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Born Taylor Alison Swift
(1989-12-13) December 13, 1989 (age 36)
West Reading, Pennsylvania, US
(1989-12-13) December 13, 1989 (age 36)
West Reading, Pennsylvania, US
Occupation Singer-songwriter
Years active 2003–present
Born Taylor Alison Swift
(1989-12-13) December 13, 1989 (age 36)
West Reading, Pennsylvania, US
(1989-12-13) December 13, 1989 (age 36)
West Reading, Pennsylvania, US
Occupation Singer-songwriter
Years active 2003–present
Rolling Stone
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Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' Album Review
October 3, 2025 - From the first Fleetwood Mac-inspired drumroll and melancholy keys of “The Fate of Ophelia,” it’s clear Swift has stepped into uncharted territory. The world might know how Shakespeare’s Hamlet ends, and even how the latest chapter of Taylor’s own love story goes, but the tantalizing melody shaped by a wondrous mix of steel guitar and Omnichord trills makes you want to keep listening to find out just how Swift changed her prophecy.
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r/LetsTalkMusic on Reddit: Rolling Stones Magazine Review of Taylor Swift's Latest Album
October 3, 2025 -
I came across a tweet showing how Rolling Stones reviewed past Taylor Swifts albums and how they were all in the 90-100 range and it got me feeling that they are biased? Not to hate on the life of a showgirl but I hardly think that it was THAT good to warrant a 5 stars (100%)? I mean personally I found the album mediocre to disappointing but even fans of this album also seemed to acknowledge this wasn't the strongest of her albums - and they and I consume music through a very subjective lens. Hence I would like to think for a critic, the subjectivity of taste ought to be tempered with some objectivity. Else isn't Rolling Stones review way to obviously biased? But I think what made me sadder was the idea that this could (and very likely) be the result of a paid review which is kinda sad to think abt cos at her current height i don't think Swift needs any more paid reviews and her fans will (and did) buy her album regardless.
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Reviewing favorably an album by the biggest pop star on the planet is likely a good way to get younger eyes on a 60 year old magazine.
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It's the ultimate failing of poptimism. Major review outlets are petrified of giving negative or even lukewarm reviews for major pop artists for fear of retribution from their obsessive fans. Taylor Swift is simply too big to give a bad review to.
Rolling Stone's 5-Star Review: Taylor Swift Conquers Her Biggest Stage Ever on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’
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October 3, 2025Rolling Stone gives 1989 (Taylor's Version) a 5-star Instant Classic
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August 8, 2023Rolling Stones Magazine Review of Taylor Swift's Latest Album
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October 3, 2025I'm pop music expert (and Taylor Swift aficionado) Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone, AMA!
Rolling Stone reviewed TTPD less than 24 hours after its release. Was the album made available to reviewers before the official release date? If not, and considering the subjective nature of music, how do you feel about album reviews published shortly after release? In my opinion, it takes days for the music to sink in and reveal its nuances. More on reddit.com
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Taylor Swift (Musician)
1 day ago - Taylor Swift charmed fans and critics alike when she came out of the gate at 16 with the introspective maturity of a singer-songwriter twice her age. Since then, Swift has built an illustrious career as a musician and performer.
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Taylor Swift's Songs: All Ranked by Rob Sheffield
October 6, 2025 - Dorothea realizes she doesn’t really fit in either place, but she’ll soon be heading back to her bitch-pack of fair-weather friends in L.A. The best U2-style guitar on a Swift song since “State of Grace.” On the Eras Tour, “’Tis the Damn Season” kicks off the Evermore block, and it’s an astoundingly great stadium-quaker. Best line: “The road not taken looks real good now/Time flies, messy as the mud on your truck tires.” · Taylor has always been madly in love with classic 1960s girl-group pop, but she really gives it up on “Opalite,” channeling Ronnie Spector’s trademark “whoa oh oh oh” from “Be My Baby.” (Not her first Ronettes tribute — “Hey Stephen” has that famous “Be My Baby” drum hook.)
