Taylor Swift’s getting explicit. Parents, don’t tune out
Banning artistes or switching radio stations may be instinctive for parents who want to shield their children from suggestive pop music. There’s a better way.
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Fans of US singer Taylor Swift outside Kallang Wave Mall in Singapore on March 2, 2024.
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June Yong
As a young teen in the 1990s, I remember mindlessly scribbling the words of a popular Madonna song on my science lab table: “I’m crazy for you, touch me once and you’ll know it’s true.”
Of course, I got into trouble – I had to copy the sentence “I will not vandalise school property” multiple times, and call my parents. But it is for that reason the incident stuck in my head.
