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Is Taylor Swift exploiting her fans? Yes, but...

Is Taylor Swift exploiting her fans? Yes, but...

It's Been a Minute vor 11 Monaten

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Love it or hate it, your favorite pop star is a person and a
product. How much are you willing to pay?

Taylor Swift’s latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, smashed
records for first week album sales. This was in part due to all the
different limited-edition variants that went on sale; some for only
24 hours. Talk about pressuring your fans! Is this business
strategy fan service, or fan exploitation? Where’s the line?

Brittany sits down with Stephen Thompson, host for NPR Music and
Pop Culture Happy Hour, and Ann Powers, NPR music critic and
correspondent, to get into the life of a business woman, why they
think Swift had to make this album, and whether or not it's worth
the cost.

Read Ann's (mostly positive) review of The Life of a
Showgirl.

(0:00) Is Taylor exploiting her fans? Yes and No!
(3:08) Taylor's business strategy isn't hers alone...
(6:11) Why Taylor is a proxy for all our rage
(10:43) Why vinyl sales in general have skyrocketed
(13:46) How the charts impact the music industry
(15:50) Why Taylor Swift HAD to make 'The Life of a Showgirl'
(18:15) Does greed make bad art?
(21:00) Responding to your comments :)

Follow Brittany Luse on Instagram: @bmluse

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