Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl (October 3, 2025) • Page 13

Didn’t she crash a Kennedy wedding when she was dating Conor Kennedy? I don’t remember if that was before or after the song though.

 

Yes and she also crashed Josh Farro from Paramore’s wedding lol

 

I think the “big reputation” part is much less bad than the Ed Sheeran part, lol. But also, I just don’t care about the song, so oh well.

 

Oh did no one shoutout “Better Than Revenge” (slut-shame version)? I don’t hate it (if anything, I’ve grown to semi-ironically like it, lol), but I know historically that’s been a pretty polarizing song.

 

I won't attempt to determine a personal bottom 10, but I could more or less predict it would be a mixture of debut and TTPD anthology tracks.

On the latter, I'm not even sure how much I think they're just bad/bland/boring songs and how much is just the immense Taylor fatigue I was feeling at the time (and still kind of am feeling.)

 

Justice for self-titled. She has three albums that I like less than it.

 

I mean, one of the “issues” they apparently had was that she was pining for Matty Healy the entire time.

Obviously, we do not know the specifics of their relationship or when it soured, but I have trouble buying the prison metaphor when there are multiple albums worth of songs proclaiming how wonderful their relationship was. In any case, I find it to be one her most poorly written songs.

I haaaaate the tempo change on that song. Sounds so pasted together to me.

 

I think all songs are an encapsulation of how she was feeling in the moment and the songs about Joe seem to progress from that wonder/infatuation on Reputation/Lover, to significantly less so on Folklore/Evermore, then there were clear signs of trouble on Midnights before the eventual breakup and her disection of it on TTPD. I don't find it hard to believe a relationship could sour over the years.

If the song just doesn't do a good job convincing you of that though that's fair enough.

 

So when is the reveal of all this? I’ve already lost the plot on this release.

 

I can only really remember “But Daddy I Love Him” and “The Black Dog” off the last project.

 

Podcast episode drops at 4 pm PDT

 

2 of the 3 S Tier songs so that tracks. (Clara Bow is the 3rd imo)

 

Daddy I Love Him and Guilty as Sin are the only two that stayed with me.

 

I think “Clara Bow” and the one with Flo + the Machine (“Florida!!!” is it?) are the only ones I’d go back to on purpose.

 

new countdown on her site Taylor Swift Official Store

 

I dug the Coheed cover.

 

To the podcast?

 

i assume the "pre pre-order" will be over and the "pre-order" will begin. i wonder how long the rollout will be. if the leaks were real and the vinyl has already been produced and shipped to stores, it could be pretty short.

 

from the clips, it looks like she at least reveals the album cover during the podcast episode. so i'm assuming the countdown is to the actual cover, tracklist, and maybe actual release date or single?

 

I genuinely forget, have her recent album cycles had lead singles released before the album dropped?

 

nope

 

Due to the countdown starting Monday evening at 9:12 PM EST, my guess is September 12th to give Sabrina’s album a couple of weeks to chart.

 

Anti Hero and Fortnight were designated lead singles but not pre released

 

I'm guessing a lead single Friday, especially if it's a Max Martin album with bops

 

Am I still allowed to preorder or did I miss the first window already?