The Life of a Showgirl + “A Look Behind the Curtain”

This album is a bop. And saying this as a straight man should mean a lot.

Omg! Taylor Alison Swift! You brought me out of that tortured depression with this album! Really would love a signed vinyl because of the cd fiasco. However I had my psychiatrist purchase this album because it’s such a great vibe! It sets a great mood for a great day!

Always trying to break records and accomplish what exactly? Was a huge fan but I’m starting to see what other artists have always said about her. I like my musical artists with some hard edges.

I have it on a playlist with the entire album on repeat five times so I don’t have to keep restarting it. Have always loved her, but wouldn’t necessarily consider myself a Swiftie. Taylor, do YOU and screw the haters. I love that you are authentically yourself unapologetically!! That is what a real woman is!!! Love your album and saw the vision, felt your vibe. Anyone else who didn’t, well, maybe next time. But your album was amazing!!!!!!!!! 🤩

disappointed in this album

nah

Its so goodddd haters gon hate who cares!!!!!

Love this album! Songs are different and catchy. Breath of fresh air

It was made of fish table

Taylor’s output level has been insane since 2020’s “Folklore..” I have been a listener of hers since 2006, but this record finally has permanently turned me off of her. We were promised “a look behind the curtain,” and “bombastic, pop bangers,” and despite working with some of the best producers in modern pop music, this record is a total flop. “The Fate of Ophelia” doesn’t even correctly refer to its literary references, and saps on about how Taylor was “saved” by finding her man—an outdated concept at best, and a hypocritical endorsement of traditional gender roles, from a singer who said “no deal, that 1950s — they want from me” only 3 years ago. “Elizabeth Taylor” is once again a name drop just for the sake of name dropping, without the ripe context of its namesake’s several famously failed marriages. It’s ironically framed as a love song. “Actually Romantic” steals the exact riff from the Pixies’ “Where is My Mind?” & regurgitates it into a weak attempt at a diss track against Charli XCX. Once again, Taylor’s own hypocrisy is on display. It’s as if she needs a villain on every album, so when there is no one else to battle, she just picks a target to punch down on. The most egregious piece of slop on this project is “Wood,” Taylor’s best Sabrina Carptenter impression laid over a Jackson 5-I Want You Back interpolation (uncredited, of course). In it, she likens Travis Kelce’s phallus to a redwood tree, a magic wand, etc—while describing herself as d!ck-matized. I have no issue with raunchy subject matter, but this song truly left me feeling that we should all know less about each other. In her own words, Taylor has truly ‘girl-bossed too close to the sun.’ However, sales will still break records, as she exploits her cult-like fanbase with dozens upon dozens of limited-edition exclusive album merchandise, essentially coercing them to spend hundreds of dollars “collecting” these novelty items, while she continues to make billions.