Swiftboating Redux: Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome

EPISODE 108 | Swiftboating Redux: Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome

She's the most successful pop star today, yet some people seem to suffer brain meltdowns when thinking about Taylor Swift. Call it TDSD, Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome, and it takes hold especially in MAGAmaniacs, Trumpeteers, Trad Chads and broflakes. 

Tracing the conspirasphere's treatment of Swift along with her career and life, including Kanyegate and the Masters Dispute, shows some interesting connections as TDSD spreads far and wide, outpaced only by her own wildly popular musical output.

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SECTIONS

1. 02:53 - Fearless - Beginning successes with Big Machine, first conspiracy theories
2. 07:48 - Kanyegate - The 2009 MTV VMA Awards echoes through the years
3. 11:47 - Speak Now - Swift as Satanic priestess, the reincarnation of Zeena Schreck (Lavay), or a clone; No, it's Becky
4. 15:28 - Red - Kanye West pipes up again, moves to NYC, starts advocating for artists' rights
5. 17:02 - 1989 - The Gaylor Theory and Taylor Swift Is Gay, the Squad, no belly button, goes after Spotify and Apple Music
6. 21:25 - Bad Blood - Kanye West sends flowers, then makes a phone call about "Famous", Swifties and Squaddies respond, Swift supports young women, West freaks out backstage at SNL, Kim Kardashian tells fibs, the video for "Famous" keeps the flames fanned, Kim releases a short video of the phone call and promotes #KimExposedTaylorParty, "I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative", battle lines were drawn, snake memes proliferate, friendships are broken, they're all part of the Illuminati
7. 29:47 - Out of the Woods - Harry Styles and Taylor Swift killed someone in 2012, David Mueller lawsuit, the $1, #MeToo kicks off, Time's "Silence Breakers"
8. 33:08 - Reputation - Swift died, gave birth to a snake baby, is a clone (again), Scooter Braun and Swift's masters dispute, Swift threatens to re-record her first six albums, Big Machine tries to shackle Swift, "Karyn" the inflatable snake, MAGA takes notice of Swift, Qtips think Monte Lipman is Jeffrey Epstein
9. 38:52 - You Need to Calm Down - Lover comes out, Covid-19 lockdown starts, the entire West-Swift call video is leaked, Swift takes the high road, the West flap has flashbacks and echoes, Swift hates the Statue of Liberty, some Squaddies defect, Swift gets down hard and retreats to London, watches movies with Joe Alwyn
10. 42:30 - Folklore Evermore - folklore is the ultimate lockdown album, "cardigan" sells sweaters, Swifties tank Live from Clear Channel Stripped 2008, Scooter Braun stops his feet but then sells to Disney's Shamrock Holdings, evermore comes out in just five months
11. 45:19 - Taylor's Version - Swift re-records and expands earlier work, reminds one of the Prince-Warner dispute, Braun makes a lot more money, the Carlyle Group tells Braun to make nice but he goes the other way, piss off the Swifties and find out, reminds one of Madonna and Brittany Spears, the attention economy is a new thing, Swift is too left wing for the alt-righties
12. 50:48 - In the Midnight Era - Midnights and the Eras Tour, Swift gives back to her truck drivers, more Taylor's Versions, starts seeing Travis Kelce, Swifties register to vote, MAGA is worried Swift will endorse Biden, a slew of conspiracy theories (ice cream, human skin hat, CIA psy-ops agent, mind control master, AI-porn on Twitter, Trump says he's more popular than Swift, Trumpeteers declare a holy war on Swift, Kelce is gay), much nonsense about the Super Bowl, Trump wades in again, she's a golddigger and also super gross
13. 58:14 - Scientific American looks into TSDS, The Tortured Poets Department is nigh

• Music by Fanette Ronjat
• Lapsus Linguae - At 10:15, I accidentally call the album Fearless "Fear", forgetting the "less". I also mistakenly call the song "You Belong With Me" You Belong to Me. 

More Info:

