Taylor Swift and Beyoncé: When a mountain has two tigers

One is the “music industry”, the other is the “queen” – Taylor Swift and Beyoncé just had a photo of a lifetime when Beyoncé appeared at the premiere of Swift’s Eras Tour film.

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé do not accept stereotypes that force them to compete – Photo: Getty Images

Surely no one has ever forgotten the moment 14 years ago on the MTV Video Music Awards stage, when Kanye West grabbed Taylor Swift ‘s microphone during her acceptance speech, saying that the person who deserved this award should have been Beyoncé.

At that time, Swift was only 19 years old. Moments later, when Beyoncé received another award, she invited Swift to speak the rest. A beautiful behavior of “Queen Bee” so that the image of both women is not damaged in the eyes of the audience.

It is said that after that incident, both Beyoncé and Swift cried backstage. Perhaps the comparison between the two artists implicitly originated from that time.

Women are forced to compete in everything: from competing for the position of the most beautiful woman in the world in the eyes of the magic mirror in Snow White, competing for the position of crown princess in Cinderella. But with Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, perhaps we have to accept that one mountain has two tigers.

“Darling” but the opposite image

Swift is Grammy’s darling, as is Beyoncé. Swift represents the image of a perfect, sweet, relatively politically neutral white woman; and Beyoncé is a powerful and sexy symbol of the remaining women – people of color, “queer” people who constantly fight for their voice.

In music, Swift is an outstanding composer, Beyoncé is a great performer.

The two took turns changing the music industry in every aspect: from the battle for artists’ rights against record labels to the way albums are promoted.

And in 2023, the comparison will reach its peak when Swift’s The Eras Tour and Beyoncé’s Renaissance are expected to both bring in about 5 billion USD to the US economy.

Not to mention, while the film about The Eras Tour has achieved revenue of 100 million USD thanks to pre-order tickets globally – an unprecedented record for a concert film, Beyoncé also announced that the film about the Renaissance tour will be released this month. 12 this.

Many observers consider Beyondwift (the phrase to call the two stars) to be the savior for many local economies under pressure from the recession, and they will even be the ones carrying the burden of the year-end film industry. a scarcity of “blockbuster” movies.

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé

Why ask who is better than who?

So between Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, who is better? There have been many statistical tables comparing them, from the number of awards, the number of times they came first on the charts, to… which celebrities appeared on each person’s tour. .

For many years, both have been placed on the table, a situation that makes us think of ancient fairy tales, when male-dominated society forced women to constantly fight and compete with each other.

It is impossible for the queen and princess to stand on the same front line, neither does Cinderella and her half-sisters.

But Swift rewrote the fairy tale with just one post on her Instagram, when under a photo with Beyoncé, she wrote: “I don’t know what my life would be like without Beyoncé’s influence. […] ] She has always been a guiding light throughout my career, and her appearance today is a true fairy tale.”

In 2009, Kanye West denied Taylor Swift, saying that Beyoncé was “the best”. Beyoncé ignored that flattery when inviting Swift to join her on the podium to share the glory of victory.

And time has shown that both are “tops”, in different ways. It is said that “one mountain cannot have two tigers”. But with Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, perhaps we have to accept that one mountain has two tigers.

Let’s send a send-off to the past when women were always forced to compete with each other to choose the number 1 woman.

There is no jealousy between them, but together, they are creating a new era for women, as in the lyrics of Beyoncé’s classic song Run The World (Girls): “My determination can build an entire country […] Who owns this world? The women”.