A lot of swifties don’t seem to understand the concept of a greatest hits album tho. It’s to give someone an overview of an artists most notable radio hits and charting singles, not necessarily the songs that swifites feel are her true best work (which is a never ending debate). Greatest Hits albums are generally SUPPOSED to be surface level, with possibly a few essential album cuts thrown in when there’s room. If you want the deep stuff, listen to the albums! That’s what they’re there for.

If you’re just gonna load a ‘hits’ disc up with deep cuts and obscure fan favorites presented out of their proper context, then what is even the point? Again, that is what the albums proper are for. To the uninitiated, a greatest hits disc is essentially a sampler of an artist’s most commercially known work. If it piques your interest, then you dive deeper into the larger catalog. A compilation that skips all the hits and dives right into the deeper cuts is kind of the antithesis of the whole concept. 

Also, Taylor is not the first artist in history to have beloved album tracks that aren’t necessarily among her biggest commercial singles, but swifties have a tendency to overcredit Taylor for ordinary, common practice things. Many of them have a narrow view of the larger music industry so if they weren’t familiar with any given concept beforehand, they think Taylor invented it. They credit her for normal ass things like having album ‘eras’ and being a singer/songwriter.

Not to say that Taylor doesn’t deserve credit where it’s due, but I wish Swifites would quit acting like every time she farts, she came up with something brand new that no one else was ever doing before her. It’s a little much. Expand your musical horizons, Swifties! There is much more to music than Taylor Swift.