Taylor Swift is for the Girls Who Were Known but Not Popular

About

Taylor Swift is for the Girls Who Were Known but Not Popular is a copypasta meme format based on a viral tweet describing singer-songwriter Taylor Swift as a singer for "the girls who were known but not popular" and "fit in with many friend groups but never in the groupchats," among other things. The copypasta format achieved popularity in November 2023 as users replaced Taylor Swift with various people, characters and media.

Origin

On November 14th, 2023, X^[1] / Twitter user @giftedswifted, a "Taylor Swift fan:https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/swifties-vs-cinepolitos, made a post about the singer, writing that she was "for the girls who were known but not popular" and "talked to at school but never invited to the parties," among other things, describing a person who wasn't necessarily an outcast but could not be considered a "popular kid" either. The post (shown below) received over 8,100 reposts and quotes and 48,000 likes in three days.

Taylor Swift is actually for the girls who were known but not popular, fit in with many friend groups but never in the groupchats, talked to at school but never invited to the parties, for the girls who have friends but still feel lonely because they were never the best friend.

Spread

Later on November 14th, 2023, several users on X quoted the post, commenting on it and arguing with the statement made, with several quotes going viral. For example, a post made by user @sgofofsk^[2] received over 1,000 reposts and 7,800 likes in three days (shown below, left). A post by user @souljagoytellem received over 130 reposts and 2,600 likes on X^[3] in the same period (shown below, left).

Starting on November 16th, the post has been parodied as it gained popularity as a copypasta, with users replacing Taylor Swift with other musicians, characters and media. For example, on November 16th, 2023, X^[4] user @fallenfrooot made one such post about singer Rina Sawayama, which garnered over 1,500 reposts and 8,700 likes in one day (shown below, left). Later that day, X^[5] user @ViceAplogist made a post about the film The Killer, gaining over 580 reposts and 6,700 likes in one day (shown below, right).

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