>>130273We are all cattle, memes themselves are the product of cattle. If you use or create memes, you are cattle.
Regarding Taylor Swift, a quick google search says that she does actually write her own music. But I do get your point, most pop singers don't. But then that's not really new or even restricted to pop music. Most Opera singers don't write their own operas nor do they design their own costumes and sets. Taylor Swift probably has more input in regards to her costume and sets than most Opera singers do. And a lot of what you are saying could very easily be applied to Idols as well.
I don't think your average Taylor Swift fan would care about what we watch, I think most of her fanbase are western girls and young women, though having said that many of them probably do read manga and watch anime and such. The average fan probably does not but I think there would be a lot that do.
I think if people like Taylor Swift and not anime then that's fine, everybody has their own interests.
It depends on what you mean by fake. Because everything could easily be called fake, you could be called fake, I could be called fake. Taylor Swift clearly is a real person and she clearly does make music that people like, not you or I but people none the less. The fact that she writes he own songs means she is more authentic than much of what I listen to, most of the cute anime songs probably aren't song by the people that wrote them.
It feels weird to be defending Taylor Swift but here I am...