Taylor Swift - ‘The Life of a Showgirl’

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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 459]

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.

[ReverseDisease 90]

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.

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People were really hyping themselves up with the photoshoot and she released that album. Well done swifties, buy more variants from her.

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1 hour ago, ReverseDisease said:

Gaga released a better taylor swift song than taylor swift

CAUSE U LIKE MY HAIR, RIPPED UP THIGH-HIGHS
U LIKE THE SHOWGIRL I GOT INSIDE

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10 hours ago, salty like sodium said:

wow i haven't seen you here in forever, it's nice to see tyou back 

 

the power of taylor 

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Just listened the whole thing. Two songs are good and interesting (Ophelia n Showgirl) still not something very unique and wow.. All the others are totally bland and some (like romantic) are bad..

Also the vibe of photos and title doesn't fit at all at the vibe of music.. like AT ALL! it's like you buy Kylie and receive broke Lana.

Still don't understand how this girl became that big with people. Its really a phenomenon for scientific research. I mean, shes so flat n one dimensional.

I guess, obviously, she have something (she's beautiful ok) that most girls or people in general consider the type of successful and they would like to be something like that , but i really cant understand and relate.

Anyways, good for her. That numbers are amazing. But in terms of art she will leave behind only success in numbers and nothing special in terms of art or music to be remembered of.

For me the album is 4/10. That 7 is totally overrated.

Edited October 4, 2025 by HermesG

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39 minutes ago, julz said:

 

Omg she looks like how I imagine her fangirls. Yeah i can explain somethings now 

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2 minutes ago, HermesG said:

Just listened the whole thing. Two songs are good and interesting (Ophelia n Showgirl) still not something very unique and wow.. All the others are totally bland and some (like romantic) are bad..

Still don't understand how this girl became that big with people. Its really a phenomenon for scientific research. I mean, shes so flat n one dimensional.

I guess, obviously, she have something (she's beautiful ok) that most girls or people in general consider the type of successful and they would like to be something like that , but i really cant understand and relate.

Anyways, good for her. That numbers are amazing. But in terms of art she will leave behind only success in numbers and nothing special in terms of art or music to be remembered of.

For me the album is 4/10. That 7 is totally overrated.

opalite is also very good, and father figure is ok. the rest of the album is meh. i also don't find the showgirl song that good personally, the melody doesn't grab me.

she became this big for two reasons:

1) she actually does have some very, very good music. it just happens that those songs were mainly written either before she was actually famous (fearless-1989 album), when she was being mass-cancelled and feeling vulnerable (reputation), or when the pandemic made her reflect on the world and escape through storytelling (folklore/evermore)

2) even she she writes average songs, a lot of people gravitate towards averageness as they see a flattering mirror to look into

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13 hours ago, NCgaga said:

Lord the hate from Gaga fans is crazy. And I’m a Gaga fan. Is this what they do to Gaga on other fan forums? Jesus. 

Gaga gets the most amount of hate on gagadaily itself , you dont even need to go to other fan forums for that. 

 

[LordByron28 1,275]

Listened to the album. Most of the tracks have some decent hooks. Definitely more curated experience than TTPD.  It’s an album perfectly honed in on the style she has curated during her career with all of the emblematic traits. I think the backlash comes from the visuals and theme seemingly promising a different sound than just another Taylor Swift record. Also the subject matter she explores has all been done countless times over in previous albums. Some of it like the beef with Charli comes across contrived to try and find a celebrity drama to discuss for the album. It’s not bad and an easy listen but it also lacks evolution and artistic growth and is incredibly safe.  
 

I would’ve been happy and was expecting a really big pop album that may have had more of a loud sound that maybe just discussed her being engaged to a major league national football player, being a billionaire, traveling the world with the most successful tour and enjoying the fruits of her labor. Just something a little more happy, appreciative, celebratory instead of the same subject matter she has discussed for 15 years with the same sound. Also, if you are going to write a diss track, how about you start with the POTUS who most assuredly has said more nasty and hurtful things about you publicly than Charli XCX yet instead you write a track how you prefer hanging out with people who support a man that says all of those things to you. Don’t get me wrong I will return and continue listening to the album, the first four tracks are solid as well as some other standouts. Other than the unnecessary charli beef where she comes across on the wrong side of the coin. There’s nothing super wrong with the album. She’s always had cringe lyrics that’s part of her appeal. I guess she’s now discovered sexual innuendos now that Sabrina is big but that’s about it in terms of new content from her. Overall just incredibly safe in terms of subject matter and sound. I’d like to see her take some risks.