Some corrections: Firstly, yes, nobody is forcing anyone to buy every single variant of this album. The reason I made this video is because I don’t want this to become the norm. I don’t want any artist to feel like they have to release a bunch of variants with minor differences to gain success. Just because a lot of bigger artists do this doesn’t make it automatically ok. Secondly, I shouldn’t have made chart manipulation such a focal point in the video. A commenter correctly pointed out that in most cases, Taylor would’ve kept her chart placements whether or not she released the variants. The timing of the releases were definitely a little shady, but the numbers don’t lie. And finally, while I feel that Taylor is one of the biggest offenders of this practice, she certainly isn’t the only one. Even for the other artists I mentioned, they've all released a ton of color/cover variants, which is pretty excessive. We really don’t need a Walmart exclusive, a Target exclusive, an Urban Outfitters exclusive, etc. Taylor stands out here because for the vast majority of other artists, they aren’t including exclusive bonus tracks with every variant. Not to mention, most of those artists release their variants on day of release, not sporadically for months after release and for very short time periods. I’d also like to once again reiterate that this video isn’t meant to be an attack on Taylor’s music, and especially not her fans. I and many others are just tired of having so many unnecessary variants, especially now that they're locking content behind them. Hope you all are doing well, and thanks for watching. Hope all of that made sense. Updated Variant Count: 19 (7/12/24)

You have to admit, she’s queen of marketing

Swiftie here, I hella agree. I wish she just had one version of the standard and then another version with the anthology. It’s so wasteful to get the other variants when they exist IN THE ANTHOLOGY. It just seems money grubby, especially coming from someone who’s already a billionaire. She doesn’t need it. She just needs to be happy making her art and stop focusing on numbers. Trying to beat her peak is exhausting

lol i don't get it, i'm a swiftie but nowadays you can just wait for it to come out on spotify xD or youtube

Ok I’m a swiftie, but I totally agree. Taylor selling the same album just with different covers/ 1 bonus track is crazy.

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I bought the 4 special editions for the bonus tracks (+shipping for each!) since some of her bonus track were never released on digital, so imagine my disappointment when anthology had all 4 of them

Loved this video! Keep up the good work!

i LOVE taylor but we dont want all these diffrent varients we want the anology

As a Swiftie, I wondered the same thing, especially when it was blocking other women's success. How can she be a femenist and do this. She still seems nice and kind, but a lot of things she does don't really line up with that image, which I don't like

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dosen't she still have less variants than every other artists that released this year?

Ya know it would have been fine with just the first four varients (Manuscript, Bolter, Albatross, Black Dog) but like those otehr ones were annoying as shit and I really hope only a tiny amount of people bought those ones

Her fans are the real problem. Why do they keep buying these variants? The more they buy the more she will release.

I am a big fan of some of her work but this variants mess is just plain pathetic, greedy and insecure. She's already at the top, she doesn't even need this. Just taking advantage of her fan's money and devotion to her.

A big problem I have with this is that any physical product has a carbon footprint. It takes resources, and the packaging and sometimes the product itself winds up in a landfill eventually. That's why encouraging buying a whole new album for one song and having so many variants greatly increases the footprint of the album. Don't get me wrong - consumerism is toxic no matter what artist it comes from. But Taylor is a big offender, esp as someone who once claimed to care about the environment.

i'm glad i'm not the only one sick of these variants. it's so unnecessary. i especially hated how PRIOR to ttpd's release she started selling different albums with "bonus track"s on them, making people feel like they wouldn't be able to hear those extra songs unless they tortured their wallets, even though after they wasted their money she just released those bonus tracks with the anthology. ridiculous. that's not even clever marketing, it's just rude

She didn’t release any variants almost 2 weeks lol also this is how music industry work at they’re job.

15 variants on all forms? where is this energy towards billie eilish, olivia, dua, and others that release more than 15 for vinyl ALONE? Also no one is forcing any of you to buy them

I'm a swiftie and her tactics infuriate me - I think ecologically it's more demaging to the environment than her planes bc SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO IT - she still earns millions. Also it's getting tiring and so obvious it's just for cash. And don't get me started on how crazy swifties use this absurd 2014 white girlboss feminism defending her - "YOU JUST HATE WOMEN WHO ARE SUCCESFULL". What the hell..

It feels like the tone in your video is very mixed. - Your thumbnail & title incite rage? Or vindication? - Your disclaimers (due to seemed genuine ironically) make the main target for clicks take you less seriously - You direct all criticism to Taylor Swift as a person rather than specifing the persona (which would make the next point redundant) - You can criticize Taylor Swift BRAND without making HER the villain. You mention her team once throughout when a much more nuanced approach for this topic would be looking into her team. You can’t kill a Hydra by chopping off one of its heads. - Then again, this might be what you’re going for so :p

The swifties won’t like this 😔