[ SECRET POST #5892]

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⌈ Secret Post #5892 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I agree that pop stardom and pop songwriting are different skills. And I agree that pop songwriting is not the primary reason that Swift is famous. And I agree that there are other people who are great pop songwriters. But I still think that Swift is extremely good at pop songwriting.

[meadowphoenix]

yeah i mean plenty of people, well-respected credentialed people, say so too. but i feel like when people say that they mean that pop songwriting requires a certain level of mediocrity for broad appeal, and you know, maybe. i don't think marvel has ever been well-written but they clearly knew what the masses wanted for almost a solid two decades.

[(Anonymous)]

Eh. In my view, mass appeal requires universality, not mediocrity, and that's the whole point of the enterprise of pop music.

Obviously, it still doesn't mean that all popular music is good. But I think Taylor's music (at its best) really is good.

[(Anonymous)]

In my view, mass appeal requires universality, not mediocrity

Damn, well put.

Seconding your whole comment.

[meadowphoenix]

mass appeal requires universality
universality requires a level of reference that's not very high and not alienating people, and mediocrity works really well for that, but at any rate strictly speaking, this is not necessarily a skill or talent. instinct works really well for this too.

(at its best)
this is quite the qualifier imo