Taylor Swift - ‘Life of a Showgirl’

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The first day will be big since there's a lot of uproar on social media, but unlike the previous albums, it's quite a mixed reaction hence I predict a steep decline and not so good longevity. Except for Fate of Ophelia and Opalite, she can bank on those two singles to carry the album. 

[Luv u Sum 2,402]

idk i kinda like it ! i think it's a tighter and more listenable lover 

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The Life Of A Showgirl… and not one jazz track

 

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1 hour ago, salty like sodium said:

father figure is also nice if you can get past that awful d*** lyric. it's especially nice because it's one of her rare songs that isn't about love.

She should’ve kept it as the non-explicit version and use check instead 

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5 hours ago, salty like sodium said:

no amount of videos could ever made "WOOD" work as a song

Excuse you. 
There is definitely one video that would make Wood work. 

[Idefix1999 112]

I went to the cinema listening party yesterday. After listening to the album in the morning I liked the first three tracks, Wood and Cancelled.

The music video for TFOO is her best video in a long time and it really matches the "Showgirl" theme. The explanations for every song made me understand some of the calmer songs more. It's not about the life of a showgirl you see onstage, but rather what goes on backstage, that it isn't all glittery and colourful and jazzy with jewelry and feathers. I was also a bit disappointed that the music didn't sound as much showgirl-ish as the covers and photos seemed to promise, but as the songs were written backstage on The Eras Tour I can get what "The Life of a Showgirl" could be about. Besides Wish List and Honey I think the other songs are good, some are great. It isn't her best album and I can understand that not everyone likes it. 

I imagined the album being called "Opalite" and somehow the songs would still work. 

I'm looking forward to seeing another tour, as my Vienna concert got cancelled. We definitely shouldn't expect a Showgirl Tour a la Kylie Minogue, but I think a tour with this album would still work great.

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Gaga released a better taylor swift song than taylor swift

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6 hours ago, JGD said:

She should’ve kept it as the non-explicit version and use check instead 

To be honest this was the only change I was surprised about during the cinema release party. I didn't miss any of the b!tches-lyrics since all the songs worked well (or even better?) without them. The only change that was worse was changing "tighs" to "skies" in Woods.