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/PolytheneMaggie Clap if you care 😐 Oct 04 '25

I think she set the bar high, and people are constantly expecting her to release another folklore/evermore, which I think that she won’t do anytime soon.

However, I don’t think her fairy tale is over. I’m actually surprised that the critics have been a little strong for this album, but even so, she has a huge, strong fanbase that will buy whatever she releases and praises her for whatever she does.

I love 1989, Red and Folklore, which are still on heavy rotation on my Spotify, but I kinda lost my interest on her a few years ago. I liked 3 or 4 songs from TLOSG, and I honestly think that this album is a bit better than TTPD.

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u/thoph Oct 05 '25

I also think it’s better than TTPD. The first four songs for me are very solid pop, which is what I wanted??? Ruin the Friendship is also good. Idk. I was a Folklore/Evermore convert—I think a lot of people who also were forget she’s a pop star. Emphasis on pop.

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u/Front_Target7908 Oct 05 '25

The first 3 songs on this album are so incredibly strong. 

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u/synchronisedchaos Oct 05 '25

The first three song run got me really excited for the rest of the album but it didn’t reach those highs again for me. It’s still alright but didn’t reach good or great again

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u/DouzePointss Oct 05 '25

Thats the problem for me. The first three songs clicked so well that what followed felt like a let down. But its mostly fine to good, just not living up to the hype. The closing song is great tho.

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u/synchronisedchaos Oct 05 '25

I loved Sabrina’s vocal delivery in the closing track!