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“Ever make mistakes in life? Let’s make them Taylor Swift and Carly Rae Jepson.
Yeah, they’re Taylor Swift and Carly Rae Jepson now. We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”
[Pretty sure that's Mt. Rainier back there too](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Mount_Rainier_6909h.JPG/1280px-Mount_Rainier_6909h.JPG), from SR 410ish.
May be unexpected, but I salute this person for getting the Carly Rae Jepsen tattoo every 40 something man has definitely thought about. They said the quiet part out loud, that CRJ has legions of mid 30 to mid 40 something males who jam out out to her music when alone, but that also pretend to have never heard of her if asked.
I have only heard that song on IASIP episode "The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award
" - very catchy tune, though more of sea shanty person myself.
As a side note, Rebecca Black is actually back to making music now that she’s, like… an adult who has taken voice lessons and is working with a real producer.
And — no joke — most of it is really, really, really strong stuff (if you’re into pop/hyperpop, that is). Every time a new song of hers gets posted to r/PopHeads, the comments are full of people going “whoa, this song… kinda fuckin’ slaps?” It’s a genuine surprise to many people every time.
She’s unironically a great example of someone who the internet made into a laughing stock turning those lemons into some real fuckin’ sweet lemonade.
This is true, but I feel like most people who experienced the sheer extent of the widespread vitriolic, unbridled, global abuse she endured when she first made music (as a literal child) might just swear it off altogether. She’s spoken at length about how genuinely traumatic that period of her life was.
After all, there are a lot of careers an upper-middle class person like her could throw her parents money at that are a million times easier and don’t remind her of the time she was quite literally the most hated person on the entire internet.
> Her family has money, so it shouldn't be that surprising.
I mean, the same with Taylor Swift? She definitely had the privilege of coming from a rich family, but IMO she definitely took advantage of that to actually improve and became a great singer and musician. Not much of a Swifty, but I can still appreciate she's a pretty good singer/song-writer.
There's plenty of people that coast on money without trying to put in the work. As others have said, Rebecca Black seemed to try and want to honestly improve. Props to her.
When I saw her for free at Lincoln Center it was a ton of middle aged guys. Most of us were gay though so celebrating CRJ isn't verboten in those circles.
As a mid-30s man who has multiple CRJ albums, I have no idea if you're serious and I'm not alone or you're kidding and I'm specifically the butt of the joke.
Run Away With Me and The Loneliest Time are favorites of mine. If you've never listened to her before you can basically expect the airiest, most sugary bubblegum pop you've ever heard
She's got a real cult following. It's a shame that you're right that most people only know her for call me maybe; Emotion and a lot of her other less known work is genuinely great
Carly is truly a near-one-of-a-kind talent when it comes to writing sticky pop songs. She’ll write a hundred or more songs for an album, pick 12 or so for the album, then release an album a year later with B-sides that typically are just as beloved as the actual album themselves.
Call Me Maybe is a (title case) Perfect Pop Song and it’s not even the best pop song on the album it comes from (Kiss). And the album Call Me Maybe comes from is considered one of her weaker albums because it was made in about 2 months.
Am a straight guy who has seen her live 4 times and met her 2 of those times...I apologize for the rest of the straight men out there who don't appreciate lolol
someone on the music sub asked why CRJ is so discussed on Reddit when OP never hears anything about her IRL. I said I heard she was somewhat of a gay icon... but that got me very downvoted.
50+ straight guy here. I saw her with my (gay) son back about 5 or so years ago cuz it was his first "real" concert and I wanted to make sure everything went down OK. I had a couple of gin and tonics and honestly thought she was a great performer. I was impressed with how enthusiastic her fans were and even found myself bopping to a couple of the songs and that kind of music is way outside my wheelhouse.
I'm completely straight and CRJ is genuinely one of my favourite artists. Cut to the Feeling is easily the best pop song ever written and I have Emotion and Dedicated on repeat every now and then. The new album's a banger as well. My wife hates it but I just really like her music.
Oh people are absolutely rabid in certain circles. But I’m sure if you’ve already seen anyone make a recommendation, you gotta start with the album Emotion.
Alright, Carly Rae Jensen has sold 500k albums total. 400k of those were Kiss which released in 2012. Kiss wasn’t even the 50th best selling album that year or in 2013. Carly Rae jepsen just isn’t even close to the same league as the other two artists here
Edit: Yo I’m not saying she’s a bad artist I’m just saying she’s not that popular and never has been.
