Entertainment Site Asks if Taylor Swift Is the Next Michael Jackson; Twitter Laughs

Now, the girl has accomplished a lot since she came onto the music scene. No one could ever take that away from Taylor Swift.

But for Pop Matters to go on and write an 1,100-word piece arguing that one could compare Taylor to the late, great Michael Jackson is just downright wrong. 

Hell, Taylor would probably tell you herself that she's not quite there yet. 

It's sad, because Taylor didn't bring this on herself. Nor did she ask to win the Video of the Year Award at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, a win that led to her being interrupted by Kanye West during her acceptance speech. West made it clear to Swift in front of millions of viewers at home that regardless of Swift's win, Beyoncé had made one of the greatest videos of all time in "Single Ladies."

It seems that Taylor is always being reminded that she's not quite the best, regardless of this pedestal that the media so badly wants to put her on.

https://twitter.com/PopMatters/status/643458084598362112

So when Pop Matters took to Twitter and asked if Swift is the new Michael Jackson, people were Kanye-ing her all day. Check out the funniest responses below. 

https://twitter.com/ASVPThuggin/status/643460130059620356https://twitter.com/blackheaux/status/643464295200784384https://twitter.com/RantingOwl/status/643474513955524608https://twitter.com/ronkelawal/status/643471791860621312https://twitter.com/calamitious_boy/status/643465072535281664https://twitter.com/iamlaurenp/status/643468559184736256https://twitter.com/clearlyiconic/status/643462113499967488https://twitter.com/SHRlMP/status/643463794136494080

Look at what Pop Matters did to Taylor's mentions.

Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele is a staff writer at The Root and the founder and executive producer of Lectures to Beats, a Web series that features video interviews with scarily insightful people. Follow Lectures to Beats on Facebook and Twitter.

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