Why do all these people act like Taylor Swift is just a regular person who is so relatable?

[Anonymous]

even your average low end billionaire does not have eight houses like she does. And I heard that she and Travis were giving $600 each to all these chiefs employees on Christmas. yeah, think about how much the good publicity is worth from that. And that’s like a normal person giving out a dime each. Even if she gave it to 1000 people, I don’t know how many people she gave it to, but 600 grand to her is nothing. I don’t think she gave to anywhere near that many but yeah.. And the amount of money that these idiots pay to see her concerts. You’d have to bring Elvis back from the dead for me to pay that much

[Effably]

Taylor Swift's success has always been that she is a relatable basic-plus person.

She looks good, but not stunning.
She sings well, but not great.
She is smart, but no genius.
The list goes on, but she is basically good at most things, which is impressive, but never to an extent that she seems out of reach.

The music is your average person's self insert with slightly more sass and one or two mid-level vocabulary words to seem clever. Normally in the chorus.

And she is also the most successful artist of all time. Being easy to relate to is key. She is absolutely being intentional about it.

[Simslover92]

Living she is. But Elvis is the most successful of all time.

[Effably]

Actually the race is between The Beatles and Taylor Swift. The consensus normally that Taylor Swift has now beaten them, although it is difficult to compare different times so opinions are not always aligned.

Elvis, while absolutely up there in the hall of fame, is definitely not the top artist.

[Simslover92]

I meant single artist not a group. But yes the Beatles would be if we're saying as an artist.

[Effably]

I thought you might mean that! Honestly it is hard to compare. I don't think any modern artists will get the same hype as the old ones. But at least in terms of music listened to and sold, Taylor wins it.

Happy new year!

[Simslover92]

Thanks! You're right. Happy New Year to you as well!

[Asker]

@Simslover92 lol

Taylor Swift is definitely not at the level of The Beatles. Their music is as close to universally loved as possible. She is not.

[Anonymous]

Someone is jealous.

[Anonymous]

Lol, triggered by her success much?