Maroon 5, Green Day, Dua Lipa, Coldplay fueling trend. Multiplier effect reflected across industries such as food and beverages, hotels, merchandise etc, says Bank of Baroda report.
She’s perhaps the only artist that one still has to offer a ‘reason’ for liking. No one bats an eye if you like Harry Styles or Beyonce. But god forbid you express your love for Swift publicly.
On Sunday, Trump called on Swift to not endorse US President Biden. Meanwhile, Trump’s supporters have been trying to paint her as a ‘psychological operation’ to reelect Biden.
Just like her songs, there is a ‘Taylor’s version’ for everything that happens in the world. Maybe we should listen to her when she says—“It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me”.
There is something about the idea of classes on Taylor Swift as literature that catches the popular imagination. Her name is sometimes juxtaposed with another one: Shakespeare.
There doesn’t appear to be a single countercultural bone in her body. She doesn’t have even a modicum of that detachedness, that aloofness, which is conflated with coolness.
The concert film came of age in the 1970s. The format was all about capturing the essence of live performance and the skill and sinew of serious musicianship.
Fanboys of Salman Khan, Rajinikanth, Shah Rukh Khan and Mahesh Babu are allowed to run wild in theatres. But Taylor Swift fans are called ‘cringe’ for dancing.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
The young are going broke in their desperate pursuit of the “experience lifestyle”. Taking loans, usually unsecured personal loans from some financial app, to attend concerts and festivals, Goa trips and what not. This cavalier attitude towards financial management is bringing ruin to hundreds of thousands.
The industry wants this trend to continue for obvious reasons. They are making hay. The young ones are getting under a debt burden.
This “Experience Economy” is fueled by GenZ. GenZ is the most debt burdened generation in Indian history. Whereas the current and previous generations took on debt for long term asset creation, GenZ does it for “Experiences”.
Needless to say, the effects of such experiences are quite visible on this generation. One can easily predict what the future holds for them.
The pop-stars are loving it though. They rake in the moolah after all.
The young are going broke in their desperate pursuit of the “experience lifestyle”. Taking loans, usually unsecured personal loans from some financial app, to attend concerts and festivals, Goa trips and what not. This cavalier attitude towards financial management is bringing ruin to hundreds of thousands.
The industry wants this trend to continue for obvious reasons. They are making hay. The young ones are getting under a debt burden.
This “Experience Economy” is fueled by GenZ. GenZ is the most debt burdened generation in Indian history. Whereas the current and previous generations took on debt for long term asset creation, GenZ does it for “Experiences”.
Needless to say, the effects of such experiences are quite visible on this generation. One can easily predict what the future holds for them.
The pop-stars are loving it though. They rake in the moolah after all.