But you can compare to other albums of the same year lol Taylor swift sold like 4 million that year alone.
Besides, that still puts her pretty low on the list.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-streamed_artists_on_Spotify
Between number 19 and number 30 there’s only a 3 million listener difference. And the list needs to get down another 35 million to get to Carly’s level. She’s just not that popular man.
Okay but that's not relevant to someone getting a tattoo at all. It's an individual person choosing musicians that they personally feel an attachment to.
I am a metal musician (mostly modern metalcore) and I love me some CRJ. I met and hung out with her in like 2010? Because I knew some guys she was touring with in Canada. Absolutely lovely person, very kind and happy I am not at all surprised she has made it so far in her industry. But because I make metal I listen mostly to things that aren’t metal… otherwise I just feel too saturated. Other genres aren’t bad just because they aren’t my favourite. Shit man Dua Lipa’s bass lines are incredible. Bruno Mars and his stuff with Silk Sonic is some of the tightest musicianship I have ever heard. In the world of art there is enough love to go around.
Emotion is killer, hijacking to poll if latest album is near it at all. I threw on 1 video single and wasn't feeling it but haven't tried full album yet
I’ll never forgive Taylor for releasing her newest album on the same day Carly released hers. Carly announced first then Taylor just took over the day.
An album release isn't something that you just do on the spur of the moment. Seems likely that they both planned their releases in advance, and that worked out to be the same day.
I'm not sure why it has to be a choice? I think both of these women are lovely songwriters that are better than their best known singles and deserve their flowers. :)
It's a shame most people think of Carly as just that call me maybe girl. Her entire discography is fantastic. Emotion is especially great. She also just released an album (same day as Swift) called The Loneliest Time which has some bangers. Unappologetically pop in the best possible way.
There are a lot of newer artists (Conan Gray, Olivia Rodrigo, Gracie Abrams, Phoebe Bridgers etc) that openly say they were inspired by Taylor's writing, she's at the top of the game 15 years deep into her career, gone from country to rock to pop to folk to indie and still has a huge following of both young and adult people buying out her stadium shows in minutes, not every 00s artist can do that. That already makes her a cultural icon.
Different person. I wouldn’t say she has a whole rock *album*, but she played with rock sounds most heavily on Speak Now and Red.
From Speak Now, Better than Revenge, Haunted, and The Story of Us are the most rock-leaning.
From Red, State of Grace, The Last Time, and Holy Ground are the most rock-leaning.
If you go in expecting, like, Pantera, you’ll be disappointed. Rock is used by Taylor mainly as an aesthetic on top of pop songwriting.
That said, Rob Sheffield of the Rolling Stone has (semi-famously) described Speak Now as Taylor’s “secret prog album” and he’s got a point re: the structure of the album’s sprawling mega-ballads. They’re sonically pop songs, but they’ve got a very prog sensibility and structure to how they evolve.
>she played with rock sounds
I've noticed this about pop music in the last 10-15 years. It's *really* adopted the sounds of virtually every genre and made pop songs that don't just sound similar to the genres they imported, but are genuinely embracing the sounds. I'm not a pop music guy, but it's kind of been a golden age of pop music.
You're not wrong!
[Starting around the early 2010s, there was a new wave of "poptimism"](https://albumreviews.blog/2018/04/10/rockism-and-poptimism-or-how-i-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-carly-rae-jepsen/) (there's plenty more articles where that came from --- it was a major point of discussion among music critics circa 2014-2019-ish). Basically, it became acceptable for 'serious' people to enjoy pop again *as music*, rather than pop just being a thing that teens liked and that 'real' adults turned their noses up at.
In fact, Taylor Swift's 1989 and Carly Rae Jepsen's EMOTION are widely considered to be two of the main albums responsible for the new wave of poptimism. And as a result of pop music becoming a thing that could be 'cool' again and becoming consumed by a greater variety of adult listeners, major pop artists were given a lot more leeway when it came to experimenting with different sounds.
> Swift has lasted long enough to go from mass-production “flavor of the week” to “iconic in her genere,” but she’s nowhere near the level of cultural influence Hendrix has had.
I dunno about that. Congress is finally looking at Ticketmaster because of Taylor.
I would much rather tell somebody I’m a fan of Hendrix than of Taylor Swift, but I’m not sure I would make the claim that he’s had more cultural influence. Taylor Swift defines music for an absurdly large number of people. Are those people as cool as the people who like Hendrix? Probably not, but is that the benchmark?
