{"id":2227147,"date":"2024-04-22T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-swift-faces-fury-from-fans-sparks-backlash-over-all-the-racists-lyrics-so-many-things-wrong-about-this\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T12:55:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:55:25","slug":"taylor-swift-faces-fury-from-fans-sparks-backlash-over-all-the-racists-lyrics-so-many-things-wrong-about-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-swift-faces-fury-from-fans-sparks-backlash-over-all-the-racists-lyrics-so-many-things-wrong-about-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift faces backlash from fans for controversial lyrics mentioning &#8216;all the racists.&#8217; #SwiftBacklash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaylor-swift-faces-fury-from-fans-sparks-backlash-over-all-the-racists-lyrics-so-many-things-wrong-about-this%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2227147&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Taylor\u2062 Swift \u2062stirs controversy with lyrics referencing \u2063the 1830s and &#8220;all the\u200c racists,&#8221; sparking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> backlash\u2064 and discussions on idealizing historical eras. \u200bFans express mixed reactions,\u200d questioning the song&#8217;s portrayal of a past period. Swift&#8217;s\u200b impact on cultural conversations and her lyrical choices continue to captivate audiences. \u200bTaylor Swift&#8217;s\u200b controversial lyrics mentioning the\u200c 1830s and &#8220;all the racists&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/advocacy-group-slams-medical-association-paper-for-seeking-taxpayer-funding-to-transplant-uteruses-in-men\/\" title=\"Advocacy group criticizes medical association's request for taxpayer funding to perform uterus transplants in men.\">provoke strong reactions<\/a> on social media. \u200cFans \u2064debate the portrayal of historical eras\u2062 in\u2062 her song, highlighting \u200bthe ongoing discussions sparked by Swift&#8217;s\u200b choice \u2062of\u2063 lyrics. Her influence on cultural conversations and audience engagement remains prominent amidst the controversy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jsaunders\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jsaunders\/%20\"><span>Joe Saunders<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 22, 2024 at 6:03am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>She\u2019s testing the limits of the old line about bad publicity.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift, the pop music megastar who\u2019s dominated headlines to an embarrassing degree so far this year, is making a different kind of news with the lyrics from the new album released on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>And one line in particular has fans in an uproar.<\/p>\n<p>In a song called \u201cI Hate It Here\u201d \u2014 a title that will bring a smile to anyone\u2019s face \u2014 Swift describes what sounds like being the wet blanket at a high school party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friends used to play a game where we would pick a decade we wished we could live in instead of this \/ I\u2019d say the 1830s but without all the racists and getting married off for the highest bid,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Taylor-swift-i-hate-it-here-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she sings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift - I Hate It Here (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BpkmUfv1I4Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2024\/04\/20\/taylor-swift-lyrics-all-the-racists-new-album\/73395250007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a> reported, the song is from \u201cThe Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology\u201d \u2014 a \u201cdeluxe version\u201d of her album.<\/p>\n<p>It sounds like a joke \u2014 the 1830s don\u2019t exactly jump out as one of the earth-shaking decades in American history (welcome to the Union, <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/R\/R47747\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arkansas and Michigan<\/a>!), and the part about \u201cwithout all the racists\u201d borders on surreal considering it described an era where chattel slavery was the \u201cpeculiar institution\u201d in half the country.<\/p>\n<p>But joking or not, the line drew predictable social media backlash in a cultural moment that has made Swift an important figure for some reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cy\u2019all .. there are so many wrong things about this,\u201d one user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">y\u2019all.. there are so many wrong things about this <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NW8hPDlDNP\">pic.twitter.com\/NW8hPDlDNP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud81a\udd10 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\udddb\ud835\udde5\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde6 \ud835\uddda\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd7\ud835\uddd8 \ud81a\udd10 (@ghostijn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghostijn\/status\/1781241979080184086?\">April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">a song called \u201cI hate it here\u201d and fantasizing a time that was much worse than \u201chere\u201d in the lyrics <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X6uGEV1beb\">https:\/\/t.co\/X6uGEV1beb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 michael (@SHREWT00TH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHREWT00TH\/status\/1781362142265942074?\">April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s an interesting commentary on how we sometimes idealize certain eras without fully considering the realities of living in them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ash (@err_aticAF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/err_aticAF\/status\/1781292704313254371?\">April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Besides slavery and the brewing divisions that would lead to the Civil War in a generation, the 1830s had a good number of downsides from a modern perspective, like, say, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdsewer.com\/plumbing\/when-was-indoor-plumbing-invented\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lack of indoor plumbing<\/a> (it\u2019s a good bet Swift\u2019s fans are also fans of convenient toilet facilities).