• Taylor Swift released her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," on Friday. • All 12 tracks were cowritten and co-produced by Swift with pop powerhouses Max Martin and Shellback. • Much like the trio's work on "Reputation," the new music is catchy and bold but often leans cringey.

Taylor Swift's new album, "The Life of a Showgirl," arrived Friday with all the flamboyant, catchy bombast she promised — often deployed to the album's detriment.

"Showgirl" hits the airwaves mere weeks after Swift's engagement to NFL star Travis Kelce whom she began dating in 2023, and one year after Swift's commercially successful yet critically polarizing 2024 album, "The Tortured Poets Department."

This time around, Swift opted not to work with her recent go-to producers, Jack Antonoff and Aaro

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