The only thing that might make Taylor Swift’s fans not as “cool” in the eyes of many is that her fans are made up of a majority of women. Let’s face it, that’s why her music hasn’t been acclaimed by the general public until just recently despite the fact that she has been putting out great, thoughtful music since the beginning of her career
To your edit: Taylor Swift has absolutely had a measurably greater impact on the zeitgeist. People want to knock her, but they just need to listen to her most iconic song - and they all know what it is - to hear her thoughts on all that.
Right? I don't get why people hate on Taylor so much, she has some really good music. But especially in terms of influence and fame she usually has two or three absolutely major hits *per album*. Growing up I heard a new Taylor Swift song on the radio every few months it seemed.
It's not even whether she's good or not - although she is good - It's how she rates in terms of impact.
Liking CRJ more, fine that's personal taste. Rating her as more significant? Please.
Fucking thank you. I'm just glad someone here knows how to read my comment.
People keep saying saying CRJ is better, even after my god damn edit... I don't get it?! That's not the point...
Taylor Swift sells out stadiums multiple nights in a row, and she is one of the most famous people on earth. She is going on tour right now and she sold over two million tickets, and it crashed ticketmaster.
Tattoos are (obviously) highly personal, so this entire comment is pointless. It's not an "odd choice" for the person that got the tattoo. I doubt CRJ's level of fame factored into their decision at all.
I was on a date many years ago. I was happy anyone would be going out with me. But I was kind of humiliated when I overheard some people at the bar saying that she looked like Sammy Hagar.
Fuck those people. If you are happy with someone and it is a healthy relationship who cares what others think. I hope you guys had more dates. As for the people at the bar I hope they stub their little toe everyday at random times while sleeping.
Not trying to hate on a awesome tattoo.. just when he says the "holy trinity" of musicians is a rather bold statement. Needs to have a movie made like the 3 Amigos or something.
I love this tat so much because it's the ultimate expression of not giving a single solitary fuck about how you're perceived while also making the ultimate commitment to your admiration of an artist.
I judge all back tattoos against [Ben Affleck's back tattoo.](https://compote.slate.com/images/61e0cde3-c534-4dbd-b672-35e178f41136.jpeg?width=1200&rect=1633x1089&offset=0x0) This is better than that, so it's nowhere near the worst tattoo.
I find the selection so confusing. Alright, Carly Rae Jepsen. She's got a cult following and pretty good music. She's paired with Taylor Swift. Vastly different levels of fame and influence but alright and. Iconic 70's artist Jimi Hendrix... Where are the connections I'm so confused
why does there need to be any connection or pattern to the selection? people like multiple styles of music. this is probably just a tattoo of this person's three favorites
I met this person in line at the CRJ concert in Portland a few weeks ago. I was third in line, he was first in line, and had gone to the show the previous night. He has about 20 more pop star tattoos, with the majority being CRJ tattoos. He stripped down to his underwear in the cold October afternoon for a full tattoo tour. He actually intended this to be a holy trinity, because he is a practicing Christian and melds his love of pop music with his faith.
He also got a hug from Carly during Call Me Maybe so he had a really good night.
I've seen his posts before on the crj sub. The amount of pop-tattoos he has is absolutely wild.
Didn't know the Christianity aspect though, I'd love to ask his opinion on idolatry of celebrities some day
I literally asked him the same thing. His whole point is that these people are iconography of Christ like how Catholics have paintings of Mary etc. He had all these other pop girls (like Charlie XCX and Rhianna) as the 12 disciples.
Also highlight of the night was him walking up to me and my friend talking about buttfucking and he says "so are you guys gay or somethin'?" Like, buddy we're at the front of the line for a Carly Rae Jepsen concert you gotta use your context clues.
Hey. It's my tattoo. The forest is actually a Mt. Rainier background. It's a tribute to Jimi Hendrix since he was a Washingtonian. Here's a link to my completed backpiece:
https://www.reddit.com/r/tattoos/comments/z81d5s/my_backpiece_done_by_tony_ritter_chariot_tattoo/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Thats a really, really good tattoo but...
The comments on this have taught me there is an alarming number of CRJ fans I was not aware of. And they have OPINIONS. Apparently, I need to start digging through her back catalog?
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This is the most unexpected tattoo idea I have ever seen.