<\/p>\n<p>There also wasn\u2019t a mania sweeping that country that pretended there was no difference between men and women, that believed children could choose their sexuality as easy as they choose socks that don\u2019t match.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Does she deserve the backlash?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There weren\u2019t many platforms for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taylor-swift-halts-concert-deliver-message-young-fans-christian-parents-wont-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charlatans like Swift<\/a> to claim \u2014 as the singer has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taylor-swift-attacks-2020-census-listing-two-genders-erasure-upsetting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">history of doing<\/a> \u2014 that anyone who stands up for logic, science and basic decency when it comes to the different sexes is a bigot.<\/p>\n<p>Chances are, Swift knows that. As tempting as it might be to think she\u2019s not all that bright, no one gets to the top the way she has without having it together upstairs. (Which just makes her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taylor-swifts-perverted-christianity-sodomy-good-protecting-babies-awful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abhorrent politics<\/a> even worse.)<\/p>\n<p>And the chances are just as good that she wouldn\u2019t be caught dead in the 1830s if she had a choice in the matter \u2014 racists or no racists. Just being without an iPhone would probably be torture for the \u201cTortured Poets Department\u201d songstress.<\/p>\n<p>The line in the song is probably just what the lyrics imply, a buzz kill that made all the other girls \u201clook down \u2019cause it wasn\u2019t fun now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it is bringing a new test to the old saying that \u201cthere\u2019s no such thing as bad publicity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And just in time, too. After a winter of Americans being inundated with the cultural and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-releases-cryptic-x-post-taylor-swifts-chiefs-win-super-bowl-lviii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political implications<\/a> of Swift\u2019s romance with Kansas City Chiefs tight end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taylor-swifts-boyfriend-travis-kelce-produces-new-movie-boosted-financially-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis Kelce<\/a>, things had gotten too quiet lately.<\/p>\n<p>And the country hasn\u2019t had nearly enough Taylor Swift news in 2024.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/socialist-calls-into-hannity-radio-show-and-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-we-dont-want-to-unite-with-you-we-want-to-destroy-every-last-one-of-you-audio\/\" title=\"Socialist Calls Into Hannity Radio Show and Says the Quiet Part Out Loud, \u201cWe Don\u2019t Want to Unite with You, We Want to Destroy Every Last One of You\u201d (AUDIO)\">end game<\/a> is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. We have the platform, the journalists, and the experience to fight back hard, but Big Tech is strangling us through advertising blacklists, shadow bans, and algorithms. Did you know that we\u2019ve been blacklisted by 90% of advertisers? Without direct support from you, our readers, we can\u2019t continue the fight.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Can we count on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>your support<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>? It may not seem like much, but a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Western Journal Membership<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  can make all the difference in the world because when you support us directly, you cut Big Tech out of the picture. They lose control. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A monthly Western Journal Membership costs less than one coffee and breakfast sandwich each month, and it gets you access to ALL of our content \u2014 news, commentary, and premium articles. You\u2019ll experience a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/making-a-dent-liability-fears-are-driving-providers-to-drop-gender-affirming-care-for-kids-even-where-its-legal\/\" title=\"Liability fears force providers to abandon 'Gender-Affirming Care' for kids, despite legality.\">radically reduced number<\/a> of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44712\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jsaunders\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44712\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44712\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44712\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44712\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Joe has spent more than 30 years as a reporter, copy editor and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-delivers-disastrous-commencement-address-at-howard-university-receives-honorary-degree\/\" title=\"Biden Delivers Disastrous Commencement Address at Howard University, Receives Honorary Degree\">metro desk editor<\/a> in newsrooms in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida. He&#8217;s been with Liftable Media since 2015.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Joe has spent more than 30 years as a reporter, copy editor and metro editor in newsrooms in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida. He&#8217;s been with Liftable Media since 2015. Largely a product of Catholic schools, who discovered Ayn Rand in college, Joe is a lifelong newspaperman who learned enough about the trade to be skeptical of every word ever written. He was also lucky enough to have a job that didn&#8217;t need a printing press to do it. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Philadelphia <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a daring move, Taylor Swift challenges the idea of bad publicity. The pop sensation, who has been in the spotlight excessively this year, sparks new discussions with the lyrics from her latest album. 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