Taylor Swift

7 statements across 6 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Apr 17, 2023 by Scooter Braun · said 96 times in 38 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Everything said about Taylor Swift, oldest first

Apr 17, 2023 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Braun: No Industry Peers Backed Taylor Swift's Claims Against Me
“Was that no one else said it. You know, a lot of times when someone comes out and says, oh, this whole time, this person's been this way, there's an onslaught of everyone coming out and being like, I agree. I agree. And no one did that. You know, no one actual…”
Scooter Braun Apr 17, 2023 ▶ 15:02 Scooter Braun on Being Enough, Insecurity, Wealth, Investing, Fame, Marriage and Much More | E1002 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 7, 2023 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Khosla: AI will enhance top musicians like Taylor Swift, not replace them
“I do think, you know, the Taylor Swift's of the world will still be there. I'm not suggesting they will disappear. Artists and phenomena will be there. Their creativity will be dramatically enhanced by AI.”
Vinod Khosla Aug 7, 2023 ▶ 34:15 Vinod Khosla: How AI Impacts Healthcare, Energy, Geo-Politics, Media and Climate Change | E1045 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 30, 2023 bearish
Prediction Open · timeframe Oct 2028
Tomaino: Taylor Swift will never create music NFTs
“Taylor Swift is never going to create music NFTs.”
Nick Tomaino Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 44:14 Nick Tomaino: The Future of NFTs, What Will Happen with FTX & Who Should be Held to Account | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 30, 2023 neutral
Insight
Tomaino: Bitcoin and pop stars derive value from mimetic desire
“A lot of why people think she's good is because other people think she's good. And I think that can, that, that applies to cryptocurrency too. Why does everyone think Bitcoin is valuable? Because other people think it's valuable.”
Nick Tomaino Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 45:19 Nick Tomaino: The Future of NFTs, What Will Happen with FTX & Who Should be Held to Account | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 8, 2024 negative
Opinion
Tomaino: Taylor Swift exemplifies soulless greed for money and attention
“To me, she's kind of the definition of someone that has this, like, soulless greed for attention and money, and is not authentic at all.”
Nick Tomaino Jan 8, 2024 ▶ 30:30 Crypto Roundtable with Nick Tomaino & Kyle Samani: US Elections, NFTs, and Trump | E1100 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 14, 2025 bullish
Insight
Stebbings: Consumer brands succeed by filling the void left by traditional religion
“I say, actually, that the death of religion is the thesis for CPG and consumer brand investors today. And you're like, what? Thesis? Because we've shifted cult-like worshipping from God, Buddha, and these deus figures to High Rocks and CrossFit and Taylor Swif…”
Harry Stebbings Apr 14, 2025 ▶ 11:59 Benchmark GP, Victor Lazarte: The 3 Traits All the Best Founders Have · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 8, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Mansour: Culture prediction markets represent a massive unaddressed TAM
“I actually think like what's happening with Taylor Swift, you know, movies and how successful they're going to be, anything around culture like that, that is massive unaddressed, unaddressed tam right now.”
Tarek Mansour Dec 8, 2025 ▶ 6:05 Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour on Raising $1BN, CNN and CNBC Deals & the Polymarket Feud · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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