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A few years ago I stumbled upon a feminist channel on Telegram where they usually publish a lot of interesting information. One day they posted some article about Kurt Kobain, how he really was on the inside, not the usual crap that's been told about him for years. (https://www.pikaramagazine.com/2015/07/adios-al-macho/) *Yep, it's in spanish but you can translate it on google*. That was just one of those months you have a crush for someone's music, and keep listening over and over the same songs, differents recorded versions, mostly accoustic. Well then that combo was just what I needed to dig a bit on him, his music and a few bits of the context on how he was writing his songs. It's amazing how much you can feel yourself close to an artist feelings channeled by his music, knowing (or believing you know) the context behind that music.

Then comes my thing: I don't like being cornered on having to listen to just one or two music styles. I prefer tasting very different kind of approaches to the music artists create, from melodic to broken voices, slow rythms to high bpm explosive feelings. The best place to taste them for me is in the car, driving from one place to another (yep, I spend a lot of hours driving) and I can't listen to music loud enough at home 🤣

That's where @taylorswift comes in: some random song and BOOM she gets you. You start wondering what got her there, in those feelings she's capable of transmit to you with a few lines. One thing leads to another, just like it happened to me with Kurt Kobain: you start digging, you need to know why she wrote that song, or what was she through to synthetize some concrete feelings in her songs.

We are lucky enough to have her around, with some easter eggs from time to time, to understand where is she at this point. She's been through a lot in her life, rough relations with some media hienas feeding on her weak moments. But there she is: bright as a guiding star.

Her diehard fans will tell you a lot of her if you just listen to them. She's close to them, takes care of them. But, creating her music she also takes care of the rest of us. I've lost count on how many times I've heard her last album Folklore, way better that the previous Lover. I mean better in my subjective view. Once again I've been dragged by her storytelling skills and had to dig a bit into her world to understand what was she talking about on, for example, The Last Great American Dinasty. For sure her fans already she bought a house, and probably knew a few things about the previous owner.

Well then all of this to get where exactly? I was hoping my first post in Tumblr could be not just a simple 'hello world' but something else. I don't want to be dragged to politics, work or superfluous stuff like it happends to me on Twitter or Instagram. Instead it would be great if I manage to keep myself evaded from time to time here. I can't figure a better way to start with that posting about my feelings, and two incredible artists capable of shaping generations. They are both irreplaceable, and we're lucky (some of us) we were contemporaries.

Before I leave I'd like to point out that sharing music in the car with my family is one of those good moments in life, specially when you can tell the context the song was made, so they feel connected to it.

To @taylorswift I could end up telling you to keep doing your art the way you do it. You are a strong and empowered person, a huge example of determination, a healthy soul.

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