2015: Part 3
Evolution of a Snake: The Taylor Swift Podcast
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Is Taylor Swift the Next Madonna?
Taylor Swift is an utterly credible musician who is consumed as a tabloid personality. She writes about her life so directly that the listener is forced to think about her persona in order to fully appreciate what she's doing creatively. Even within the most high-minded considerations of Swift's music, there is inevitably some analysis or speculation about her personal life. This is her greatest power, an ability to combine her art and her life so profoundly that both spheres become more interesting to everyone regardless of their emotional investment in either.
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