Eminem's Weird Praise for Taylor Swift

The weird phenomenon in 2024 of bands who bear no similarity to Taylor Swift weighing in on her in one way or another continued most recently with Eminem's weird praise of the superstar in a promo video for his critically panned new album, "The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace)" earlier this week. I explore that here. I apologize on behalf of my AC system, which kicked on about 2/3 of the way into this video, creating some background noise. My AC system is a total diva always looking for attention so it does me like that sometimes, an ongoing dispute in which I vow to prevail. 💪 Alright, promised links. Go! . . Eminem's promo video praising Taylor:    • Slim Shady vs. Marshall Mathers: THE ...   Dave Grohl gets bailed out by Taylor at a Paul McCartney party: www.loudersound.com/news/dave-grohl-how-taylor-swi… Dave Grohl's jab at Taylor during London concert and Taylor's retort: www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/new… Reddit post on Violet Grohl's confrontation with Swifties: www.reddit.com/r/SwiftlyNeutral/comments/1dmm0oc/d… David Draiman's defense of Taylor: www.nme.com/news/music/disturbed-david-draiman-tay… Draiman on why he covered "Sounds of Silence":    • DISTURBED's David Draiman explains th...