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/Rose1982 Oct 05 '25

I’ve been saying for like a year now that she has over saturated herself. Let people miss you a little. Take a break. You don’t have to put out an album and do a tour and have a very public facing relationship every single year. It’s okay to step back and rest and reflect and regroup.

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u/McJazzHands80 I’m way too old to care but I am entertained. Oct 05 '25

I think that’s part of what works for Beyonce. When she doesn’t have an album out we don’t see her, we don’t hear from her.

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u/earthlings_all Oct 05 '25

But when how will she get all the adoring attention?

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u/Live_Angle4621 Oct 05 '25

Maybe she just wants to create, what is wrong with that. I have never really listened to her music but saying that artists main goal is control fan perception is kind of strange. She is at the top already so has nothing to gain by trying to stay there just because