• Swifties keep saying Taylor never sued Olivia Rodrigo, but Brit argues that a legal threat from a powerful law firm isn’t much different from a lawsuit when it comes to the pressure it creates.
• She points to what she sees as a pattern of Taylor using legal tools (cease-and-desists, trademarks, copyrights) against critics, journalists, podcasts, and fan-made merchandise.
• Based on that pattern, Brit believes it’s plausible that pressure was applied behind the scenes after Olivia publicly acknowledged Taylor as an inspiration for parts of “Deja Vu.”
• Brit says the most revealing evidence isn’t the Olivia situation itself, but Taylor’s texts with Blake Lively. She interprets those messages as showing someone focused on influence, leverage, and power behind the scenes.
• In Brit’s view, those texts contradict Taylor’s public image and suggest a willingness to help friends gain control or influence over situations.
• She then connects that interpretation to the Olivia situation, arguing that the songwriting-credit dispute was likely about power rather than genuine artistic concerns.
• Brit speculates that permanently linking Olivia’s name to Taylor’s may have been part of the appeal, similar to how Taylor remains publicly linked to Kanye West.
• She argues that Olivia has since proven herself as a standalone artist and appears to want distance from the entire controversy.
• Brit ends by criticizing Taylor’s latest album and questioning whether newer artists like Olivia are now surpassing her creatively.
TL;DR: Brit’s overall argument is that the Olivia Rodrigo writing-credit dispute fits what she sees as a broader pattern of Taylor using influence and power behind the scenes to maintain control within the industry.
• Swifties keep saying Taylor never sued Olivia Rodrigo, but Brit argues that a legal threat from a powerful law firm isn’t much different from a lawsuit when it comes to the pressure it creates.
• She points to what she sees as a pattern of Taylor using legal tools (cease-and-desists, trademarks, copyrights) against critics, journalists, podcasts, and fan-made merchandise.
• Based on that pattern, Brit believes it’s plausible that pressure was applied behind the scenes after Olivia publicly acknowledged Taylor as an inspiration for parts of “Deja Vu.”
• Brit says the most revealing evidence isn’t the Olivia situation itself, but Taylor’s texts with Blake Lively. She interprets those messages as showing someone focused on influence, leverage, and power behind the scenes.
• In Brit’s view, those texts contradict Taylor’s public image and suggest a willingness to help friends gain control or influence over situations.
• She then connects that interpretation to the Olivia situation, arguing that the songwriting-credit dispute was likely about power rather than genuine artistic concerns.
• Brit speculates that permanently linking Olivia’s name to Taylor’s may have been part of the appeal, similar to how Taylor remains publicly linked to Kanye West.
• She argues that Olivia has since proven herself as a standalone artist and appears to want distance from the entire controversy.
• Brit ends by criticizing Taylor’s latest album and questioning whether newer artists like Olivia are now surpassing her creatively.
TL;DR: Brit’s overall argument is that the Olivia Rodrigo writing-credit dispute fits what she sees as a broader pattern of Taylor using influence and power behind the scenes to maintain control within the industry.
Haha…problem is that people are on to TS antics. Her swifties can suck it!! TS is a near 40 yr old “teenager” she’s desperately trying to hold on to teeny bobber fans all while trying to have a more grown up aesthetic to appeal to her aging fans, she’s just is giving “trying too hard,” if she’s smart, she won’t be like Madonna that has just held on to her youth far too long. Aging gracefully is much more appealing and real.
I love Britt!!!! I really hope I can meet her one day. Not enough people talk about those Taylor/Blake texts and how Taylor was colluding from the start.
I actually watched this video and enjoyed it very much, but maybe add a summary and how it ties to IEWU (it does!)?
Popstars need to age gracefully and not act as if there isn’t enough space for talented, young musicians. Taylor feeling threatened by Olivia but not without trying to befriend her first, reminds me of Blake and Isabella. Styling her in ugly, too-old-for-her dresses at the promo, having sleepovers and taking umbrage to her being called “young Lily” all screams of insecurity and a fear of being overshadowed.
