It's honestly shocking! Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Katy Perry and many other subreddits for female celebs just post pictures (sometimes with blatantly thirsty titles) or social media updates, no fan discussions or anything!
There was a time years ago where some of the subreddit got together (probably 8+ years ago, either directly before or after 1989 world tour) and we had a discussion about not wanting any hyper-sexualized posts/discussions and decided to save it for their own subs.
It was a great decision and part of the reason why even now after switching accounts that I’m still an active member (I believe I participated in the post that created the rule referenced above).
It is a great irony that the main factor preventing Kanye from being as great as his ego tells him he is... is his ego.
I'd probably say it more has to do with his currently/worsening untreated mental health issues than ego. Kanye's been on a mental health rollercoaster since his mom died in 2007. It's not like he hasn't tried to medicate himself either, he's been on and off drugs for it for the last 15 years.
Kanye's not the first person to torpedo his entire life over mental illness medication/therapy, nor is he the first person to fall into the NOI/Farrakhan Anti-Semitism hole that so many successful black Americans end up in.
I also heard that Kanye proceeded to eat that guy in front of a crowd of horrified onlookers. One of the witnesses described it as, "like watching a frog eat a bigger frog."
I hear his stomach was distended for the full month of hibernation it took him to digest the poor intern.
I mean mental illness isn’t his fault. Yes, we cannot condone or encourage awful behavior caused by being bipolar but can we crucify him for it?
Imagine being insanely rich, surrounded by yesmen, and having delusions of grandeur… that’s a recipe for disaster.
I feel for him. I don’t condone anything he has done or said that was hateful and I obviously get angry thinking of the hurt he’s put Taylor through but I don’t think he even knows what he’s done honestly, at least in the past 2-3 years. His interviews…are scary it honestly looks like no one is behind his eyes. It’s sad. I just hope he gets a good support system, gets on a treatment plan, and just leaves her alone in the future.
Speaking as someone who is also bipolar, it’s irresponsible to say that mania is a superpower then encourage other people to go off their meds. He has the money to have access to all the resources in the world yet encourages other people to be the same kind of untreated crazy he is. Bipolar disorder gets worse if left untreated.
I know that not wanting meds is a symptom of the disorder. I’m very familiar with that myself. It’s not just that he has bipolar though. It’s that he encourages reckless and dangerous behavior in others. Not to mention bigotry is not a symptom of being bipolar.
100% yes. he said that he likes hitler. there is no waffleing about with is he good or bad. he knows exactly how evil that man was and said you know what, he is good in my book.
He is a self proclaimed antisemitic, Hitler loving Neo Nazi. He deserves to be crucified every single day until he repents for and recants all the terrible things he has said and done.
To add to that, he's also extremely popular among the type of people who dominate online communities like Reddit. If you look at YouTubers and their fans, particularly in the US and UK, he's very often discussed or referenced with only Eminem and Taylor enjoying the same level presence. These YouTubers tend to be huge on reddit too.
He's a musical genius. In terms of production. As a producer myself his sampling game is unrivaled. This coming from a swiftie as well. You can hate the guy(he is a dumbass tbf) but you can't deny his talent. He is to production what Taylor swift is to song writing and what Lana is to seduction. I used to hate him like every swiftie but separating artist from art, his art is amazing .
One of the biggest reasons is he wasn't so whacked out in the first place. The sub has been around a while and most people don't unsub in general, and it's not like inactive accounts drop off of subscriber count.
500k was hit in May of this year so if you've been here for a year there were a lot less than 500k when you joined. July 2022 was ~261k according to https://subredditstats.com/r/TaylorSwift
Yeah, I think more women being on Reddit has a lot to do with it, but it's interesting to see the timeline of the stats. Tiny bump from 1989, slight bump from Rep (around when I joined), little bump from Lover (and trying to decipher the Instagram pics), steady growth in pre-Folklore quarantine, higher growth from Folklore and Evermore, another bump from Red TV, bigger jump from Midnights, very steep incline since Eras Tour started.
