I could be wrong but I don’t think the US presidential election will be decided by Taylor Swift’s vote. Not that the singer doesn’t have a following, far from it: with her 284 million followers on Instagram alone, she is one of the most followed artists in the world, and her post with a photo of her with a cute cat and in which she signs herself Childess Cat Lady (Childless Cat Lady), to mimic the unfortunate phrase used by J.D. Vance (the Republican vice-presidential candidate) against Harris (“unhappy and childless cat lady”), certainly hit the nail on the head. However, influencers or artists are a waste of time, even if they are very famous. At least that’s how it has always been up until now. Even Hollywood, historically always aligned with the Democrats, has often had to succumb. However, Swift could play a role: convincing many young people to register to vote. It remains to be seen what weight this will have in the swing states, the ones that will really make the difference in assigning the victory.

Meanwhile, we must note Trump’s unhinged reaction. On his Truth account, the social network he launched after being banned from Twitter, the former president wrote in capital letters: “I hate Taylor Swift“. A real declaration of war. In an interview on Fox News, Trump had defined Swift as a “very liberal person” adding that, in his opinion, “in all likelihood” the choice to support Harris “would have cost her dearly in terms of the market”. Anything is possible. Swift will certainly have Republican voters among her fans. But we will have to see if the singer’s endorsement will change people’s musical tastes. In the meantime, Swift, after winning seven MTV Video Music Awards, went on stage to repeat the pressing invitation to her fans to “register and vote”.

Last February, Trump said he was certain that Swift would never support “the corrupt Joe Biden” and that he was also sure that the singer would not be “disloyal to the man who made her so much money.” What was he referring to? Trump recalled that he had signed the “Music Modernization Act“, the 2018 law that reformed US copyright law, addressing artists’ rights to limit exploitation (until then unprotected) at the streaming level. The law, after years of incubation, was voted unanimously in Congress and President Trump signed it. The tycoon boasted about this, even if for some he had limited himself to signing the text convincingly voted by the House and Senate.