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- rareuncountableThe study of the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift (born 1989).
With digital media collapsing, the next generation may prefer to share hot takes or Swiftology dissertations on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram Reels. Writing a professional music review is a niche ambition at this point.
2025 December 1, Tobias Hess, “Why the Music Critics Keep Writing”, in Study Hall, Brooklyn, N.Y.: Study Hall LLC4 more examples
I would definitely read, for example, a paper that deconstructed the rise and fall of the Squad, though I do wonder what can be taught in the field of Swiftology that thousands of internet theorists have not already painstakingly pieced together and analysed. After all, this is a woman who can write a scarf into a song and revive that scarf’s status as an international obsession an entire decade later.
2022 February 5, Rebecca Nicholson, “Richard Moore: even spies don’t want to see our Wordle solutions”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2022Taylor Swift for Adults is a tantalizing opening salvo in Swiftology - the study of the work of Taylor Swift. While Swift's private life has been covered to death, her talent as a lyricist has rarely been analyzed. Until now.
2024 July 30, Kev Nickells, Taylor Swift for Adults: Taking Swift Seriously, Barnsley, South Yorkshire: White Owl, Pen & Sword Books, →ISBN, description“Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site,” Swift wrote Tuesday. “The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.” That Swift reacted poorly shouldn’t have come as a surprise to the former president. (Trump didn’t apologize, but he did admit the “photos” were fabricated by somebody else.) The pop star’s desire to protect her image, her intellectual property and her image as her intellectual property is lesson 101 in Swiftology.
2024 September 15, Molly Roberts, “What Taylor Swift just taught JD Vance and Donald Trump”, in Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alas., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A5, column 2I have to take a moment to gather myself after this vignette but Laura [Snapes], who would hold a masters in Swiftology should one exist (please don’t write in) is more blase about all this stuff, and skips on to offer her assessment: “That’s like a microcosm of how she’s able to have a very intimate seeming relationship with her fans even on the biggest scale pop music has ever seen.”
2026 June 12, Libby Brooks, “Friday briefing: Inside Taylor Swift’s 20-year rise to pop superstardom”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2026
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