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One week after Taylor Swift released her twelfth studio album, we wonder if she’s running out of things to talk about.<\/div>\n
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Taylor Swift’s\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl<\/i> debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart this week.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For nearly two decades,\u00a0Taylor Swift\u00a0has had a hold on the pop music landscape. Even during her country era, songs like \u201cTeardrops On My Guitar\u201d and \u201cLove Story\u201d had Top 40 radio in a chokehold. Her early hits stuck in our heads throughout the years as her star was rising. Nineteen years after her debut, Swift\u2019s reign remains strong, notably as the current top 10 of the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0Hot 100 (ending Oct. 18) is entirely occupied by songs from her latest album,\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl. But while she continues to dominate the charts and break sales and streaming records, can these feats still mirror the cultural impact she once made?<\/p>\n

Since the dawn of pop music, many artists have had respective\u00a0\u201ceras\u201d\u00a0to accompany their albums, in which they created a character, aesthetic and mood to correspond with the sonics of each record. Fans of Janet Jackson can differentiate the sultry, sexy vibes of her\u00a0Janet\u00a0album from the raw, vulnerable lyrics of\u00a0The Velvet Rope. Britney Spears fans remember the moment she went from the sweet, young bubblegum pop princess on her\u00a0\u2026Baby One More Time\u00a0debut album to a more mature twentysomething on her sophomore effort\u00a0Oops\u2026I Did It Again. Back when Rihanna wasn\u2019t teasing us with\u00a0R9\u00a0updates, she reinvented her looks with each album, and fans can easily tell which photoshoot or red carpet look corresponds with\u00a0Rated R\u00a0versus\u00a0Loud\u00a0versus\u00a0Anti.<\/p>\n

From March 2023 to December 2024, Swift celebrated her own album eras with her critically-acclaimed Eras Tour,<\/em>\u00a0which has gone on to be the highest-grossing concert tour of all time. At the time of kick-off, she had 10 albums to her credit, later 11 when\u00a0The Tortured Poets Department<\/em>\u00a0dropped in April 2024. It was while she was on tour that she had begun studio sessions with pop powerhouse producers Max Martin and Shellback for\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>. During an August appearance on the\u00a0New Heights<\/em>\u00a0podcast \u2014 which is hosted by Swift\u2019s fianc\u00e9, Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, and his brother, Jason Kelce, formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles \u2014 Swift said she told the producers, \u201cI want to be as proud of an album as I am of the Eras Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n

Immediately upon the album announcement, anticipation for the album was high. And Swifties came through during release week, purchasing over four million copies during its first week \u2014 making\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl\u00a0Swift\u2019s highest debuting album of her career. According to\u00a0Billboard,\u00a0the album sold a staggering 4.002 million in equivalent album units (including streaming equivalent albums and track sale equivalent albums) and pure album sales totaling 3,479,500. But despite its instant success,\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl\u00a0has received\u00a0mixed reviews.<\/p>\n

The Limitations of a Showgirl<\/h2>\n

Those with a more objective ear will tell you why they feel the album fell flat. Lyrics to \u201cOpalite\u201d sound like borderline racist jabs to Travis\u2019 ex, Kayla Nicole; the alleged Charli XCX diss on \u201cAbsolutely Romantic\u201d feels petty and childish; \u201cWish List\u201d sounds like a 1950s suburban fantasy \u2014 something she directly said she\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0<\/em>want on her 2022 track \u201cLavender Haze.\u201d And of course, we\u2019ve heard the nods to Travis\u2019 manhood on \u201cWood,\u201d whether we wanted to or not.<\/p>\n

So what went wrong with\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>? One of the main criticisms is the fact that Swift has reached billionaire status, and therefore, is no longer the lovesick, relatable young girl who stepped on the scene in 2006. Some believe the album is a cash grab, as she released over 30 variants in its first week of release.<\/p>\n

But perhaps the general consensus is that now that she has everything she\u2019s wanted \u2014 worldwide fame, a beloved music catalog and the man of her dreams \u2014 she\u2019s run out of stuff to talk about.<\/p>\n

Even the eras of Swift\u2019s early adulthood \u2014 when she was already a pop sensation \u2014 offered some degree of relatability. 2014\u2019s\u00a01989\u00a0<\/em>saw a 24-year-old Swift navigate love and heartache as she moved to a new city. 2017\u2019s\u00a0Reputation\u00a0<\/em>featured Swift embracing newfound love amid scrutiny from her peers. Even her 2020 pair of albums\u00a0Folklore\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Evermore\u00a0<\/em>offered therapeutic introspection at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Swift herself already revealed during a BBC Radio 1 interview this month that she doesn\u2019t plan to tour for this album; therefore, fans are already losing a key component of what makes an album era an era. But despite what critics say about the album, Swift has already given fans more than enough.<\/p>\n

With lyrics that range from joyfully to painfully relatable, memorable genre shifts and the reclamation of her master recordings, Swift\u2019s impact on the industry is undeniable \u2014 even if her latest album can\u2019t match up to the memorability of her previous 11.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s OK. Every artist has at least one bad album in their discography (except Beyonc\u00e9). And after a certain point in a pop star\u2019s career, they make music as passion projects as opposed to remaining relevant in the mainstream. When we think of Madonna, do we reflect on her most recent album,\u00a0Madame X,\u00a0or are we taken back to the eras of\u00a0True Blue\u00a0or\u00a0Like a Virgin? While Kylie Minogue may have had a big career resurgence back in 2023 with her viral hit \u201cPadam Padam\u201d \u2014 thanks largely in part to the gays \u2014 many core fans will associate her with her\u00a0Fever\u00a0and\u00a0Kylie\u00a0eras.<\/p>\n

Swift should feel proud of the discography she has. Not many artists have 12 Hot 100 No. 1 singles to their name, nor can they still build hype with new music nearly 20 years after their debut.\u00a0Very few artists can garner anticipation nearly a year after their tour ended, yet she is set to release a six-part docuseries about\u00a0The Eras Tour\u00a0<\/em>on Disney+ this coming December.<\/p>\n

As she says in her 2022\u00a0Midnights\u00a0<\/em>cut \u201cMaroon,\u201d that\u2019s a real fucking legacy.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt Swift will release a thirteenth album in the near or distant future, as Swifties know the number 13 is a recurring motif in her music and visuals. Perhaps her next album will remind fans that she hasn\u2019t lost her luster. While\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl\u00a0<\/em>may have missed the mark among critics and even the general public, this doesn\u2019t mean Swift\u2019s era of memorable albums is over. There\u2019s always the next one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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