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Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' Album Review
October 3, 2025 - It’s exactly the kind of song fans have been clamoring for since Swift brought out electric-guitar versions of Red for 1989’s world tour. Meanwhile, “Father Figure” interpolates George Michael’s song of the same title. But those Prince-like snares are rounded out with a full string orchestra of Swedish musicians. The same ensemble is present in totally different capacities across Showgirl highlights like the title track and “CANCELLED!” The horn section on “Wood” saves the song, which would be a misstep on its gauche lyrics and thinly veiled metaphors alone.
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October 3, 2025 - Unsurprisingly, The Life of a Showgirl is a stark departure from last year’s deeply personal, prosaic, and tortured-as-hell The Tortured Poets Department. “There’s nothing I hate more than doing what I’ve always done,” Swift wrote in The Eras Tour book.
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Taylor Swift's 'Life of a Showgirl': The Year's Most Divisive Album
October 7, 2025 - Showgirl doesn’t have any songs about the emotional battles of love versus fear, and why should it — Taylor’s entitled to a breezy, carefree, going-to-the-chapel album if anyone is. It’s a whole 41 minutes of This Love Changed the Prophecy. If you crave her introspective side, or if you weep for the deafening silence of Aaron Dessner’s banjo, you have plenty of other Swiftian options, including the 31 songs she released last year.
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Feuds, Fame, and Father Figures: Key Takeaways From Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl'
October 3, 2025 - With her returning production partners, she throws it back to the Nineties, wears George Michael’s influence like showgirl feathers, and brings Sabrina Carpenter into her spotlight. She also tosses out her old adage about not getting lost in petty things and letting her nemeses defeat themselves before she gets a chance to swing. Instead, Swift sets off in search of a knockout. Here is everything we learned from The Life of a Showgirl.
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The Life of A Showgirl: Track by Track Breakdown Podcast
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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October 6, 2025 - But it is simply untrue to claim, as Rolling Stone did on Friday, that Showgirl represents “new, exciting sonic turns.” Granted, there’s never been another Taylor Swift song that sounds so much like the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” (“Wood,” with the spiritual energy of bachelorette-party penis décor), or so uncannily like both Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind?” and Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So” (“Actually Romantic,” allegedly alleging that Charli XCX calls her “Boring Barbie,” which might stick).
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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 - Many reviews for The Life of a Showgirl have been unabashedly enthusiastic, with Rolling Stone giving it a five-star review which means they have it their equivalent of a “100 percent” perfect score.
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What Did Critics Think of ‘The Life of a Showgirl’?
October 3, 2025 - According to the initial reviews of The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift had done it again. Rolling Stone awarded her five stars, as it did her past two albums, and dedicated its homepage to fawning Swift coverage.
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“The Life of a Showgirl” isn’t as seismic, but there are addictive and idiosyncratic Swiftisms here: acerbic wit and thick literary references in glassy pop hooks. Where a song like “Opalite,” if attempted by another other performer, would lose its weightlessness under its voluble aspirations, Swift manages to swoon. Stacked, opalescent harmonies and a vintage swing give the song, fittingly, an almost iridescent quality. “
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It’s really fascinating how people’s opinions are completely polarized on this album, even on this sub. I never love Taylor’s albums on first listen, they always have to grow on me, so I don’t have a strong opinion yet. On first listen, I like it better than TTPD and about equal to Midnights.
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I’m on the fence, and please don’t come at me because I really love her so much. Been listening to her since day 1!! TO ME, the album feels rushed and not finished? Don’t get me wrong, I’m absolutely jamming out to The Fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor, and I enjoyed Eldest Daughter. The hype of this album just didn’t match the vibe of my expectation. TTPS was top notch, and boy song after song, it was her best work! I’m really hoping my perspective changes when I see the movie tomorrow. She works absolutely hard and is amazing at what she does. I know my opinion isn’t reflecting that as much right now.
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Taylor Swift's 'Life of a Showgirl' reviews are in—what you need to know
October 3, 2025 - Rolling Stone—5 stars: “Showgirl is the direct result of Swift’s all-encompassing career feat—and an extension of it. She hand-picks elements from all of her eras, just as she did on tour, and combines what works best.” · Telegraph—3 ...
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Taylor Swift's Brilliant New Song 'Elizabeth Taylor': The Life of Two Showgirls
October 4, 2025 - But “Elizabeth Taylor” feels like the emotional centerpiece, the key to the whole record. The showgirl yearns for true love — yet on her own fiercely independent terms. Swift has always identified with Liz, but this is where she claims ...
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The Life of a Showgirl
That being that, if we’re looking just at new studio albums and not re-releases, Rolling Stone’s (by their reviews) official stance representative of their publication is that Midnights, The Tortured Poets Department, and The Life of a Showgirl are Taylor Swift’s best work she’s ever made. Taylor, I love you but you’re bringing me down. · You know I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve sporadically been quite the fan of Taylor’s work in the past. “folklore” and “evermore”—with their intricate arrangements and heartfelt songwriting—unsurprisingly dampened the loins of the beige-clad, Starbucks-ch
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Taylor Swift 'Welcomes the Chaos' of Reactions to 'The Life of a Showgirl'
October 7, 2025 - I know I adore it, and I know that on the theme of what the Showgirl is, all of this is part of it.” · Despite some mixed reactions, Swift said that she enjoyed creating the album, which has accrued more than three million album sales in the United States, buoyed by some 28 different versions of the project being for sale — and counting.
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Taylor Swift 'Life of a Showgirl' Reviews: What Critics Are ...
With “Showgirl,” Maya Georgi with Rolling Stone says Taylor Swift “reached a whole new artistic and personal peak.” At the end of this review, Georgi comments on the album’s final song, the title track featuring Sabrina Carpenter.
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The Life of a Showgirl by Taylor Swift | Album Review | Modern Music Analysis
October 4, 2025 - The showgirl teaches us to harden up, keep 3 steps ahead, and stay wise. Sabrina Carpenter is a pleasant surprise to hear. Carpenter’s airy voice complements Swift’s very nicely.
Rolling Stone
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Taylor Swift Skips the Singles Format for 'The Life of a Showgirl'
October 1, 2025 - The tragedy is essential reading for Taylor Swift fans in the lead up to The Life of a Showgirl, her 12th studio album out Friday.
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Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' Is Officially Here
October 3, 2025 - Swift continued, “I can’t tell you how proud I am to share this with you, an album that just feels so right. A forever thank you goes out to my mentors and friends Max and Shellback for helping me paint this self portrait.” The singer also teased, “If you thought the big show was wild, perhaps you should come and take a look behind the curtain… The Life of a Showgirl is out now.”