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Taylor Swift's 'Life of a Showgirl': The Year's Most Divisive Album
October 7, 2025 - Critics felt it was selfish, rude, too much homework. The pop audience adored the playful weirdness of it, making it the year’s biggest hit by a country mile. (The critics are now saying the last one was actually better.
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r/TaylorSwift on Reddit: Rolling Stone's 5-Star Review: Taylor Swift Conquers Her Biggest Stage Ever on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’
October 3, 2025 - This album is for all the non Taylor fans to consume and be like Hell Yeah! 5/5 for me personally ... It’s so good! ... I haven't finalized my own opinion yet but positive reception is always good! ... Reputation is still a better pop album. This is not my mother’s best work and it’s okay. ... The girl who reviewed the album is a Swiftie, she literally has vids of her at the Eras Tour. She would obviously give the album 5 stars 😅 ... Did Rolling Stone relax its review formula?
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Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' Review
April 19, 2024 - Poets only want love if it’s torture. And when the poet is Taylor Swift, you always have to figure love and torture are never more than a few verses apart. Taylor became a legend as the poet laureate of teen romance. But that was kid stuff compared to the adult heartbreak of her stunning new album, The Tortured Poets Department.
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There’s No Vaccine for Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome
October 8, 2025 - We dive deep into every track on 'The Life of A Showgirl' — and take on some of the weirder criticisms of it
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Rolling Stone gives a perfect 100 to Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl', plus what other critics think
October 4, 2025 - Rolling Stone reviewer Maya Georgi wrote, “With its spotlight concept and showstopping production, Showgirl is the direct result of Swift’s all-encompassing career feat — and an extension of it.
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Taylor Swift Review: 'Midnights’
December 19, 2022 - “Anti-Hero” is a prime example of just how fun Swift’s pop can be. It’s an album standout and due to be the official lead single. This time, her enemy is her own damn self as she wallows in the same type of “past her prime” anxiety she sings about on the Red (Taylor’s Version) vault track “Nothing New” and underrated Lover cut “The Archer.” It features some of Swift’s most shocking lyrics on the album, like the sure-to-be divisive line “Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby/And I’m a monster on the hill.” But it’s the next part that is a deeply revelatory, “Blank Space”-level burn of both herself and her critics: “Too big to hang out/Slowly lurching toward your favorite city/Pierced through the heart but never killed.” And the moment in the song where she imagines her non-existent daughter-in-law murdering her for the money in the future?
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r/TaylorSwift on Reddit: Rolling Stone gives 1989 (Taylor's Version) a 5-star Instant Classic
August 8, 2023 - At one point I thought it sounded so flawless and similar to the original that I literally had to check if I was playing the old 1989 or Taylor’s Version 😍 ... I think Rolling Stone has a vested interest in continuing to churn out all of these 5 star reviews for Taylor (when have they ever given her a low rating in recent years), as do all media outlets, but it’s still nice to read praise for 1989 TV.
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Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology' Review
April 19, 2024 - It’s nearly all hushed piano ballads, without Part One’s synth-pop production, reaching all the way into homegrown Folklore/Evermore beauty. More tortured. More poetic. “Peter,” “Cassandra,” “The Prophecy” — these are some of the most powerful songs Swift and Dessner have crafted together. Taylor hasn’t given Part Two its own individual title — yet.
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Rolling Stone Taylor Swift: The Editors of Rolling Stone: 9781547865628: Amazon.com: Books
This collector’s edition chronicles Taylor Swift’s iconic rise to superstardom through articles and photos from the ROLLING STONE archive. Follow her journey from young country sweetheart to global pop sensation, and take a behind-the-scenes look at the people, places, and experiences that shaped her life and career.
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"Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums" Taylor Swift's "Red" (Podcast Episode 2020) | Music, Talk-Show
November 17, 2020 - Read allIn the the second episode of our new podcast, Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums, we tackle one of the best and most important albums of the past decade: Taylor Swift's 2012 pop masterpiece "Red". Swift joins host Brittany Spanos to discuss why this is her "one true break-up album" and how she was becoming aware of her own mortality just as she was about to release h...