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She must be the wrong type of millionaire or something

She isn't one at all, she's a billionaire, and she's definitely not a fucking victim.

If anything, it's her fellow billionaires not getting enough shit, not her getting too much.

Without weighing in on the subject of TS being a billionaire, it's just a terribly written article. Essentially just repeats the same phrases over and over about a handful of different states.

~~Also, where the fuck did they get an average lifespan of 47.9 years???~~

~~> residents would still need to work a whopping 215 years, or 4.59 lifetimes...~~

~~215 / 4.59 = 47.98~~

My mistake. It didn't click for me that the article is talking about working years, not lifespan. Still a shittily written article.

Ticketmaster takes something like half straight off the top. Then there's a separate venue owner much of the time, concessions, technical staff, security, medical, and finally Swift's staff who build the stage and maintain her equipment, any other talent on stage and then, the last person to get paid is Taylor Swift.

It does specifically say revenue of a single show. Which as far as I'm concerned would include all ticket sales even if the proceeds from those sales don't entirely go to Taylor. Though I do agree the headline is a bit disingenuous. If I'm being generous I'd say they're referring to Taylor Swift the money making apparatus and less so Taylor Swift the person.

Pretty sure she has financial managers to keep her earned money working for her by investing in stocks and bonds and such.

Right - this is not passive income. She's just massively in-demand, and can only exist in one place at a time.

How much goes to everyone else at the venue would be a different conversation.

yes let's defend the work ethic of Taylor swift, singer who definitely didn't famously have rich parents who essentially made her success happen

I've heard she pays her people pretty well, but I'm not in that industry so idk.

It’s not their fault they’re this disgustingly rich

Whose fucking fault is it then????

No billionaire is an ethical billionaire

Capitalism is a system based on exploitation. She takes far, far, far more than her fair share, leading to others losing out.

Strong public perception. Swift is often portrayed as a front runner of liberated women and modern (however-manyth wave) feminism as well as "woke" (I really hate that word) lifestyle aka pluralistic and aware of socioeconomic issues, which certain people don't like. At the same time Swift was cited as one of the "worst" private jet owners for having taken the highest number of private flights in a certain group and timeframe (citation gravely needed). She is easy to attack due to the (supposedly) high moral standard people attribute to her image. Probably comparable to Gates in this regard.

She also has a giant amount of people she pays with those earnings. Not saying she isn't filthy rich, but she is an artist, writes most of her own words and music, and fought really hard to get compensated for it.

I respect her for all of that. She probably also does a ton of charity. What she does is not easy. Most people can't even write a verse/chorus/verse/chorus lyric that works, let alone piano and guitar. Actually make it so other people enjoy it, and perform that shit night after night all over the world. That's a shit ton of traveling, setting up, doing the set, tearing all of that huge production down, and moving on to the next gig.

I don't listen to her at all, but I admire the amount of effort ot takes to do it. She's not some CEO with a laptop flying around meeting other CEOs for drinks. People like her work hard. Other acts that do that have earned thier money too. Metallica, Rolling Stones, what have you. They write and perform and bust ass far more than you and me ever will.

I wasn't expecting that to pour out of me, i apologize. Lol