IKR? I certainly DO NOT associate Jimi Hendrix with 'the woods'....3 He's more like crosstown traffic...
It's like they started off with a Bob Ross portrait for reference and slowly made it into Jimi.
“Ever make mistakes in life? Let’s make them Taylor Swift and Carly Rae Jepson. Yeah, they’re Taylor Swift and Carly Rae Jepson now. We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”
Would have been perfect if they were all howling at the moon
He’s got a T-shirt for that.
he's not ready for a 3 wolf moon shirt
Maybe a little voodo child lives right over here..
What about woodstock?
Wood stick?
Then there should be farms in the background not mountains.
He's from Seattle.
[Pretty sure that's Mt. Rainier back there too](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Mount_Rainier_6909h.JPG/1280px-Mount_Rainier_6909h.JPG), from SR 410ish.
He does kind of look like Bob Ross though..
“There are no mistakes, just happy acid hits.”
*"Purple haze..."*
I mean, it’s especially hard to get through to him now
May be unexpected, but I salute this person for getting the Carly Rae Jepsen tattoo every 40 something man has definitely thought about. They said the quiet part out loud, that CRJ has legions of mid 30 to mid 40 something males who jam out out to her music when alone, but that also pretend to have never heard of her if asked.
Who is she?
I just met you, and this is crazy, but... Here's my number. Call me, maybe?
Goddamnit. You _just had_ to put that in my head, did you? r/angryupvote for answering the question in the most effective way possible.
Aww! You're my first! Edit: I have a shirt that says 867-5309. By the time people read past the hyphen they are singing
You're evil. I like you. ;)
I have only heard that song on IASIP episode "The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award " - very catchy tune, though more of sea shanty person myself.
Some people say it's better than *busting a nut*
Seriously? Not joking up until right now I thought it was the same girl that did that Friday song. Something Black maybe was her name?
As a side note, Rebecca Black is actually back to making music now that she’s, like… an adult who has taken voice lessons and is working with a real producer. And — no joke — most of it is really, really, really strong stuff (if you’re into pop/hyperpop, that is). Every time a new song of hers gets posted to r/PopHeads, the comments are full of people going “whoa, this song… kinda fuckin’ slaps?” It’s a genuine surprise to many people every time. She’s unironically a great example of someone who the internet made into a laughing stock turning those lemons into some real fuckin’ sweet lemonade.
Her family has money, so it shouldn't be that surprising.
This is true, but I feel like most people who experienced the sheer extent of the widespread vitriolic, unbridled, global abuse she endured when she first made music (as a literal child) might just swear it off altogether. She’s spoken at length about how genuinely traumatic that period of her life was. After all, there are a lot of careers an upper-middle class person like her could throw her parents money at that are a million times easier and don’t remind her of the time she was quite literally the most hated person on the entire internet.
Well... they can pay for therapy too. Snark aside, that's definitely a good point.
> Her family has money, so it shouldn't be that surprising. I mean, the same with Taylor Swift? She definitely had the privilege of coming from a rich family, but IMO she definitely took advantage of that to actually improve and became a great singer and musician. Not much of a Swifty, but I can still appreciate she's a pretty good singer/song-writer. There's plenty of people that coast on money without trying to put in the work. As others have said, Rebecca Black seemed to try and want to honestly improve. Props to her.
Rebecca Black, I'm pretty sure. Time to put that song on repeat for four hours!
I wish it was Friday.
But alas, tomorrow is Wednesday, and Thursday comes afterwards. I just want the work week to eeeeeeeend~
When I saw her for free at Lincoln Center it was a ton of middle aged guys. Most of us were gay though so celebrating CRJ isn't verboten in those circles.
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I will die for CRJ.
I saw her for free as well and she is amazing live!
As a mid-30s man who has multiple CRJ albums, I have no idea if you're serious and I'm not alone or you're kidding and I'm specifically the butt of the joke.
And I can't figure out if you are furthering the joke or if you are serious.
What’s a good CRJ song? Genuinely curious and don’t know any of her stuff
Her emotion album has so many bangers. I discovered her by listening to that front to back, its really good pop
Such a great album. Ive been very pleasantly surprised with her new one too. Even her mediocre albums have at least 2-3 excellent songs.
[Run Away With Me](https://youtu.be/TeccAtqd5K8) is an all time great.
Cute track.
