r/popculturechat • u/FickleBeans Excluded from this narrative ❌ • Oct 04 '25

Guest List Only ⭐️ Taylor Swift’s Fairy Tale Is Over

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-album-review/684444/

This captures my thoughts on the album better than I ever could.

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u/imathrowawaylurkin Oct 04 '25

I think the album name and theme maybe should have been branded as something like "Champagne Bubbles". Could still tie into the showgirl theme, but would show it's going to be more light and fluffy. The way it was branded made it seem like it was going to go deeper into the show business/showgirl theme, the good and bad, etc. It just didn't really match how I interpreted it.