymous

#3 4w

there literally is not. i’ve only seen articles talking about how the jackson 5 want their money

Anonymous

#3 4w

she’s bitched bitch about and swifties attacked for muchhhhhhhhhh less

Anonymous

#7 4w

There has been no official statement from the Jackson 5 estate. Both Rolling Stone and Billboard have written articles about credit/ royalties on this album. My defense isn’t particularly of Taylor but of copyright/ royalty laws in general. Music is made from a finite set of notes and chords. “Actually Romantic” sounds like Where Is My Mind?, Teenage Dirtbag, and Beverly Hills. Yet neither the Pixies, Wheatus or Wheezer is demanding money.

Anonymous

#3 4w

do you know how long a lawsuit takes? or do you think it’s instant?

Anonymous

#7 4w

I am fully aware of how long lawsuits take. You said you saw articles about the Jackson 5 wanting their money, there is no proof of that. Not to mention, if they did file - records of lawsuits filed is public. Also the Pixies, Wheatus & Wheezer are all white guys, so if you want to believe she’s out here stealing from artist, it’s not purely from POC.

Anonymous

#3 4w

Yay, she’s an equal opportunity stealer? It doesn’t change the fact that she credited a white artist over the black artist that she “interpolated” not to mention that this burlesque and Cabaret aesthetic is just from people of color and this album definitely didn’t deserve it, nor did she give any respect to the origins of it

Anonymous

#7 4w

just accept ur fav is problematic. it’s not the end of the word

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Anonymous

#7 4w

She’s not my fav, relax. I’m defending the laws/ how they apply, not her specifically. Your original claim was that she’s a racist. My point was it wasn’t race based. I did not say that made it right for her to do. I do find it very strange that you would join a Swiftie group, seemingly for the sole purpose of arguing with people though.

Anonymous

#3 4w

i was a swiftie honey i’ve BEEN here why wtf would i join a group just to hate be so fr. It’s so weird you think someone would do that.

Anonymous

#7 4w

You’re right. No one ever does that, they’re not desperate for attention on the internet. You can call me honey if you want though

Anonymous

#3 4w

jesus this why everyone hates swifties

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Anonymous

#7 4w

With your superior intellect, I’m surprised you didn’t come to the conclusion of leaving the group already

Anonymous

#7 4w

so hiring black dancers in her music video was her ignoring burlesque and cabaret being POC?