I wonder if her popularity feels more epic simply because it doesn’t happen like this anymore. The Beatles and Rolling Stones happened at the same time. Elton John and Bruce Springsteen happened at the same time. And we could add the names of other massive stars who also happened at that same time. Swift’s rise is singular in this era so maybe that’s why it feels so Beatlemania.
I wonder if her popularity feels more epic simply because it doesn’t happen like this anymore. The Beatles and Rolling Stones happened at the same time. Elton John and Bruce Springsteen happened at the same time. And we could add the names of other massive stars who also happened at that same time. Swift’s rise is singular in this era so maybe that’s why it feels so Beatlemania.
I think that's a great theory. She's managed to overcome the fractured media landscape. In any era, she would be considered a superstar, but her popularity might not feel as anomalous.
Yes, that’s what the drop-off after 2000 looks like to me (“Top 100 Best-Selling Artists” chart), not just fewer years of sales. That is, in a more fragmented music market, her kind of popularity would seem to be unlikely.
Also, the screaming not only at her concerts but during showings of her new concert movie. That’s a Beatles type thing, right?
I'm a fan of hers but I'm not a Swiftie! I had to sell my concert tickets in Seattle because I got Covid. Went to the 9 pm screening of the film last Friday at 9. Only half-filled and relatively subdued. It was mostly an older crowd. Late on a Friday night in a post-Covid downtown Seattle. I think that probably scared away the kind of fans who would've gone crazy in the theater. I was a little disappointed there wasn't more noise!
I wonder if her popularity feels more epic simply because it doesn’t happen like this anymore. The Beatles and Rolling Stones happened at the same time. Elton John and Bruce Springsteen happened at the same time. And we could add the names of other massive stars who also happened at that same time. Swift’s rise is singular in this era so maybe that’s why it feels so Beatlemania.
I think that's a great theory. She's managed to overcome the fractured media landscape. In any era, she would be considered a superstar, but her popularity might not feel as anomalous.
Yes, that’s what the drop-off after 2000 looks like to me (“Top 100 Best-Selling Artists” chart), not just fewer years of sales. That is, in a more fragmented music market, her kind of popularity would seem to be unlikely.
Also, the screaming not only at her concerts but during showings of her new concert movie. That’s a Beatles type thing, right?
I'm a fan of hers but I'm not a Swiftie! I had to sell my concert tickets in Seattle because I got Covid. Went to the 9 pm screening of the film last Friday at 9. Only half-filled and relatively subdued. It was mostly an older crowd. Late on a Friday night in a post-Covid downtown Seattle. I think that probably scared away the kind of fans who would've gone crazy in the theater. I was a little disappointed there wasn't more noise!