Taylor Swift has built an empire in the world of pop music, earning herself millions upon millions of dollars and fans. She has grown from a sweet country star to a scantily-clad pop princess, and there's no turning back now. Let me just say that, yes, she is pretty talented and I do like the fact that she has made herself into a business woman, also. However, in my eyes, her cons outweigh the pros, and I am honestly annoyed with seeing her headlines all over the place. Let me just show with her song lyrics and photos why I do not respect Taylor Swift like I used to.

First, despite the fact that she is now twenty-six years old, she seems to still have the mind of a middle-schooler. So many of her songs revolve around her love life, but none of them really depict her handling it like a real adult. For example, in her newer song called New Romantics, she says, "Life is just a classroom," and "Please leave me stranded, it's so romantic." Obviously, the classroom reference is clear as to how her mind is still stuck in the times of school. The idea of love she seems to have is also a great example of what a middle-schooler would think, and maybe a high-schooler. Another good phrase of hers to show this is from Blank Space:"Love's a game, wanna play?" I would think that by the time a person is in their late twenties, they would know that love is not, in fact, a game, but a mutual, happy feeling between two people. If it really is love, then there should not be any games played... if she's trying to be fun or whatever, well, an adult can be mature about things and still be fun.

Her constant exposure of skin is also pretty annoying. Yes, I get that you have the BMI of a five-year-old boy, Taylor, but is wearing a crop top every day really necessary? I may be a little old-fashioned when it comes to showing skin, but still, it's become a staple of hers to be showing her abs and legs. And all of that makeup she is always wearing makes me feel bad almost, because she is a pretty person, and she would be still without caking that stuff on. Plus, her never-ending desire to be #squadgoals is quite tiring. It seems to me as if she is always trying so hard to be "cool." You can find so many more of these "squad" photos on her Instagram...

I will not say that she isn't talented, because she is a good performer. But I would like to point out that 1. she definitely takes voice lessons because she used to not be as vocally sound, and 2. she uses a lot of auto-tune. Although she has the fame of some of the greats (or even more fame), she does not seem to have the true, raw talent that they possess(ed) (I'm talking about women like Whitney Houston and Adele here). Her songs are very catchy, but very tech-y. They are not good representations of her real voice. The auto-tune choruses are getting so bad that I barely listen to her on the radio anymore because it gives me a headache.

Swift seems to be quite petty and unsophisticated when it comes to handling disputes. Two of the most popular examples would be with Katy Perry and Kanye West. Her song Bad Blood is supposedly about Perry, which states, "You say sorry just for show." The problem is not the fact Swift was having a little girl fight like many of us have had, but the fact that she just made it so publicized by writing the song about it and giving obvious clues as to who it was about. And we all know the speals with West that Swift has had over the years, the latest being her evident reference to him in her speech, saying, "there are going to be people along the way who try to undercut your success." Although she doesn't state his actual name, everyone knew who she was talking about. I understand that she may have been frustrated with all of the crap that Kanye threw at her, but she is just as petty for throwing shade right back at him. She just cannot seem to ignore people, and feels the need to "shake it off." And really, if she really was "shaking it off," she wouldn't have had to write a song about it...

Finally, her history of love... I am not one to judge a person on who they date or how, but the fact that she has jumped from relationship to relationship with a lot of guys astounds me. And then she gets mad when it doesn't work out and writes a mean song about the poor guy. There really isn't much more to say here, especially since she may have found her "one," which is great for her. She just seems pretty indecisive and catty to me. How can we even tell if she is over some of them if she keeps writing about them (Harry Styles, anyone?)?

I just want to close with my opinion that Swift is simply too worried about her image and is not necessarily a bad person, just pretty annoying and overrated.