I loved this analysis, but I think all I've ever done with the YBWM = indiepop thing was i. try to offer indiepop fans a potential way into liking YBWM and ii. ally it with an emotional context (unrequited love) I recognise from when I listened to indiepop. But of course that's not exclusive to indiepop! The song YBWM makes me think of most is "Come Round Here (I'm The One You Need)" by Smokey Robinson, for instance (tho Smokey's alleging that his crush's existing relationship is actually bad for her, rather than simply less perfect).
More generally I don't think indiepop necessarily has the social connotations you're talking about. I think indiepop has lovelorn lyrics, and I think indiepop can offer the people who listen to it an option of what you're calling social resentment, but I don't think the two often connect explicitly in the music. Songs like "Bewitched" by The Wedding Present or "I'm In Love With A Girl Who Doesn't Know I Exist" by Another Sunny Day barely present infatuation in a social context at all, much much less than Taylor Swift does.
(As others have said, it's TS' use of detail and context that makes her a good songwriter).
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More generally I don't think indiepop necessarily has the social connotations you're talking about. I think indiepop has lovelorn lyrics, and I think indiepop can offer the people who listen to it an option of what you're calling social resentment, but I don't think the two often connect explicitly in the music. Songs like "Bewitched" by The Wedding Present or "I'm In Love With A Girl Who Doesn't Know I Exist" by Another Sunny Day barely present infatuation in a social context at all, much much less than Taylor Swift does.
(As others have said, it's TS' use of detail and context that makes her a good songwriter).