Adopt a general misanthropic position! It’s satisfying!

It’s bad and it’s goofy. Shocking.

That is what pop performers do. Swift isn’t breaking new ground here.

I don’t know. People over 25 manifest the pettiness of youth in different ways. And it’s not like the taste of your average 25+ is really all that developed.

Since when do pop performers have good songs?

It’s like all of you listen to really bad music or something.

It’s like all of you listen to really bad music or something.

Are you going to start doing this with your headlines?

I’m not sure what part of pop music isn’t basic mediocrity. That’s the whole point of pop music. Bland products for people with bland taste.

What’s the problem?

This sort of speculation is stupid and relies on unintentional cues that don’t relate to each other. Not every story is a puzzle with clues laid about for the viewer.

Totally. As performers, they are both really boring and uninteresting but people here will be like “talent blah blah blah” like what either of them do is significant. However, I have yet to see anything from this crowd that really engages the superficial politics of Beyonce that are just as empty as Swift. Instead,…

It would be more interesting if Jezebel had an honest discussion about Beyonce and held her to the same critical standard as Taylor Swift.

I feel this way anytime I read anything by this duo (most of the writers on this site, really).

“If you think he’s flirting, he’s flirting” is the dumbest statement you could probably give.

Haven’t you described pretty much all pop music?

Yes!

Geez, people are getting really weird.

That’s not going to happen. I think both Jay-z and Beyonce have been pretty clear that they are only interested in power through money. It’s sorta infuriating how much this Queen slay Beyhive stuff has quelled any kind of critical examination of class politics by milquetoast liberals.

That line bugs me so much. And then people pretend there is a revolutionary message behind that song which bugs me even more.

Yes, it’s music for not-thinking. It shouldn’t be lumped with good art.