by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
The thing about Taylor Swift is, she is in the exact center of our culture. I generally like her newer stuff, but for one thing: it’s grown to be almost entirely fan service. That’s why she keeps churning out albums and, outside of her core group of fans, there’s almost no buzz.
If Tay-Tay were to do a reveling spread in Maxim (or Rolling Stone) as part of a new album dropping people might sit up and take notice. Or if she cut (or dyed) her hair in conjunction with a new album, then….maybe she would generate more non-female buzz?
I’m not saying such fan service is bad. I’m just saying if Tay-Tay wants to take her career to the next level (read: Hollywood star) she might have to start thinking about risking upsetting her fan base. As it is, there are two people in the public sphere who are obsessed with fan service — Donald Trump and Taylor Swift.
And, really, the only reason why I even say anything about any of this is I saw Tay-Tay on the late night shows promoting her SNL appearance and was taken aback by how drop-dead gorgeous she continues to be. And, yet, she still has the long blonde hair. She was wearing that low cut black dress that seems so popular with female stars these days, which is an improvement from her usual modest school marm attire.
There is going to come a point when Tay-Tay is going to have to shake things up some. She’s going to have to cut her hair, maybe into a pixie? Or, hell, dye her hair jet black? Something, anything to change her Taylor Swift, Age 21 appearance she’s had for what feels like decades now. Now, I know she probably is wearing a wig, but, still. Every other major female vocalist does a radical personal brand shift whenever new music comes out…why not Taylor Swift?
Anyway, absolutely no one listens to me. But I had to get that off my chest. Grow up, Tay-Tay!
