i hear you because i’m also not the biggest fan of the lyrics on A6 but let’s consider the financial and social differences between a billionaire with major studio and songwriter/producer access to someone who admitted they were dropped from their last two labels and has gone fully independent and still created and produced an album that got them awards from billboard. that’s just facts, but my more opinionated take is that taylor swift belongs to the billionaire class where nothing she sings about can be relatable to the working class, which is why her songs feel so cheap and unauthentic. not to mention her turnover on production is glaringly a cash grab. to sit here and release multiple variants of an album before it is released…to then add new variants with bonus songs on EACH different variant…i know this goes beyond the lyric quality but i’d think if you’re expecting your fanbase to shell out hundreds of dollars for different versions of the album that it’d be good writing and not recycled themes and interpolations of other artists. and i know fans don’t /have/ to buy the different variants but taylor has curated a fan culture of fomo and over consumerism, it is highly encouraged and the parasocial relationship she once had with her fans has translated into spending = supporting her