Metacritic Debut: The Life of Showgirl - 73

[Mirrion Rizzons 11,769]

6 minutes ago, Babel said:

She'll find a way to once again victimize herself by the poor reception of this  album and release another Reputation 

Exactly my fear 

If this era went down well, then we might see her take a break 

Unfortunately she’s gonna use this as ammo

[Lextyr97 20,125]

12 minutes ago, Babel said:

She'll find a way to once again victimize herself by the poor reception of this  album and release another Reputation 

At least we’ll finally get a good album again out of her

[Wolf Boy 3,290]

The slow start of the decline…

[Flippy 13,094]

There’s a handful of cute songs but nothing too memorable…  It kinda sucks since I was expecting more… Though the listening party had me understand the album more, it’s still something I can’t fully connect with

[CyanDante 6,169]

The Variety review has to be 10/10 Ragebait. 

"Swift has never made two albums that sound alike, and that’s certainly the case with this nearly polar-opposite followup to her “Tortured” era. We like her when she’s mad (with apologies to the Incredible Hulk), and of course, she already proudly told us there’s nothing like a madwoman. But she also once told us, “Why be mad when you can be glad?" 

"It’s too late for Swift to have a “song of the summer,” but this feels like the Album of the Summer — the calendar be damned. It’s giddy, funny, touching, silly, haughty and moving in about equal measure, but most of all, it’s got a sunstruck kind of love that besottedly seeps through the orange LP grooves and might even make you believe in romance again, too. Bring your own SPF 50." 

https://variety.com/2025/music/album-reviews/taylor-swift-album-review-life-of-a-showgirl-1236537532/

 

They gave it a 92/100 btw 

Edited 16 hours ago by CyanDante

[elsamars 2,794]

40 minutes ago, CyanDante said:

The Variety review has to be 10/10 Ragebait. 

"Swift has never made two albums that sound alike, and that’s certainly the case with this nearly polar-opposite followup to her “Tortured” era. We like her when she’s mad (with apologies to the Incredible Hulk), and of course, she already proudly told us there’s nothing like a madwoman. But she also once told us, “Why be mad when you can be glad?" 

"It’s too late for Swift to have a “song of the summer,” but this feels like the Album of the Summer — the calendar be damned. It’s giddy, funny, touching, silly, haughty and moving in about equal measure, but most of all, it’s got a sunstruck kind of love that besottedly seeps through the orange LP grooves and might even make you believe in romance again, too. Bring your own SPF 50." 

https://variety.com/2025/music/album-reviews/taylor-swift-album-review-life-of-a-showgirl-1236537532/

 

They gave it a 92/100 btw 

It’s so funny that you can tell which publications get paid by Taylor’s team and which are forced to listen to this album to put reviews

[BeFree 171]

The album is more mediocre than I expected. I fail to see any growth in sound, production, lyrical content etc over the last several albums. Nothing stands out at all in my opinion. 

[alestevens 119]

1 hour ago, Wolf Boy said:

The slow start of the decline…

For the sake of y'all, i hope it finally happens.

It's been 20 years of waiting and it still hasn't happened!

[SpiritBunny 3,527]

6 minutes ago, alestevens said:

For the sake of y'all, i hope it finally happens.

It's been 20 years of waiting and it still hasn't happened!

What are we waiting for? The chop of an album is already out hon. 

[alsemanche 94,040]

4 hours ago, nATAH said:

rs giving this a 100 but mayhem an 80

clearly a paid thing, she had their first ever "cover page takeover" lmao

[27monster27 13,700]

5 hours ago, nATAH said:

rs giving this a 100 but mayhem an 80

Rolling Stone chose misogyny of genuine criticism when it came to Halseys most recent album, so I'm not surprised that they are making messy ratings like this.

[Nagini 3,121]

Awful person professionally and personally. Tank.

[TheOriginalOne 10,999]

Apparently the person that does Taylor’s Rolling Stone reviews is a swifty anyway so..

 

I don’t think Taylor directly pays these people but it would not surprise me if she knew these folks are her fans and her team reaches out with “gratitude” as a way of letting them know she’s watching. 

Edited 11 hours ago by TheOriginalOne

[monstertoronto 10,405]

7 hours ago, CyanDante said:

The Variety review has to be 10/10 Ragebait. 

"Swift has never made two albums that sound alike, and that’s certainly the case with this nearly polar-opposite followup to her “Tortured” era. We like her when she’s mad (with apologies to the Incredible Hulk), and of course, she already proudly told us there’s nothing like a madwoman. But she also once told us, “Why be mad when you can be glad?" 

"It’s too late for Swift to have a “song of the summer,” but this feels like the Album of the Summer — the calendar be damned. It’s giddy, funny, touching, silly, haughty and moving in about equal measure, but most of all, it’s got a sunstruck kind of love that besottedly seeps through the orange LP grooves and might even make you believe in romance again, too. Bring your own SPF 50." 

https://variety.com/2025/music/album-reviews/taylor-swift-album-review-life-of-a-showgirl-1236537532/

 

They gave it a 92/100 btw 

Variety is so ridiculous lately. Their article about Grammy predictions goes on so long about there being zero superstar releasss this year compared to last year and go out of their way to say things like “Kendrick is so far in the lead for AOTY there isn’t anyone even close” and then the next album they talk about having any kind of chance f Sabrina’s album which has been out for 2 mins. Gaga gets a mention at the very end as an afterthought. It seems like an intentional sabotage to diminish Mayhem’s chances and rewrite a narrative that it’s not really in consideration, despite every other awards aggregator placing in the top 2 with many critics predicting it will win. 

this over the top review of Taylor just makes me think variety is even less credible. 

[julz 7,435]