Why isn't there a black version of Taylor Swift?

[FluffyEyes]

It’s crazy how they didn’t blow up. What crazier is that most k-pop songs, sound like early 2000s RnB.

Wow, I forgot this group even existed. It reminds of how Muni Long fka Priscilla Renae had a small hit in 2011 but couldn't sustain


She wouldn't get another hit until this year with Hrs & Hrs. Lucky for her she's written for ppl BTS.

 

[Contrefaire]

Y'all are trying to make this a culture thing when the truth is, what little black girl is going to receive the major push Taylor Swift got to catapult her to success? Because there was a HUGE machine behind TS from jump. I remember being a preteen when I saw this random article on Yahoo Music or Seventeen or some shyt way back in the 2000s with a headline that went something like "How This Small Town Girl and Her Banjo are Taking the Country Music Scene by Storm". And it was a puff piece about how some blonde teenager had blown the socks off festival-goers from Branson to Nashville.

Now of course this was still back in the days when record labels could make up "quirky" and relatable backstories for their artists to sell more records so nobody knew she was a essentially Nepo-baby from a wealthy background who grew up and went to private schools on the East Coast and regularly travelled to NYC for expensive vocal lessons and exposure.

She was marketed as a small town girl from "humble beginnings" whose country-adjacent twang and simple lyrics were enough to charm and disarm young girls but that didn't happen simply because she had raw talent or was the country-pop singer America's youth had been waiting for. She was nothing and no one then suddenly everything and everywhere. A lot of money went into ensuring little "Tay-Tay" became a big star because record execs know an Aryan goldmine when they see one.

 

[Manny2828]

Look at how quick people flipped on Usher because there was a new kid named Chris brown in town (Who has yet to reach the heights of usher in his now 17 year career)

nikka what Chris brown EASILY beats Usher. Usher is an old ass nikka that had ONE hit album. The amount of songs Chris brown has produced/song/danced quadruples what Usher did

 

[Dynamite James]

nikka what Chris brown EASILY beats Usher. Usher is an old ass nikka that had ONE hit album. The amount of songs Chris brown has produced/song/danced quadruples what Usher did

You’re a clueless idiot

 

[Deltron]

her name is drake

 

[Problematic Pat]

Beyonce?

I need a soldier Beyonce

 

[Problematic Pat]

I meant modern day brother. We haven't had another Brandy in damn near 30 years now. She was so big she had her own Barbie Dolls and Cinderella stories.

Why can't we get another Brandy?

Because the Baileys had their daughters on some wholesome shyt then they decided to go rogue and thot their image up specifically Chloe but Halle ain't that far behind.

 

[Kasgoinjail]

If she hadn't died/Kellz never tainted her it would have been Aaliyah in terms of cross over appeal and Stan Base

She was everywhere on Top Of The Pops in UK and we so racist we don't even like our own Blacks



Aaliyah was the 1

 

[Krs2]

Ciara is bae
She is the queen of the A

She's the shyt
She's the black Taylor swift

Thats it

except she wouldn't never get punked by Kanye

 

[Elim Garak]

A black Taylor Swift in this day and age would be viewed as corny if we’re being honest.

Exactly no black Taylor Swift exists because it would be no market for it lol. A black person can't do that gimmick in this era.

 

[R=G]

It feels like current day Black music is controlled by White people that want to destablize our community.

Well once I saw the current Gen Rappers bash Tupac Shakur..that told me all i needed to know that what's coming out right now is trash and wouldn't sell. None of them can get a 300k first week sales...lol

 

[Brehvity3135]

Y'all are trying to make this a culture thing when the truth is, what little black girl is going to receive the major push Taylor Swift got to catapult her to success? Because there was a HUGE machine behind TS from jump. I remember being a preteen when I saw this random article on Yahoo Music or Seventeen or some shyt way back in the 2000s with a headline that went something like "How This Small Town Girl and Her Banjo are Taking the Country Music Scene by Storm". And it was a puff piece about how some blonde teenager had blown the socks off festival-goers from Branson to Nashville.

Now of course this was still back in the days when record labels could make up "quirky" and relatable backstories for their artists to sell more records so nobody knew she was a essentially Nepo-baby from a wealthy background who grew up and went to private schools on the East Coast and regularly travelled to NYC for expensive vocal lessons and exposure.

She was marketed as a small town girl from "humble beginnings" whose country-adjacent twang and simple lyrics were enough to charm and disarm young girls but that didn't happen simply because she had raw talent or was the country-pop singer America's youth had been waiting for. She was nothing and no one then suddenly everything and everywhere. A lot of money went into ensuring little "Tay-Tay" became a big star because record execs know an Aryan goldmine when they see one.

It’s a 100 percent culture thing. What’s the equivalent of Taylor Swift’s origin story for black people?

The Church! But black ppl no longer believe in church.

Brandy like every other great black singer started in church. It used the foundation or bedrock of the black community but black ppl collectively traded it in for sin and podcasts

Norwood started singing through her father's work as part of the local church choir, performing her first gospel solo at the age of two.

The answers were always in the churches. You didn’t get what you want but you got what you needed.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

nikka what Chris brown EASILY beats Usher. Usher is an old ass nikka that had ONE hit album. The amount of songs Chris brown has produced/song/danced quadruples what Usher did

Ain’t no way you’re serious with this post

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Y'all are trying to make this a culture thing when the truth is, what little black girl is going to receive the major push Taylor Swift got to catapult her to success? Because there was a HUGE machine behind TS from jump. I remember being a preteen when I saw this random article on Yahoo Music or Seventeen or some shyt way back in the 2000s with a headline that went something like "How This Small Town Girl and Her Banjo are Taking the Country Music Scene by Storm". And it was a puff piece about how some blonde teenager had blown the socks off festival-goers from Branson to Nashville.

Now of course this was still back in the days when record labels could make up "quirky" and relatable backstories for their artists to sell more records so nobody knew she was a essentially Nepo-baby from a wealthy background who grew up and went to private schools on the East Coast and regularly travelled to NYC for expensive vocal lessons and exposure.

She was marketed as a small town girl from "humble beginnings" whose country-adjacent twang and simple lyrics were enough to charm and disarm young girls but that didn't happen simply because she had raw talent or was the country-pop singer America's youth had been waiting for. She was nothing and no one then suddenly everything and everywhere. A lot of money went into ensuring little "Tay-Tay" became a big star because record execs know an Aryan goldmine when they see one.

Just get behind an artist like H.E.R. in the same way you’d get behind these female rappers. Sometimes it’s not that serious, you just need folks to get behind certain artists. There was times back in the day where a DJ would play a song that was supposed to be the single, then they’d flip it to the B-Side and that would become the hit. Taylor gets all these excuses which might be true, I don’t know or care. Shouldn’t it be easier to make stars that make all kinds of music now? It’s just crazy how Taylor is still killing after all these years, meanwhile black artists come and go, and amazing black talents end up getting screwed or don’t even get a chance to make it.

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

I meant modern day brother. We haven't had another Brandy in damn near 30 years now. She was so big she had her own Barbie Dolls and Cinderella stories.

Why can't we get another Brandy?

Complicated answer..I think because so many are trying to get ON and famous by being something they're not and being followers.

I think black people stopped going to church is a reason.

At church you hone your singing and musical abilities..as well as get the vision and support to realize your dream.