I know you said you're playing devil's advocate and this comment is 4 hours old but I'm bored.

Having seen that production of Porgy and Bess, I second the Boykin suggestion - I actually logged in to post the same thing. As an aside he was very kind at the stage door post-show. He spent a lot of time chatting with me and my family and even got onto a tour bus to greet elderly audience members who couldn't stand…

Swift also has those Target-exclusive tracks that she releases, so it's
fair to assume that big fans go out and buy those. I know people (in
their early twenties) who've gone out and bought physical CDs when
special editions come out. I'm also in my (very) early twenties and I
bought loads of actual CDs in high…

Applying to college is a lot crazier than it used to be. And like Claire pointed out, they tend to spend a lot more time on Luke and Haley than on Alex.

I think it was Lana Del Rey since Karen listed her with Gaga before the song started. The transformed version looked like her (the brown hair and the dress), plus the silver spoon and indie queen mentions in the lyrics.