A little bit of psycho-analysis on Ms Swift here. I cannot stress how little I care for her but watching her get bigger and bigger (size-wise and fame-wise) has me questioning something...
From my memory, pre-2018 Swift didn't have THIS mass appeal. I know she had a shed-load of sales and crazy fans, but the amount of girls I knew who despised her and called her a 'pick-me' etc stands out now she is (unfortunately) the biggest pop star on the planet. Serial dater Swift received so much online hate from tabloids and social media, and I believe it was due to her looks. She was slender enough to be regarded as skinny in the eye of the mainstream, and her face was prettier due to her low-ish weight. Since the pandemic and her sky-rocketing weight, it seems she has fallen into the 'normal girl' category. I think a lot of her mass appeal can be attributed to this weight gain, making her seem softer (
) and approachable, like she would happily befriend any of her fans, so they believe anyway. Not to mention her sickeningly boring lyrics that sound like a 14-year-old's diary, she is obviously attempting to make herself the least-controversial person alive. There is simply nothing to be jealous of anymore.
I obviously recognise other reasonings for her current momentum (hi Marx), but I do believe if she had stayed skinny, she wouldn't be as successful. Taylor, for the sake of our ears and eyes, lose some fucking weight!