The Life of a Showgirl has finally been released.

Taylor Swift’s 12th album, produced and written by Swift along with hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback, was thought to be a return to some of her most standard pop albums, like 1989 , but it instead managed to be the love child of Evermore and Midnights .

What starts off introspective and almost melancholy at times leads into a slew of giddy love, and even lust songs, fitting for a woman who was likely falling in love with her now-fiancé during the writing of this album.

Swift said she worked on the album during her wildly successful Eras tour, which might point to the sonic and lyrical journey the album takes listeners on. Swift is certainly not the same person she was when she started that tour in 2023 – no one would be – and th

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