3/2/2023 0 Comments Taylor swift tik tok![]() For now at least, it’s able to eschew the negativity of some Instagram and Twitter chats about the singer, likely because - as TikTok will serve you related content based on what you previously engaged with - you don’t really wind up 12 videos deep on Taylor unless you, you know, want to be there. While there are certainly problems with stan culture in general, SwiftTok is a pretty positive place. Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame On TikTok I can watch videos of Taylor performing over and over again. A similar deal happened with 1989 fave “Wildest Dreams” earlier this year, resulting in Swift quickly releasing “Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)”. This month, enough new people discovered an 11-year-old song thanks to TikTok that "Enchanted" recently hit the top 10 on Spotify’s US Daily Chart. ![]() They’ll hear the hook on TikTok thanks to a snippet being used in a trend, and the next thing you know they are down the rabbit hole of her catalogue. This is particularly comical because some of the people are discovering the songs without first realizing they are Taylor songs. Blondie, as she is often referred to on SwiftTok, did it again. Despite never being a single off the 2010 album, it’s charming to watch tons more people discover that, yup, that nearly six-minute ode to longing about an intoxicating new crush is.a Taylor classic. The new-meets-old specialness of TikTok for the singer is exemplified by what’s going on right now with Speak Now track "Enchanted," which went viral in the last few weeks. "The combination of re-releases and TikTok make it clear you aren’t the only one, and in fact, are part of something bigger." ![]() You can do that by yourself whenever you want, of course, but the combination of re-releases and TikTok make it clear you aren’t the only one, and in fact, are part of something bigger. Scream-singing the chorus of "The Moment I Knew" is a joy no one should go without, regardless of when one joined the fandom. SwiftTok is fun, but it also illustrates and supports an unexpected bonus when it comes to Taylor Swift’s album re-release project: The platform contributes to and allows newer fans the collective thrill of an experience they may have missed the first time around. SwiftTok is the kind of place where something like the phrase " 10-minute version of ‘All Too Well'" can go from a legend, which only those deep in the fandom are aware might exist, to widely known enough that Swift not only put said song on Red (Taylor’s Version) but also made it a cornerstone of the marketing. It’s also where new fans, particularly Gen Z ones, can learn their Taylor history, studying up about secret messages in the liner notes of her earlier albums, or a theory behind the significance of a certain performance or song. Apologies to YouTube, but SwiftTok vids are the best way to mimic the thrill of her live concerts, where the connection between Taylor and the audience is strong, but the connection between audience members is also pretty exciting. Then, crucially, one can also head to the comment section, where they’ll be greeted like an insider, with winking lyric references and big-hearted support from a community all in on the same thrill. ![]() The video editing capabilities allow for a wider range of expression, meaning it’s TikTok where one can see fans dancing along to her bops, and it also allows them to cue up some of her most heartbreaking bridges to play over devastating texts from men with whom they went on two sort of ok dates. ![]() SwiftTok - the fan hashtag for the collection of Taylor vids on TikTok - is the 2021 version of a message board or blog, but the easy integration of music makes it a far more natural home for the obsessive Taylor fans among us compared to other Swiftie social media faves of the past, like Tumblr. Over the past few months, Red (Taylor’s Version) fan promo has dominated SwiftTok, meaning I’ve watched Swifties rock out to the bridge of Red bonus track “Come Back.Be Here” more times than I can count. The all-knowing TikTok algorithm understands what I love, and serves it up daily: old Taylor Swift interviews, analyses of her latest cryptic Instagram posts, mashups of two or more of Taylor’s perfect songs. My TikTok For You Page is all Taylor Swift. ![]()
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