Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl (October 3, 2025) • Page 96

Red (obviously) and a dead heat between "Ruin the Friendship" and "Opalite."

 

reputation, father figure

 

Re: the sales number, that 4 million will always have an asterisk, but from the reporting I've read about one-week sales numbers over the year, it seems like so many of the albums that hit the 1 million and up record do. No Strings Attached and a lot of those other late '90s/early 2000s million sellers always had the "peak of CD bloat/pre-Napster era hubris" asterisk, 25 and all those earlier Taylor albums had the "weren't on streaming" asterisk, Born This Way had the "half of these were discounted to 99 cents on Amazon" asterisk, etc. End of the day, it's a capitalistic achievement that encourages capitalistic maneuvering.

What I'll be interested to see it whether it can notch a second million-units week, let alone a third. I highly, highly doubt it, which means there's one superlative Adele has that Taylor will still be chasing.

 

Folklore, Ruin the Friendship

 

My favorite albums of hers are Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and evermore.

My favorite song on this is the sound of silence as I remove this album from my library, deciding I’ve finally satiated my curiosity with this artist-redefining disaster.

 

folklore and “Opalite”

 

Folklore. Honey.

 

1989 and opalite - I feel like that prob holds true to your thesis @Garrett

 

it’s hitting about 90% accuracy for the thesis across the posts, haha.

 

Every time I listen to the album I think about which album each song should really be on.

 

Evermore, Opalite.

 

Folklore and Ophelia. Maybe eldest daughter.

for fun, my fav folklore song is invisible string

 

My wife used a string version that as her entrance music during our wedding. Definitely one of "our songs".

 

That’s awesome! Happen to have a clip?

 

What’s the thesis?

 

“Opalite” really is THAT good.

 

Used this version:
https://spotify.link/QF4GTux6sXb

 

Looks like second week sales will drop to 345k per Hits Daily Double, which is kind of a big drop off, but will still put her at #1 again I believe.

 

She still has two more days to goose those numbers

 

Red and Ruin The Friendship for me as well!

 

I was noticing a trend amongst a lot of my friends that equated to this album/song pairing. Only ones I haven’t encountered yet are Debut/Fearless, so those are guesses.

Debut - Opalite
Fearless - Opalite
Speak Now - Ruin the Friendship
Red - Ruin the Friendship
1989 - Opalite (or Honey)
Reputation - Elizabeth Taylor (or Wish List)
Lover - Honey (or Wood)
Folklore - Ruin the Friendship
Evermore - Father Figure
Midnights - Ophelia
TTPD - Ophelia

 

“Stop it”: Ruby Rose says it’s “incredibly stupid” to “fall for” Taylor Swift trad wife accusations

 

I saw a thread today where a guy was very earnestly making the case that the lightning bolt necklace Taylor is selling on her website is loaded with Nazi symbols and dog whistles, and I just think these people should seek help.

 

I think I was fed that exact same thread this morning, really trying hard to connect dots