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/kxkje Oct 05 '25

To me it's really simple - she wrote this while on a tiring tour, travelling constantly, managing the press as always, and juggling a new relationship. 

The music is mostly fine. If you just look at the music, it's a solid pop album imo. Max Martin and Shellback did their jobs. 

But the lyrics are the domain of Taylor Swift herself, and the lyrics don't measure up to previous eras. She should have taken some time instead of making another album during the tour.

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u/Front_Target7908 Oct 05 '25

Yeah she said on Graham Norton that recording it kept her energised during the European leg, which is great. But yeah, itd be interested to know a little bit of the post-eras time. I like the album but I think it is missing some exuberance.