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Taylor Swift works harder than anyone else in the industry. She is always working even on her off days, not out of a soulless grind, but out of passion for her art. This is all the result of a 16 year old burning her own CDs and sitting on the floor of the Big Machine office calling radio stations for hours, performing in parking lots and school auditoriums, learning several instruments, writing her own songs, but also writing music for other singers to use while she waited to break out. There was no TikTok for her to go viral on. She had to clock in and go to work every day.

I think that’s why it bothers me that there is an idea among Taylor antis that she is uniquely privileged compared to singers who are just as white, and just as cis, and just as privileged as she is. They don’t factor in that she, in all of her millennial eldest daughter earnestness, is putting in the fucking work, always. She’s not waiting for it to be given to her. She’s always finding a new sound, if it doesn’t work, she tries something else. She never does the exact same thing twice. She never pigeonholes herself. She studies the greats, not just their music but their business practices. She’s a voracious reader and takes what she can out of the material she reads and applies it. She goes through her entire Eras tour set on the treadmill so she has the stamina to perform that beast of a show night after night. This is not a chore to her, she knew what she was signing up for when she entered the realm of mainstream pop, and even though there were rocky moments, she never let it get in the way of her work. This is why she is still here. This is why her star power has not faded.

lando is almost 25. and it’s his fifth year.

Very happy for Oscar too.

Just because he beat Max once with a car that was 4 tenths a lap faster doesn't immediately make us all forget that a few months ago when the cars were of similar pace, Max was wiping the floor with him while Lando was getting more frustrated and making more mistakes.

oh who's that guy next to her?? uhhhh idk think his name is oscar pastatree or smth idk what he does. think he drives cars?? ehh not important. anyway lily zneimer-