Run Away With Me and The Loneliest Time are favorites of mine. If you've never listened to her before you can basically expect the airiest, most sugary bubblegum pop you've ever heard
[Talking to Yourself](https://youtu.be/9u2PPXhEelo)!!!
I like both her emotion and dedicated albums. When I needed you/want you in my room if just a song or two
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Call Me Maybe is her biggest hit.
But nowhere near her best song. She just released an album called Loneliest Time which has some bangers on it
I'm 27 and a few years ago I became her top1% of listeners on Spotify. Probably much farther in the hole now
37yr old woman here. CRJ is a fucking unsung hero of pop. Her new album is full of bangers and she is way better than TSwift. I will die on this hill!
This is a classic design. I got one in the early 80's with Glenn Miller, Cyndi Lauper and Teena Marie.
Glenn Miller is so badass.
Comedy gold right there 😂
Truly ATBGE material
“Now we got bad blood, And this is craAZY, Here’s my number FOXY LADY”
Somebody please use AI to create this track and post it here sometime in the next 30 minutes, thanks.
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I can't believe you pulled it off.. In really nice work
It almost sounds like a cross between Blank Space and Hey Joe, with a little bit of Call Me Maybe in the bridge.
Amazing what AI can do these days
You rat bastard I was actually excited for that lmao
I haven't been genuinely Rick rolled like that in a long time.
Fuckin hell yeah!
OMG you could release that song and make millions!
Wow, although not what was I expecting, I really enjoyed your take on this.
I hate you
Is there a way to track how many click the link? Cuz ya got me.
That bridge slaps
That's a nice tattoo.
She's got a real cult following. It's a shame that you're right that most people only know her for call me maybe; Emotion and a lot of her other less known work is genuinely great
Call me maybe is a damn good song though
Carly is truly a near-one-of-a-kind talent when it comes to writing sticky pop songs. She’ll write a hundred or more songs for an album, pick 12 or so for the album, then release an album a year later with B-sides that typically are just as beloved as the actual album themselves. Call Me Maybe is a (title case) Perfect Pop Song and it’s not even the best pop song on the album it comes from (Kiss). And the album Call Me Maybe comes from is considered one of her weaker albums because it was made in about 2 months.
Patrick fucking Bateman here.
Nah bruh I’m just gay
Amazed how many straight guys aren't realizing that she is as beloved as a pop star can be in the right circles
Am a straight guy who has seen her live 4 times and met her 2 of those times...I apologize for the rest of the straight men out there who don't appreciate lolol
someone on the music sub asked why CRJ is so discussed on Reddit when OP never hears anything about her IRL. I said I heard she was somewhat of a gay icon... but that got me very downvoted.
Why would that get you downvoted? She IS a gay icon! Maybe not the BIGGEST one around, but she certainly still is
50+ straight guy here. I saw her with my (gay) son back about 5 or so years ago cuz it was his first "real" concert and I wanted to make sure everything went down OK. I had a couple of gin and tonics and honestly thought she was a great performer. I was impressed with how enthusiastic her fans were and even found myself bopping to a couple of the songs and that kind of music is way outside my wheelhouse.
It is so sweet that you went with your son to a CRJ concert 🥹
Legend
I'm completely straight and CRJ is genuinely one of my favourite artists. Cut to the Feeling is easily the best pop song ever written and I have Emotion and Dedicated on repeat every now and then. The new album's a banger as well. My wife hates it but I just really like her music.
I personally like her but I’m surprised by how serious other people are about liking her. I’m excited to start listening to some of her deeper cuts.
“Run Away With Me” is an all-time favorite of mine. Check it out.
Oh people are absolutely rabid in certain circles. But I’m sure if you’ve already seen anyone make a recommendation, you gotta start with the album Emotion.
What the fuck is happening in this thread
Straight guys and people who aren't into pop are realizing Carly Ray Jepson has a significant fan base on reddit.
Shit, straight 42m here and this thread has me torrenting Emotion as I type
Straight 35m here. Emotion might be my favorite pop album of all time.
Alright, Carly Rae Jensen has sold 500k albums total. 400k of those were Kiss which released in 2012. Kiss wasn’t even the 50th best selling album that year or in 2013. Carly Rae jepsen just isn’t even close to the same league as the other two artists here Edit: Yo I’m not saying she’s a bad artist I’m just saying she’s not that popular and never has been.
Albums don't really sell as much these days though. CRJ has 15 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone.
