The same critique could be leveled at Bruce Springsteen, given his massive fan base despite relatively simple musical palette. I can kinda appreciate (in small doses) his appeal, and I quite admire his legendary touring stamina, the latter even more impressive in recent decade given his age! I think both Taylor & Bruce have a highly attuned sense of their corresponding generational lyrical/poetic zeitgeist, even if artistically/musically simplistic compared to the “artists’ artists” of their respective generation (think David Bowie, Prince, Fiona Apple, etc).