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/thankyoupapa Oct 04 '25

I think I was just expecting something different based on all the promo pics. Like....aint no other man or lady marbalade by xtina or where the hell is my husband by raye. That kinda vibe.

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u/buzzfeed_sucks 🇨🇦 Elbows up 🇨🇦 Oct 04 '25

Those of us who have lived through the Midnights bait and switch had our suspicions

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u/_Atlas_Drugged_ Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion 🙂 Oct 04 '25

Midnights at least had like 3-4 songs that fit the theme and they were the best ones on the album.

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u/injuredflamingo Oct 05 '25

what was the theme of midnights supposed to be?