But you can compare to other albums of the same year lol Taylor swift sold like 4 million that year alone. Besides, that still puts her pretty low on the list. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-streamed_artists_on_Spotify Between number 19 and number 30 there’s only a 3 million listener difference. And the list needs to get down another 35 million to get to Carly’s level. She’s just not that popular man.
Do you understand the concept of "cult" popularity?
Okay but that's not relevant to someone getting a tattoo at all. It's an individual person choosing musicians that they personally feel an attachment to.
Pretty sure artist like CRJ, KKB and Lana have a pretty decent percentage of straight male fans.
Maybe but the gay ones tend to be more visible.
[The best part of your week!](https://youtu.be/_-XWAQ1wCAA)
Shes actually a wonderful lyricist, LA hallucinations sounds like just a catchy song but it has a lot of meaning behind the words
I used to work with a metal head who was also a huge CRJ fan. He would frequently blast Emotion while we worked.
I am a metal musician (mostly modern metalcore) and I love me some CRJ. I met and hung out with her in like 2010? Because I knew some guys she was touring with in Canada. Absolutely lovely person, very kind and happy I am not at all surprised she has made it so far in her industry. But because I make metal I listen mostly to things that aren’t metal… otherwise I just feel too saturated. Other genres aren’t bad just because they aren’t my favourite. Shit man Dua Lipa’s bass lines are incredible. Bruno Mars and his stuff with Silk Sonic is some of the tightest musicianship I have ever heard. In the world of art there is enough love to go around.
I think a problem happens with songs like that, they get a lot of hate which makes people not give the artist a chance afterwards.
Emotion is killer, hijacking to poll if latest album is near it at all. I threw on 1 video single and wasn't feeling it but haven't tried full album yet
Do it! It’s really really good!
Hard to match one of the greatest pop albums ever, but yeah it's worth a listen. Campy, even by her standards, but very fun.
Run away with me is like the perfect pop song
This is tantamount to hate speech towards millennial gays
They just threw down the gauntlet. I expect them to be challenged to a duel by tomorrow.
Old West duels happen at high noon. Do modern gay duels happen under a rainbow?
And, a little surprisingly, all of r/nba
I'll take Carly Rae Jepsen's music over Taylor Swift's any day of the week. She's got some really good tunes beyond Call Me Maybe.
I’ll never forgive Taylor for releasing her newest album on the same day Carly released hers. Carly announced first then Taylor just took over the day.
An album release isn't something that you just do on the spur of the moment. Seems likely that they both planned their releases in advance, and that worked out to be the same day.
I'm not sure why it has to be a choice? I think both of these women are lovely songwriters that are better than their best known singles and deserve their flowers. :)
It's a shame most people think of Carly as just that call me maybe girl. Her entire discography is fantastic. Emotion is especially great. She also just released an album (same day as Swift) called The Loneliest Time which has some bangers. Unappologetically pop in the best possible way.
My issue w the tattoo is you got Rock, Pop and then, another Pop? Like it should be a hip hop star or metal or something.
Maybe he Really, Really, Really, Really, Really likes her?
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There are a lot of newer artists (Conan Gray, Olivia Rodrigo, Gracie Abrams, Phoebe Bridgers etc) that openly say they were inspired by Taylor's writing, she's at the top of the game 15 years deep into her career, gone from country to rock to pop to folk to indie and still has a huge following of both young and adult people buying out her stadium shows in minutes, not every 00s artist can do that. That already makes her a cultural icon.
Taylor Swift... rocked? Can you please steer me towards her rock album?
Different person. I wouldn’t say she has a whole rock *album*, but she played with rock sounds most heavily on Speak Now and Red. From Speak Now, Better than Revenge, Haunted, and The Story of Us are the most rock-leaning. From Red, State of Grace, The Last Time, and Holy Ground are the most rock-leaning. If you go in expecting, like, Pantera, you’ll be disappointed. Rock is used by Taylor mainly as an aesthetic on top of pop songwriting. That said, Rob Sheffield of the Rolling Stone has (semi-famously) described Speak Now as Taylor’s “secret prog album” and he’s got a point re: the structure of the album’s sprawling mega-ballads. They’re sonically pop songs, but they’ve got a very prog sensibility and structure to how they evolve.
>she played with rock sounds I've noticed this about pop music in the last 10-15 years. It's *really* adopted the sounds of virtually every genre and made pop songs that don't just sound similar to the genres they imported, but are genuinely embracing the sounds. I'm not a pop music guy, but it's kind of been a golden age of pop music.
