Target will open 500 stores at midnight to sell Taylor's 'The Life of a Showgirl'

[Teletubby 152,930]

On 9/7/2025 at 10:17 PM, Lucas said:

Someone should create a topic to keep-up with all the different versions of the album. That's like 8 versions so far?

 

CD variants — 8
• Sweat and Vanilla Perfume CD with Poster
• Sweat and Vanilla Perfume Edition Limited Release Deluxe CD*available only for 72h
• It's Frightening Edition Limited Release Deluxe CD*available only for 72h
• It's Rapturous Edition Limited Release Deluxe CD *available only for 72h
• It’s Beautiful Edition Limited Release Deluxe CD *available only for 72h
• It's Frightening CD*🎯 Target exclusive
• It's Rapturous CD *🎯 Target exclusive
• It’s Beautiful Edition CD *🎯 Target exclusive

Vinyl variants — 7
• Sweat and Vanilla Perfume Portofino Orange Glitter Vinyl
• Wintergreen & Onyx Marbled Vinyl *available only for 48h
• Violet Shimmer Marbled Vinyl *available only for 48h
•  Baby, That's Show Business Edition Lakeside Beach Blue Sparkle Vinyl *available only for 48h
•  Baby, That's Show Business Edition Lovely Bouquet Golden Vinyl *available only for 48h
•  The Tiny Bubbles in Champagne Edition Under Bright Lights Pearlescent Vinyl *available only for 48h
•  The Tiny Bubbles in Champagne Edition Red Lipstick & Lace Transparent Vinyl *available only for 48h

Cassette — 1
• Sweat and Vanilla Perfume Cassette

Digital album— 1
• "“A Look Behind the Curtain” • iTunes Exclusive"

Edited September 11 by Teletubby

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The Swifties will militarily occupy these places 

Does this mean the songs will leak?

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The problem being a moderate Swiftie is that I don’t know which damn version to buy.  I can’t spend $200 on one album and get em all

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17 minutes ago, nodandsmile said:

what Taylor is doing would not work for any other artist lol

nobody even comes close to her level of popularity!

I think it could clearly work for Gaga and other artists but obviously not to the same level of success.

Gaga's music is simply not as bland/GP-friendly to reach as many masses but what Taylor does is cultivating a collector's culture within her own fan base by releasing exclusive, limited-edition and time-limited versions of her music/physicals.

These versions have different art, exclusive tracks, etc. etc. which makes fans desire to get as many "pieces of the puzzle" as possible.

Her marketing material is typically very top-notch too and each post and detail is carefully planned.

I genuinely think Gaga could double her physicals sales if she followed a similar tactic - this is totally reachable based on her popularity (for the haters, I'm not saying I would want Gaga to do this btw).

Even if Gaga doubled her sales, this would still be far off Taylor's numbers.

Edited September 7 by tlittlemonster

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16 minutes ago, nodandsmile said:

what Taylor is doing would not work for any other artist lol

nobody even comes close to her level of popularity!

Didn't JLo's and Jonas Brothers' latest albums also had tons of different versions? JLo ended up debuting with 19 000 albums sold, so you could use the same tactics, but you also need a huge fanbase to make them work for you.

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45 minutes ago, AVeryGagaHolyDick said:

Absolutely not  Taylor is very conventional in everything she does artistically and in the way she presents herself. Even her beauty is conventional. Everything is easily digestible for the public, especially for young people, so she gains more and more fans as time goes by.

Gaga is the opposite of that. All her albums are drastically different (Taylor has also tried different things, but they’re always in the shallow of the risk), her dance music is sometimes aggressive, her lyrics are very metaphorical and therefore hardly accessible for many, she’s unconventionally beautiful, is known for wearing bizarre outfits and making many people uncomfortable, she often uses her visibility to speak out on divisive topics…

So no, Gaga wouldn’t stand a chance to beat Taylor commercially in the age of blandness, in a time where colors literally disappear in culture.

I mean.. it kinda would double the sales if presented in such a way :p but her team has lately had an odd aversion to building hype and just releases everything outta nownere. 

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Imagine having to clock in at midnight cause someone is releasing an album. 

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Pretty bad when you know what the thread title is gonna read when you can only see part of it lol

[elijahfan 26,528]

Reminds me of the good old Harry Potter book release days.

[culturalbaptism 2,967]

1 hour ago, Plastic Flower said:

No bonus track?

Shhhh, thank God. The Toilet Scrub Department had variants for her lifetime. 12 tracks and that's it. Just like reputation only received 15 tracks. That's the best thing ever. I hate bonus tracks nowadays because they may release only at Target or only physical and we scrumble to listen to it on Apple Music. No. Just drop te he album on AM and that's all we're gonna need.

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Wait I thought we were boycotting Target because of their sucking up to Trump? lol 

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14 minutes ago, culturalbaptism said:

Shhhh, thank God. The Toilet Scrub Department had variants for her lifetime. 12 tracks and that's it. Just like reputation only received 15 tracks. That's the best thing ever. I hate bonus tracks nowadays because they may release only at Target or only physical and we scrumble to listen to it on Apple Music. No. Just drop te he album on AM and that's all we're gonna need.

I gave you a lmao react bc of the Toilet Scrub Department, just to make that clear 

I see your point, it’s just what I expect from her at this point lol.

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RIP employees 

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gag, the powerful queen

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The chokehold this woman has on capitalism is crazy