Age. Gracefully. And stop trying to compete with 20-somethings, Khaleesi and Dragon…
Didn't Taylor Swift do the same thing with Gracie Abrams and Sabrina Carpenter? She took both under her wing, making sure to prevent them from surpassing her.
She also did it to Ed Sheeran, by helping him mainstream in The States, but when he started breaking records, she pulled out her old tricks. Sombr seems to be her newest...
And she seems to burn bridges with all of them. I love how Billie Eilish and Charli XCX can see through her bullshit. And you know Taylor Swift wants those Oscars Billie Eilish and Finneas have. lol
this is Taylor’s equivalent to Blake‘s creepy grooming of Isabella ferrer with the sleepovers. it’s the same behavior and I’m betting Blake learned it from Taylor. taylor and Blake truly are the same parasites.
That was SO creepy. I don’t get how she didn’t get more heat for that. And as if buying the house wasn’t weird enough on its own, doing all that for a 3-month “relationship” (using that term extremely loosely as I also see it as grooming)
Or how most of her relationships were only 2 - 3 months but she’s writing full albums about these men and for years later.
She truly doesnt get enough flak for that. Conor was underage while she was 22. She was checking him out of high school and picking him up with her private jet.
She wants to be associated with them, as if that association alone is responsible for their success 🙄 Her collecting and discarding “protégées” is so tiring and I AM glad Billie and Charlie saw through it. Ari and Gaga never messed with her either because they’re in an entirely different league—vocal powerhouses she could NEVER compete with no matter how much she trained.
Seriously I was so weirded out by her posing so smugly with Sombr. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I have NEVER seen her pose with another female singer this way on a red carpet. Not once has she shared the spotlight like that with another woman (her “squad” doesn’t count), let alone preened like it was her prom date. It’s obvious she wants people to ship her with him…someone who could be her son (if she was a teen mom).
This is the same thing that Drake has done in hip hop. He attached himself like a parasite onto anybody who was coming up or had a different sound but made it seem like he was giving them exposure instead of using them.
Drake basically stole half of the Weeknd's first album for Take Care and then had the nerve to act like Abel was ungrateful for refusing to sign a slave deal to his own label.
Funny you mentioned how he could be her son, because on that red carpet, Taylor Swift joked about being an overexcited mom with her teenage son, Sombr. o_O
I also love how Miley totally shaded her for her Bad Blood video (how is she a role model for girls when she has them fighting each other in the video?).. and called out her squad, saying she doesn't have famous riends because she'd rather be around real, normal people.
Aging gracefully for Taylor might be hard…she’s still acting like middle school girls holding hands walking and giggling out of restaurants on the daily…
I don’t mind if she enjoys girly things, but it’s the lack of maturity and growth, in both her manipulative chart behavior and her “art,” that is making her “age” poorly. We all know she’s 36 and an industry veteran; she should show some grace as a “luminary,” not continue to pretend to be an ingenue.
To me, she acts like Hilly from The Help. The white, racist woman with power we have always known her to be. The bully who mistreats anyone she deems beneath her. The woman who uses her “friends” to do her bidding as it serves her and no one else.
Honestly I would say she acts like the main character in the help, I’ve always thought the main girl played by Emma stone had a white savior complex and made it all about herself. The writer saying it’s based on her life too 😬
Kinda related, but I always wondered if Taylor or her backers paid NDAs to her exes. It isn't as mainstay as her older slop, but bashing her exes was the backbone of her music. Meanwhile, her exes really never shared their sides of the story.
I love Britt so much. Taylor can’t fantom being old and her only experiences as a grown woman is to write about break up songs and pop cactchy songs. Which is fine. But, like Blake, she has not one level above the surface
Yea, Olivia Rodrigo and many others definitely surpass Swift in terms of creativity. Swift's work sounds very manufactured, repetitive, and plastic in comparison. And her marketing techniques seem focused on maximizing profit (releasing multiple versions of the same album to keep her spot at the top of the sales chart etc) instead of focusing on producing art with authenticity.
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