With sales which make her the envy of all of her peers, Taylor Swift‘s influence within the music industry is- on most fronts- unmatched.
Alas, despite standing head and shoulders above her commercially, Swift has still been unable to compete with her closest rival Katy Perry when it comes to impact, yet to permeate Pop culture with a ‘I Kissed a Girl’ or ‘California Gurls’ level hit.
This week, after her ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris claimed she ought to remedy this by sabotaging Perry’s career, the ‘Blank Space’ belle saw her reputation torn to shreds by the press when she released her entire discography to streaming platforms…on the day of Katy’s new album release.
A source close to the star now rubbishes talk of sabotage and told ‘Billboard‘:
Swift’s camp has been in ongoing talks to put her music back on Spotify since she pulled it three years ago – prompted by Spotify’s refusal to let her keep her tunes off of its free tier. After the Recording Industry Association of America notified Swift’s camp her song catalog was approaching 100 million certified units earlier this week, she decided to quickly pull the trigger.
Not everyone is convinced.
Taylor demonstrates Beyoncé level strategization w this ?coup EXCEPT Beyoncé is peerless; the only rival Beyoncé could sabotage is Beyoncé
— Caity Weaver (@caityweaver) June 9, 2017
Taylor won , just let it go lol…even when Kimye came for her, you saw what karma came running to them fast as lightning! She made Katy and Kanye dye their hair and lose they minds lol
Hahahahha, made me laugh at that dying hair! “I can make all the tables turn… oh look at that hair you look my new blond chick… cuz baby I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream”
Taylor is just a b*tch and a cold snake trying to rip katy’s career. Her move doesn’t make sense after the reason she gave to retire from spotify years ago. She’s playing like she doesn’t want to beef anymore but wasn’t she the one to start the fight with Bad Blood? Why did she decide to make that move on the same day and the same time of Witness’s release? And don’t start telling me that Selena did the same with Beyoncé or any other bullsh*t, we all know that Katy and Taylor are rivals, that was not innocent at all. That crazy b*tch wants to play the white snow when she’s just an evil wolf in disguise.
Taylor’s last album sold more than 10mil worldwide, whereas Bey can’t even come close. now that’s a fact!!
Of course they did. Because Taylor’s a fake b****.
TS might have been in talks to release her music for streaming, but the timing of it was petty. I thought it was hilarious. I think TS should own it. Nobody can sabotage KP or anyone else if the public is loving the material. TS is not the reason KP’s songs are flopping this era.
Who is Caity Weaver, and what the hell does this story have to do with Beyonce?
What the hell does Beyoncé have to do with this? This cait person literally mentioned her 4 times in 1 tweet.