When Pop Royalty Collides With Reggaeton Reality
In the latest installment of “Celebrities React to Other Celebrities Because That’s News Now,” Taylor Swift’s alleged reaction to Bad Bunny has sent the internet into a frenzy typically reserved for actual important events. According to sources who are definitely real and not just someone’s fever dream, Swift was “intrigued” by Bad Bunny’s latest album, which is celebrity-speak for “vaguely aware it exists.”
The supposed interaction occurred at an industry event where Swift and Bad Bunny were photographed within the same square mile of each other, which modern journalism has determined is basically a collaboration announcement. Eagle-eyed fans zoomed in on Swift’s facial expressionwhich can only be described as “politely existing in public”and determined she was clearly planning a genre-defying duet that would unite Swifties and Bad Bunny fans.
What makes this particularly hilarious is watching two massive fanbases, who normally wouldn’t acknowledge each other’s existence, suddenly pretend they’ve always appreciated the other artist’s work. Swifties are frantically researching reggaeton while Bad Bunny fans are discovering that Taylor Swift is apparently more than just that person who dated famous guys and wrote songs about it.
Music industry insiders are already salivating at the potential collaboration, which would presumably be called something like “Me Amo (Taylor’s Version)” and would break every streaming record while simultaneously confusing everyone over 40. The speculation has reached levels normally reserved for presidential elections, with think pieces being written about what this means for the future of pop music.
Bad Bunny, for his part, has remained characteristically unbothered by the speculation, which is celebrity-speak for “has no idea this is even happening.” His team released a statement that can be summarized as “sure, whatever,” which the internet interpreted as “COLLABORATION CONFIRMED.” This is the same internet that once convinced itself Taylor Swift was hiding in a suitcase, so we’re not exactly dealing with Mensa candidates here.
The real entertainment isn’t the potential collaborationit’s watching music journalists try to explain why this matters. “This could bridge the gap between mainstream pop and Latin urban music,” they write, apparently unaware that gap was bridged years ago by approximately seventeen other artists. But when you need clicks, you need clicks.
Bad Bunny’s team has been exploring more English-language crossovers, which means this speculation isn’t entirely insane, just mostly insane. In an industry where Lil Nas X collaborated with Billy Ray Cyrus and somehow created the song of the summer, anything is possible. The bar for “unexpected collaboration” is now so low it’s basically a tripping hazard.
SOURCE: https://bohiney.com/taylor-swifts-reaction-to-bad-bunny/7
SOURCE: Sarah Pappalardo (https://bohiney.com/taylor-swifts-reaction-to-bad-bunny/7)
