YESTERDAY, TAYLOR SWIFT was the toast of the music industry after she wrote an open letter and forced Apple to perform a U-turn on its policy of not paying royalties to artists.
The singer was widely commended for her public stance and praised for standing up for musicians.
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But as fans and commentators heaped praise on the singer and begged her to remedy the rest of the world’s ills, a conspiracy theory began to form…
Namely, that the open letter and subsequent U-turn was all a big publicity stunt jointly coordinated by Apple and Taylor Swift.
After the letter’s initial publication, people took to Twitter to express their doubts over whether the whole thing was legit.
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And once Apple announced their decision to reverse the policy, people were more certain than ever that the whole thing was an elaborate publicity stunt.
WAKE UP, SHEEPLE.
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Even people who regard Swift as actual royalty thought as much.
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People declared it to be “fake”.
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And called anyone who believed it “gullible”.
And, of course, people brought Tidal into it.
Was it legit? Was it a carefully orchestrated publicity stunt? We can never know.
Unless…
*fingers crossed*
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