It’s wild to see die-hard Swifties camping outside Madison Square Garden in a blistering 100-degree heatwave, but here’s the kicker: Taylor Swift and her team haven’t even bothered to apply for the necessary permits to ensure fan welfare. Where’s the outcry from the mainstream media? Outlets like CNN and NBC are too busy fawning over Swift’s “kindness” to drop any hard questions about accountability. Can you imagine the backlash if this was any other artist? They’d be skewered for negligence!

Corporate media has a long history of protecting their celebrities, but let’s call it what it is—utter hypocrisy. They want to play up the narrative of Swift as a benevolent superstar while conveniently glossing over the fact that her fans are being left to swelter. Meanwhile, if we flip the script and consider a less popular artist with this same scenario, you can bet your bottom dollar the narrative would shift dramatically. You’d hear roaring critiques filled with concern for the “safety of the youth,” but Taylor gets a pass on everything.

This isn’t about admiration; it’s about accountability. If the rules apply to some, they should apply to all, especially when lives could be at stake. Swift’s stans deserve better than to roast in the sun without so much as a tent or shade. But hey, as long as the numbers are good and the clicks keep coming, who cares, right?