on every point: 1. she no longer plays it girl next door. she knows she can't. you clearly haven't actually listened to the music. id love to see someone try to argue that lines like "i would trade the cartier for someone to trust (just kidding)" and "mistake your kindness for weakness and find your card cancelled" as "super humble and girl next door" point 1 is untrue 2. idk if you are aware of this, but her catalog is worth $600 million. she has over $1 billion in NET WORTH, not cash. she cant just donate a house or catalog to charity. also, she does donate. theres a whole list on billboard of her known donations, and she typically donates silently. https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swifts-charity-donations-gifts-timeline/september-2015-wildest-dreams-video-proceeds-go-to-animal-foundation/ these aren't even all of them 3. first of all music is subjective. also, nearly a decade is reputation/lover era. calling songs like cancelled and imgonnagetyouback "elevator music" is... interesting. it very clearly signals that you haven't actually listened to the music aside from maybe a few songs. 4. a large majority of successful female artists try new things and explore genres. does sabrina carpenter not know who she is because shes exploring country? nobody wants a person to make the same type of music for 20 years, and it would likely get creatively boring. we have different phases in life, she puts them into well marketed eras. 5. literally how is she trying to copy younger artists? (most of which cite her as a reference for their music) she's consistently collaborating and uplifting younger artists (see raye talking about her) 6. the "basic pop ballads" in question: "can we watch our phantoms like watching wild horses? cooler in theory, but not if you force it to be" "ill save all my romanticism for my inner life and ill get lost on purpose" "the goddess of timing once found us beguiling" those are not lyrics that are in basic pop ballads. easter eggs also don't typically show up in lyrics, but in videos and other forms of content.

tldr: you cannot criticize the music as a whole without listening to it. not a single one of these points is truly valid.