T-Swizzle is Lonely

Ainsley McGowan

Word Count: 241

Klosterman's Owner of a Lonely Heart Response Paper

Probably the most interesting thing that I noticed in Klosterman’s essay about Taylor Swift was how he described her as being somewhat obsessed with her friendships and associations with people. He discussed how people were skeptical of her friendships as they figured they were more like acquisitions, and he also drew a picture of a famous entertainer devoting her day to performing and signing autographs and talking to people, to then having to come home to an empty house and, in Taylor’s case, watch a show about other people and their friends. She also did not directly state that she was not lonely, she just talked about how she has so many friends and how she is around so many people all the time so when she comes home and spends time alone, she’s relaxed. However, to me, the fact that she comes home and watches Friends suggests a subconscious loneliness, which is something Klosterman may be hinting at as well. Another thing I agree with is where Klosterman writes/says “you never say who your songs are about, but you concede that if enough people believe in something it essentially becomes fact”. I think this has a lot of validity to it; general consensus for something usually becomes the truth, even if it is not. In relation to this, by Taylor Swift still keeping the true answers a secret, she does still have the upper hand, as mentioned in the essay.