Right, I've seen it done with books as well. If you buy from Barnes and Noble you get this extra scene or playlist or whatever. But let's face it. Taylor is at a point in her career where she very well could afford to say no, you're getting a new color Target but that's that. Not a new, exclusive song that forces my fans to splurge on yet another version cause I didn't have the decency of putting them all out at the same time.
She knows what she's doing, it all goes to the lists. Every new version counts into the sales.
It's like with Midnights. We all know at some point she'll put out the 3AM version. And if we want to own it, we'll have to buy another one. And she might not put YLM in it. That might be only in the CD that was for sale or she might put it out some other time in yet another version. She does do it with songs too. Not just with special colors.
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I agree that she's generous to an extent but I also think it's just that we live in the hellfire that is late stage capitalism that makes us praise her as an employer.
Like yes, she provides insurance for her crew and dancers which most other artists do not. But this says more about the other artists and about the precariousness of employment within late stage capitalism than anything else. Insurance is like the lowest bar an employer can provide. But she's praised for it because other asshole artists don't do it. But really, it's the bare minimum.
The bonus for her tour drivers and cree was much lauded and of course it's a good thing and it meant a lot for them, I remember one could then afford to send his kid to college. Awesome. But when we think fo what that money meant for her in terms of the whole tour earnings...it's a drop in the ocean.
She could be doing more, is what I'm saying. It's like the Spiderman thing. With great power (or money ) comes great responsibility.
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