Comparing Taylor Swift to other pop stars
I was thinking about TS and how she doesn't really compare to other pop stars like Madonna who has star quality, could dance, was interesting, was sexy in her heyday, and actually seemed to work on improving her singing ability throughout her career.
Or comparing her to say a Lady Gaga who has a great voice and is a classically trained pianist. Or even someone like Olivia Rodrigo whose songs have an authentic voice, sweetness, and humanity to them.
I started to think TS is sort of like Debbie Gibson in that her songs aren't terribly meaningful or deep except Debbie can sing well and was actually a very good pianist and also wrote her own songs alone (as opposed to TS who I suspect doesn't have as much input in the writing of her songs as she'd have us believe).
Am I off track? I'm just kind of baffled by TS. She's a mega-star but she doesn't do anything well really.