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Before RED Taylor Swift was a blip in my life. It must’ve been the perfect moment for my daughter, ipods, and dad as carpool. RED became our anthem. A song we could share. Turn up. Rock out.

RED Taylor’s Version – LIVE – YouTube

The problem is Taylor Swift is stuck in her own gravity. She can’t see or comprehend that dating another megastar is NOT the path to happiness for a rockstar. She’s going to repeat the RED-THEME with Travis Kelce too. Sorry, Swifties. The average length of her big love moments (captured in all forms of media) is 6 – 9 months. I mean, what’s the future best case for her and the Super Bowl champion? Beaches and sunsets together forever? Kids next year? Taylor takes 10 years off to be MOM.

Nope.

This amazing woman has won Album of the Year four times. I’m thinking this an indication of the lack of imagination on the Grammy judges. It’s also a collapse of humility. As Taylor accepted the Grammy she announced her next album. Wink to the audience. The next Album of the Year. Make no mistake, the Tay-Train is on a roll. And if she is Time’s Person of the Year, I’m wondering what beyond breakup smash hits, and Super Bowl like concerts (all but Taylor on TAPE – remember Millie Vanilli?)

If she’s the best that we have, we’re all in trouble. She’s a million-billionaire superstar. She’s got about as much in common with Americans as Elon Musk. And we see where that’s going, right? Taylor is a great role model for aspiring musicians, performers, and rockstar hopefuls. She is NOT a role model for love, relationships, or picking a partner.

Taylor, let me speak directly to you for one second, you need a nice boy who’s got his own business, his own life in something other than fame and stardom. As has happend with all your previous relationships, the ego fight will end up tearing you apart. It’s not about who has more money, more Grammy’s, more Super Bowl rings. Taylor, you be the star. Find a man who can show you respect and care without needing to compete with you.

You need a man who wants nothing from you or your fame. And certainly, Taylor, please write great songs that are not repeats of RED. You already did it. Yes, you’re making better and better breakup songs, but that should not be your goal.

We’re about to see the next Taylor Swift album of the year courtesy of public disaster number six of seven, I can’t keep track. Look at your past boyfriends. You’ve dated the best, the hansomist, the talented, and perhaps you felt a moment of love, what “love” should feel like. Mayer didn’t need fame from you. Hiddelson didn’t need anything from you. What did you need from them?

Are you showing the world that you can achieve anything, control anything, and even land a football star and ride him all the way to the Super Bowl victory? (Pardon the pun.) Taylor, you’ve won enough Grammy’s. You don’t need to pre-announce your next Grammy-winning album.

What you need to do, is find a man who doesn’t need to be with you. Doesn’t see fame for fame’s sake. And who can show you what LOVE WITHOUT LIMITS feels like. I hope you and KC’s badass have a great run. And I hope your next album is filled with LOVE SONGS rather than LOVE GONE WRONG SONGS. I do hope you hitch up with Travis and have a string of lovely children. That would change your music dramatically. I’ve seen it happen.

Here’s the deal, if you want to see this idea at it’s most extreme. If you break up with Travis you only have two choices:

1. You take a year off – a sabbatical from dating in the public eye
2. You marry Pete Davidson and live happily ever after

That’s it.

Number one is a chance to regroup after the smashup. Number two is a hyperbole about where you’re headed. More odd. More extreme. More celebrity BREAKING NEWS segments about your love life and lack-of-love life.

I don’t think you’ve been loved as an adult. Mom and Dad are the best examples you have of what a healthy love should/could/will look like. But so far, you’re track record has been rewarded with a string of great breakup songs. I get it. I write a lot of sad love songs too. They are easier to write. The emotions and vitriol just flow out.

But Taylor, show us the flipside. Show us “I Saw Her Standing There” from your view. And then find someone who is NOT YOUR OWN SIZE. You don’t need any more boosts in celebrity status. You don’t need to be an accelerant for your boyfriend’s stardom. You might need your own island in BVI to chill and chill and chill. Take your pets, your guitars, and your support staff. If Travis is still in the picture this summer, sure, invite him to join you after you’ve been there for a week.

Take a breath, Taylor. Give some space for happy love songs. Give some space to discover what makes you feel warm and loved BESIDES A CROWD OF SCREAMING FANS.

Sorry, I’m done now, I’m sorry I yelled. I’m hoping for a real love song for you Taylor, and not just an improved reworked version of RED.

John McElhenney — LinkedIn

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