• Donate to the World Health Organization
• Feeding America website
• Taylor Swift website
• Taylor Swift on Facebook
• Taylor Swift on Instagram
• Taylor Swift on YouTube
• Reasons why I love Taylor Swift by springapple
• r/TaylorSwift
• Swifties on Wikipedia
• Swifties on Taylor Swift fandom wiki
• Taylor Swift and the Swifties: A Love Story Forged in Song
• Why Taylor Swift's Fans Love Her So Much in Psychology Today
• Understanding Swifties’ mindsets using the Taylor/Travis love story
• 14 Outrageous-But-Accurate Taylor Swift Theories That Prove Swifties Are The Best Detectives
• Taylor Swift’s boyfriends: A timeline of all the megastar’s famous exes
• Taylor Swift Is Incredibly Good At Being A Celebrity
• A Timeline of Taylor Swift’s Generosity
• Let’s go down the rabbit hole of Taylor Swift conspiracy theories
• Style Theory: The Cult of Taylor Swift video
• The 15 Wildest Conspiracy Theories About Taylor Swift
• The Taylor Swift iceberg video
• The wildest Taylor Swift conspiracy theories, from Biden 2024 to a cat spy comedy
• Snopes articles about Taylor Swift
• The Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theory Iceberg video
• Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theories Hold Sway With 1 in 5 Americans
• I'm losing my friends to Taylor Swift conspiracies :(
• Decoding Taylor Swift Conspiracies and Outrage on The Center for Inquiry
• Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and a wild internet theory about a snow mobile
• Taylor Swift Has A Japanese Doppelganger Who Starred In A McDonald’s Ad
• Does an Image Show Taylor Swift Hawking an Electric Burner?
• Numbers You Didn't Know You Needed: All the Times Taylor Swift Has Carried an Empty Purse
• Taylor Swift Had An Incredible Response To A Tumblr Meme About Herself
• 18 Taylor Swift Memes You'll Only Find In Your 'Wildest Dreams
• Taylor Swift deepfakes could be the tip of an AI-generated iceberg
• Tweet uses a ham sandwich as 'evidence' that Taylor Swift is a slut in USA Today
• Let’s call the abuse of Taylor Swift what it really is – a hate crime against women in The Independent
• The Squad on Swiftpedia
• A Complete History of Taylor Swift's Squad
• Is Taylor Swift gay? The Dianna Agron and Karlie Kloss relationship rumors, explained
• r/Gaylor_Swift
• I Cracked the Code on Galyor_Swift
• Taylor Swift is Gay on Tumblr
• Is Taylor Swift gay? | Deep Dive video
• Taylor Swift DOESN'T want you to THINK she's GAY video
• Taylor Swift puts decades-long romance rumour to rest with single missive
• “Haters Gonna Hate, Hate . . . .” Can Taylor Swift “Shake it Off”?
• HOW THE EXTREMIST RIGHT HIJACKED ‘STAR WARS,’ TAYLOR SWIFT AND THE MIZZOU STUDENT PROTESTS TO PROMOTE RACISM
• Taylor Swift has angered many people with her 'You Need To Calm Down' release. Here's why
• The 10 Most Convincing Theories About Taylor Swift’s Album Reputation
• Taylor Swift Has Written an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal
• Taylor Swift Pens Open Letter Explaining Why ‘1989’ Won’t Be on Apple Music
• Apple Changes Course After Taylor Swift Open Letter: Will Pay Labels During Free Trial
• Taylor Swift won her day in court. Here's what you need to know.
• Top 10 References You Missed in Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do" video
• A Complete Timeline of Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun’s Feud
• Taylor Swift Explains Why She's Re-Recording Her Albums on Seth Meyers video
• How Taylor Swift Outsmarted Her Record Label video
• Taylor Swift and Kanye West's 'Famous' Phone Call Video Leaks Online — Read the Transcript
• A Complete Timeline of Taylor Swift and Kanye West's Feud
• Swift an ‘Aryan goddess' to alt-right
• This is why you hate Taylor Swift - thoughts on women who have an ego
• Taylor Swift Admits She Was ‘Lonely’ While Writing Her ‘Folklore’ Album During the Pandemic
• All the records Taylor Swift has broken in 2023
• MAGA movement targets Taylor Swift with pitiful conspiracy theories
• From nightmare ticketing to online abuse, being a pop fan is becoming miserable
• Haters gonna hate: Pentagon pushes back against Fox News conspiracy theory involving Taylor Swift
• A Timeline of Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s Relationship
• The right is coming for Taylor Swift. They don't stand a chance
• Conservatives have picked the wrong enemy with attacks on Taylor Swift
• Taylor Swift fans sent me death threats, doxxed my family, and accused me of being a pedophile after I criticized her Eras Tour
• Taylor Swift’s ‘Time’ Cover Is Breaking Far-Right Brains
• Sean Hannity Has Surprising Take On Taylor Swift Criticism
• Republicans Are Once Again Being Very Weird About Taylor Swift
• Taylor Swift Has Broken Conservatives’ Brains
• Why Taylor Swift Is Making Conservatives Crazy
• The meaning of the hysteria over Taylor Swift
• Secrecy and Taylor Swift: What Conspiracy Theories Reveal About Our Growing Distrust of Institutions
• GOP invents Taylor Swift conspiracy theory instead of facing reality about unpopular policies on MSNBC video
• Trump reportedly said he's "more popular" than Taylor Swift, worrying about her endorsing Biden
• Trump Allies Pledge ‘Holy War’ Against Taylor Swift
• Study: Taylor Swift, social media conspiracy theories suggest record Super Bowl ratings
• Trump makes a plea for Taylor Swift's loyalty in pre-Super Bowl post to Truth Social
• GOP extremists whine about Taylor Swift after Chiefs' AFC championship win
• Untangling 13 Taylor Swift Midnights Theories: Real or Our Wildest Dreams?
• All the times number 13 was relevant in Super Bowl 58: A Taylor Swift conspiracy theory
• Taylor Swift has encouraged her fans' numerology habit yet again
• A Comprehensive Breakdown of Taylor Swift's Easter Eggs video
• Taylor Swift's music video symbolism video
• How the internet built a conspiracy theory around a new spy flick, a debut novel, and Taylor Swift
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