It appears that Taylor Swift’s music is not only preferred by brokenhearted individuals, as the global superstar has emerged as the top artist for students with high GPA, according to the study conducted by the College Rover Team.
Artists The Weeknd, SZA and Harry Styles closely followed the singer-songwriter in the rankings, in the report titled “The Best Songs To Listen to While Studying.”
SWIFTIES ARE SMART?
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift emerged as the top artist among students with high GPAs (3.5-4.0). Following her closely in the rankings was Canadian singer The Weeknd, according to the latest study conducted by the College Rover Team.
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“For those looking to boost their grades, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, and SZA were the top favorites of students with the highest GPAs (3.5-4.0). The next time you choose partners for a group project, you might want to skip asking about majors and look at everyone’s Spotify playlists instead,” College Rover wrote.
The study was conducted by College Rover, a user-friendly tool designed to help students and parents efficiently “sift through mountains of information about colleges.”
How Swifties reacted
Meanwhile, Taylor’s avid fans took to Twitter to share their reactions to the study.
“A weird statistic to interpret but I’ll let it slip because I too am a Swiftie with a (kinda) high GPA,” wrote a fan.
A Twitter user, on the other hand, wondered why “smart” Swifties pay massive amounts of money for Taylor’s concert tickets, only to end up sitting on the far side of the stadium or on the nosebleed seats.
“Then why do they spend $2000 a ticket to sit in the nose bleeds.”
Then why do they spend $2000 a ticket to sit in the nose bleeds
— Andrew Mason 📸 (@andrewmvson) July 25, 2023
“Mother said open those textbooks and they listened,” another fan quipped.
A fan related the study’s result to one of Taylor’s songs, saying “No one relates to ‘This is Me Trying’ harder than the students with high GPAs.”
College Rover released the findings last June 26.
It surveyed 1,025 students ages 18-23 to see how listening to music while studying affects them.
“We also used Spotify’s API to analyze 48,077 songs in “study” playlists to explore what music makes up studying playlists. We analyzed song characteristics such as valence, tempo, and loudness,” it said in its methodology disclosure.
