Taylor Swift has spent nearly two decades rewriting the rules of pop stardom, but her twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, proves that even at the height of her career, she’s still finding ways to reinvent herself. Released today, October 3, the record arrives with the kind of anticipation only Swift can summon after all, this is an artist who has broken her own streaming records, sold out stadium tours across continents, and reclaimed ownership of her masters.

And yet, despite all those milestones, The Life of a Showgirl feels like another peak in Swift’s ever-climbing ascent. Glittering, theatrical, and deeply personal, it’s an album that balances spectacle with intimacy and unsurprisingly, Rolling Stone has already given it a rare five-star review.

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