Well, I can’t say I can name even one of her songs, but if she triggers magats and has Luke Skywalker on her side, then I guess it’s time to get Swiftie in here or whatever.
I have heard literally one of her songs and only because I was being paid to write a parody of it, but based on her overall behavior, she seems like she’s better than pretty much every other billionaire out there. Admittedly a low bar, but still something.
Rowling earned her billion ethically – she just turned out to be a unethical person, and it wasn’t known until much later.
Alongside Taylor Swift it highlights the only way to ethically be a billionaire – mass global popularity. When you have 100,000,000 fans, and each of them spend just $10 on a book or album, you make a billion.
There was a pandemic era interview of her that was really poignant and insightful. She knows and things about quite a lot. Her Midnights album had a lot of self criticism and reflection, and she’s commented a lot more about unfair gender norms.
She also kept a music store in Nashville afloat during the pandemic, and she’s really generous about health insurance and bonuses. Her truckers for her tour got $100k in just bonuses.
I’m a fan. I think as far as billionaires go, she’s achieved it in the only ethical manner possible. Being a global music sensation is pretty much the only way to do so – if she has even just 100,000,000 fans globally, each just needs to spend $10 for her to make a billion. And honestly, I don’t think that fan number is that off.
Sure, she makes and made mistakes. She’s human. But all in all, I quite like her. I’m biased certainly, I grew up listening to her music. I listened to it a lot through a lot of loneliness, and at some of my lowest points, I was listening to “this is me trying” daily (and “beautiful” by Eminem, an odd pair to be sure).
I’m a 29 year old man and I’m happy to call myself a Swiftie haha
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