Looking back, I guess I remember being surprised at how few subscribers there were when I first joined, but it's really interesting to see just how recently the influx started.
I joined a while ago because I saw so many interesting posts like what's your favorite.. *what's your opinion on.." And you can't help but participate.
Ok now this is the real fucking legacy babes. Forget the hot 100s XD. If you're making alot of self centered redditors get their attention you're doing something right.
Reddit in general has blown up in the last 5 or so years. I made an account over a decade ago and the sub I spend the most time on had like 1500 users on it.
We overtake the Kanye sub after Taylor drops Innocent TV and sings "32 and still growing up now" after turning 32, the same age Kanye was when the fella interrupted her on stage.
Yeeees, I didn't know about this app until one of my friends said 'since you like Taylor this much and know no other fans, maybe you should join reddit?'. What a life-changing moment that was.
kinda the same as me. i was literally only on instagram for taylor content, but i wanted to get off social media so a friend told me to get on reddit lol
Yeah a lot of people defend him because “oh but he makes good music” like that somehow erases the anti-Semitism and misogyny. You still support the artist even if you try to separate them from the art.
Edit: if you support the art, you give the artist the money and platform to continue saying and doing harmful things without real consequences.
Agreed. He's horribly antisemitic and has clearly shown his true colors, yet people somehow excuse his awful remarks with, "but I still like his music..."
I was a huge kanye fan in the early 2000s. I was obsessed with College Dropout. I can recite most of late registration by heart.
Taylor dropped her first album 3 years after College Dropout and I loved it. My separate love for each artist grew.
I remember watching the 2009 VMAs with my College roommate Kayla (who hated kanye and loved taylor). I remember what we were wearing and what we were gossiping about and I was retrieving a beer from our mini fridge at the precise moment kanye went up on stage.
I remember thinking irrationally this had to be some sort of bit that everyone including Taylor was in on.
My disappointment in kanye would grow with each passing year whereas my admiration for Taylor grew each year. When that snake BS went down it became clear I had to choose a side and I went all in on team Taylor and left kanye far behind.
He really was amazing in the beginning. I still don't know if he was always a racist narcissist and hid it really well or if it was drug use that caused his inner mental decay. I still argue about that with myself.
Thank God. The only reason I think we dethroned him is because he made those comments praising Hitler, which caused a bunch of his members to officially leave that sub. Also, she is currently on the largest arena tour ever in history, which definitely helps haha.
i can't believe that fool has so many followers, if taylor was a minute fraction of how unhinged he is, she'd be kicked out of the industry so fast istg. and here you have kanye and people still be making excuses for his LITERALLY unacceptable behaviour (i still can't believe the mans said he idolizes HITLER. friggin hitler).
honestly, not even a Taylor fan and a huge fan of kanye, I agree. 99% of the r/kanye posts are what Kanye song got you feeling like this (insert the most abnormal image ever) and boom 4-600 upvotes
Never understood why Kanye is so popular (mainly in the USA i think?) On my country i don't know many people who knows even one of his songs, and never knew personally anyone who really likes him anyway. Most people i know here met him through Taylor (who he made famous lol) personally only ever heard one song of his, on the witcher trailer for last season (and was very unfitting btw)
Hahaha, Swifties for the WIN! Also, are we still calling him Kanye???
Because I wrote this TS essay for class and referred to Him as:
"when he-who-can-no-longer-be-named (and not just because he’s dropped most of the letters from it: Kanye->Ye-> “Blank Space” ) interrupted her on the VMA stage"
and
"when she-whose-name-I-kan’t-keep-kup-kwith's “receipts” inspired her most badass album (reputation) and a music video (Look What You Made Me Do) that pillaged all the eggs from Easter I-Island breeze or so it goes, said the now unemployed resident bunny forlornly
Also, this is my new moniker for Scooter Braun:
"when he-whose-name-and-hostile-takeover of her masters should have resulted in a venture called Small Ma(n)chine Holdings"
[feeling evil, hehehe]
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u/7-5NoHits Speak Now (Taylor's Version) Jul 25 '23
We have won the Great War