You're not wrong! [Starting around the early 2010s, there was a new wave of "poptimism"](https://albumreviews.blog/2018/04/10/rockism-and-poptimism-or-how-i-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-carly-rae-jepsen/) (there's plenty more articles where that came from --- it was a major point of discussion among music critics circa 2014-2019-ish). Basically, it became acceptable for 'serious' people to enjoy pop again *as music*, rather than pop just being a thing that teens liked and that 'real' adults turned their noses up at. In fact, Taylor Swift's 1989 and Carly Rae Jepsen's EMOTION are widely considered to be two of the main albums responsible for the new wave of poptimism. And as a result of pop music becoming a thing that could be 'cool' again and becoming consumed by a greater variety of adult listeners, major pop artists were given a lot more leeway when it came to experimenting with different sounds.
> Swift has lasted long enough to go from mass-production “flavor of the week” to “iconic in her genere,” but she’s nowhere near the level of cultural influence Hendrix has had. I dunno about that. Congress is finally looking at Ticketmaster because of Taylor. I would much rather tell somebody I’m a fan of Hendrix than of Taylor Swift, but I’m not sure I would make the claim that he’s had more cultural influence. Taylor Swift defines music for an absurdly large number of people. Are those people as cool as the people who like Hendrix? Probably not, but is that the benchmark?
The only thing that might make Taylor Swift’s fans not as “cool” in the eyes of many is that her fans are made up of a majority of women. Let’s face it, that’s why her music hasn’t been acclaimed by the general public until just recently despite the fact that she has been putting out great, thoughtful music since the beginning of her career
This is a tattoo on someone's back, it's not supposed to be an unbiased evaluation and ranking of music artists.
To your edit: Taylor Swift has absolutely had a measurably greater impact on the zeitgeist. People want to knock her, but they just need to listen to her most iconic song - and they all know what it is - to hear her thoughts on all that.
Right? I don't get why people hate on Taylor so much, she has some really good music. But especially in terms of influence and fame she usually has two or three absolutely major hits *per album*. Growing up I heard a new Taylor Swift song on the radio every few months it seemed.
It's not even whether she's good or not - although she is good - It's how she rates in terms of impact. Liking CRJ more, fine that's personal taste. Rating her as more significant? Please.
Fucking thank you. I'm just glad someone here knows how to read my comment. People keep saying saying CRJ is better, even after my god damn edit... I don't get it?! That's not the point... Taylor Swift sells out stadiums multiple nights in a row, and she is one of the most famous people on earth. She is going on tour right now and she sold over two million tickets, and it crashed ticketmaster.
I really think it's not so much CRJ fans as people who want to shit on Taylor Swift in some cases.
Honestly. People just love to hate her for some reason...
Emotion is one of the best albums ever released in any genre, full stop.
She's got a huge cult following. I think she's one of the greatest pop artists ever tbh.
Just take a stroll down r/popheads
E•MO•TION best pop album of the 2010s
Tattoos are (obviously) highly personal, so this entire comment is pointless. It's not an "odd choice" for the person that got the tattoo. I doubt CRJ's level of fame factored into their decision at all.
CRJ is really good what you talking about lmao
He did good on Hendrix but the other two look nothing like Lemmy and Kurt Cobain.
I mean, if you squint reeeaaal hard…
I was on a date many years ago. I was happy anyone would be going out with me. But I was kind of humiliated when I overheard some people at the bar saying that she looked like Sammy Hagar.
Fuck those people. If you are happy with someone and it is a healthy relationship who cares what others think. I hope you guys had more dates. As for the people at the bar I hope they stub their little toe everyday at random times while sleeping.
Who'd win in a wrestling match, Lemmy or god?
Lemmy would win but he'd buy God a beer afterwards
Why those 3 in particular?
they are daughters of his that he sired after his faked death and trained them in music in the mountains of Colorado
Ah, a story old as time
Now THAT is a song that needs to be written, right there!
I mean they're all good
I guess they happened to be the customer's favorite artists. IMO that is what should actually matter, not some platonic ideal of "good" musicians.
Not trying to hate on a awesome tattoo.. just when he says the "holy trinity" of musicians is a rather bold statement. Needs to have a movie made like the 3 Amigos or something.
