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Different Doesn’t Mean Bad
We can all like different things without them being bad
I like Taylor Swift’s music.
There, I said it. I’m a huge fan. OK, fine, I’m one of the Swifties.
The other day I was minding my own business doing my work while listening to music. All of a sudden, the song that was playing was broadcast across our office Bluetooth speaker. I was playing Maroon 5 at the time. Someone in the office laughingly scolded me that Maroon 5 should never again be played through those speakers.
He was kidding, but not really.
Generally, we don’t like it when other people don’t like what we like. We believe it’s some kind of accusation about the thing we like. Because I like Taylor Swift, I have bad taste in music and offend people who like System of a Down.
I like Maroon 5. I like Justin Bieber too. I also like Seether, Nora en Pure, Rage Against The Machine, Marilyn Manson, Eminem, Jay-Z, Chance the Rapper, Beyonce, Bach, Robyn, Queen, Adele, Interpol, Hozier, Lizzo, Billie Eilish and a mass of other genres and artists. You can follow me on Spotify and see that this is true.
Fans make or break an artist. Without fans, you have no one attending concerts and no one buying your music. Fans also promote you to their friends and then…
