The Taylor Swift-Ryan Adams phenomenon

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Here is an interesting article about how Pitchfork seems to have gone to great lengths to more or less ignore Taylor Swift, that is, until Ryan Adams decided to cover “1989.”

I tend to agree that “Pitchfork’s decisions have something to do with some vague notion of ‘edge.'”

And to add my own point, Swift’s lyrics seem to be laden with cliches and pop drivel, which is, I think, at the center of why she does not get more attention from the musical inteligencia, alternative and indie communities.

What’s more, and for reasons that I fail to comprehend, she barely has a presence on Spotify.