It’s not for me, this Taylor Swift fandom.
People believing a 5/10 musician is the
goddess and saviour of serious music.
But I do admire the dedication. Takes me
rigth back to when I paused the tape-deck
to hand write lyrics, then type them up
on the old electric typewriter. That was
peak fandom for me - collecting Bowie
and Prince and Tracy Chapman, and
some others. Nothing I’m ashamed of,
then or now. But plenty for the Swifties
to laugh at, or ignore. Which is how it
always must be. Fandom is an energy.
The musician is like a starter engine.
We’re never wrong, or always wrong.
In the end it’s all the same. In the end
none of it matters - which is
why it means the world.