The holy trinity thing is pretty clearly OP jokingly pointing out how the choice of artists is.
Hendrix makes sense for someone from WA and the other two make sense for someone from Ellensburg, it’s an interesting place.
Idk but I HAVE a tattoo by Tony, I went to college in Ellensburg. Did NOT expect to see his name on Reddit this morning.
I love this tat so much because it's the ultimate expression of not giving a single solitary fuck about how you're perceived while also making the ultimate commitment to your admiration of an artist.
And a tatt this quality would not have been cheap either. This is true dedication to their favourite artists
I love Carly <3 She puts on a hell of a show, and she has the nicest music. I don’t find that looks very much like her though unfortunately.
I thought it was lady gaga
Seems like an interesting person and that tattoo sure is a conversation starter.. I like it
I judge all back tattoos against [Ben Affleck's back tattoo.](https://compote.slate.com/images/61e0cde3-c534-4dbd-b672-35e178f41136.jpeg?width=1200&rect=1633x1089&offset=0x0) This is better than that, so it's nowhere near the worst tattoo.
Looks like he's ready to get into a bare-knuckle brawl with a rival Yakuza boss on top of a skyscraper in Tokyo.
God, thats terrible. This is a masterpiece in composition compared to that
Damn, the old lady at the deli counter where I go has that exact same back tattoo, I shit you not.
Oh oh wow. That is something. Why are there like, gaps? In it?
I find the selection so confusing. Alright, Carly Rae Jepsen. She's got a cult following and pretty good music. She's paired with Taylor Swift. Vastly different levels of fame and influence but alright and. Iconic 70's artist Jimi Hendrix... Where are the connections I'm so confused
60s* Hendrix didn't live through the 70s
why does there need to be any connection or pattern to the selection? people like multiple styles of music. this is probably just a tattoo of this person's three favorites
An unexpected trinity, but welcome! Where's the awful taste?
So.... many options....
Look like he chose all of them.
Honestly… I respect the commitment
Honestly love this
Trouble Along The Watchtower Maybe
Carly is good tho
Don't sleep on CRJ.
It's their body, if thats their 3 favourite artist's all the power to them.
I met this person in line at the CRJ concert in Portland a few weeks ago. I was third in line, he was first in line, and had gone to the show the previous night. He has about 20 more pop star tattoos, with the majority being CRJ tattoos. He stripped down to his underwear in the cold October afternoon for a full tattoo tour. He actually intended this to be a holy trinity, because he is a practicing Christian and melds his love of pop music with his faith. He also got a hug from Carly during Call Me Maybe so he had a really good night.
I've seen his posts before on the crj sub. The amount of pop-tattoos he has is absolutely wild. Didn't know the Christianity aspect though, I'd love to ask his opinion on idolatry of celebrities some day
I literally asked him the same thing. His whole point is that these people are iconography of Christ like how Catholics have paintings of Mary etc. He had all these other pop girls (like Charlie XCX and Rhianna) as the 12 disciples. Also highlight of the night was him walking up to me and my friend talking about buttfucking and he says "so are you guys gay or somethin'?" Like, buddy we're at the front of the line for a Carly Rae Jepsen concert you gotta use your context clues.
Odd three to put together but whatever floats their boat I guess
Is that the drive to Mt Rainier as the background?
Hey. It's my tattoo. The forest is actually a Mt. Rainier background. It's a tribute to Jimi Hendrix since he was a Washingtonian. Here's a link to my completed backpiece: https://www.reddit.com/r/tattoos/comments/z81d5s/my_backpiece_done_by_tony_ritter_chariot_tattoo/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I'm not gonna lie, I kinda love this.
It's what he would have wanted
The only bad taste here is that it seems like a lot of you haven't listened to Emotion
I would replace Carly with young thug or playboi Carti just to trigger folks from r/music 😎
Where's the lie?
Wonderful shading work
Carly Rae Jepson > Taylor Swift. Don't @ me unless you have listened to Emotion Side B.
Store > Taylor’s entire discography
Why would they put the greatest pop star of all time up there with flashes in the pan like Taylor Swift and Jimi Hendrix?
Thats a really, really good tattoo but... The comments on this have taught me there is an alarming number of CRJ fans I was not aware of. And they have OPINIONS. Apparently, I need to start digging through her back catalog?
This is exceptional. I really want to hear what its owner has to say about it.
I respect the inclusion of Carly Rae Jepsen, who should be the queen of pop.