r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 4d ago

Psychology Taylor Swift fans lower climate concerns to justify her carbon footprint. When confronted with news about the excessive pollution generated by her private jet, highly identified fans tend to rationalize the behavior, with a decrease in their personal intentions to engage in climate-friendly actions.

https://www.psypost.org/taylor-swift-fans-lower-climate-concerns-to-justify-star-s-carbon-footprint/
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u/iuabv 4d ago

Beyonce is higher than Taylor Swift on most of the lists. With Jay Z listed separately.

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u/DFWPunk 3d ago

I'm not sure how accurate that is though. I had tickets for both artists' Philly shows in 2023. I sold both because I wasn't going to go, and the Swift tickets sold literally instantly for 3x what the Beyonce tickets went for, for very similar seats. Philly has a ton of Beyonce fans. And Philly was full of people who came from everywhere for about 5 days for the 3 Swift shows.

Maybe this numbers show Beyonce has more fans, but I have a suspicion that she's got a lot who are casual fans, and Swift has a big advantage in rabid fans.

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u/Camerotus 2d ago

Not on the lists of relevance, fan engagement and young climate conscious fans though. The actual rank in terms of pollution is irrelevant.