Best of the Blogs: Karl Puschmann: Caught in the middle of a Swift break up

Taylor Swift says she no longer wants to be part of Spotify's "grand experiment". Photo / AP

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Another dumping by singer but this time it affects us all, writes Karl Puschmann.

As a grown man I know far more about Taylor Swift than I really should. For instance, I know Taylor Swift is actually pronounced T-Swift, I know she's pals with Lorde which, as I understand it, pretty much now makes her an honorary Kiwi, and I know that she has a penchant for going out with fellow celebrities, breaking up with them and then penning a song that alludes to the romantic dissolution in great detail.

With assurance and without needing to resort to Google I know her latest album is titled 1989 and that it marks a significant change in musical direction for the young artist.

I can't tell you what she changed from, why she changed or how successful the change has been because I'm not a T-Swift fan.

But I'm also not not a fan, if you know what I mean?

Let me be clear, I ain't hating here. If you want to go and shake it off or whatever, then cool. More power to you. Go shake your shiz off and have fun doing so. I just don't care about her or her music is all. Well, I didn't. Until now.

T-Swift recently caught headlines again for another in her ongoing series of high-profile dumpings. Yawn, I know. Only this time it's not yawn, because this break-up affects us all.

Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek. Photo / AP

Does that sound OTT? Well, break-ups get a little emotional. There's probably a dozen suitable T-Swift songs I could spin right now that would verbalise the heartbreak and help ease the pain.

The thing is I'll never hear them because her latest dumpee is the juggernaut music streaming service Spotify.

As far as break-ups go this one's got particularly nasty. Toys have been thrown. Dirty laundry has been aired. Things have been said that can never be unsaid. Money is involved. Thankfully children are not. Aside from her fans, of course.

Defiantly, T-Swift packed up her catalogue of world-conquering albums, left Spotify and T-flicked them the T-bird on her way out. ...

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- nzherald.co.nz