Taylor Swift: The Life of A Showgirl Album Review

These are not obscure Sounds – These are several of the most famous songs ever made, now recreated in the kind of “Taylor Swift Song”. Whatever vision that Martin and Shellback have decided to achieve here do not really serve his strengths and, intentionally or not, seems to signal a disinterest in evolution. “Father Figure” has a part of the strongest writing of the album, with the Talon Swiftian Signature Tour at the bridge, and I could not be less excited by the way in which production soundsWho is commonplace compared to his inspiration, George Michael 1987’s song which is still so hot that you remember Babygirl. It is not worth being crazy about “cancelled!”, A swagless “look at what you have done to me”, even when Swift strikes us: “Do you have too much close to the sun?”

I can somehow recommend “Opalite”, a better day anthem for lovers of precious stones that resemble an adaptation on stage of the “circles” of Post Malone, or maybe it is “Sugar” by Maroon 5? “Honey” is quite soft – a simple hip -hop beaten with bass, clarinet and banjo, he finds room under the spotlight for the large live instrumentation which is sometimes overshadowed on other songs. The same goes for the charming TWIFT detour in the country countryside alongside Sabrina Carpenter on the closing title track, which links an arc on the theme of the drama a -ist and glamor with lines like “they torn me like false eyelashes” and a Swedish guy playing the guitar in pedal steel. (He is Anders Pettersson and he also appears on “The Fate of Ophelia”, by far the most convincing song as a whole, and Normie Dream House “Wi $ H Li $ T”, in which Swift imagines a future where, apparently, everyone looks like Travis Kelce.)

“The Life of a Showgirl” is a bit Schmaltzy, but it is proactive to introduce an independent personality with a story to tell, and Carpenter is a real asset. This is one of the moments when musically, The life of a showgirl Bubbing a much better idea – a great glorious competition that inspires organic passion and camaraderie; A concept album with the ambition of doing something familiar as if he has never been seen before. The rest of the time, Showgirl It looks like a large part of the pop music you have heard in the past 10 years and throughout your life; He asks that this time, you listen more closely, because it is Taylor Swift, with the enormity of commercial power and cultural meaning and algorithmic rank that this implies. “In my industry, attention is a condition,” said Swift in his video comment presenting “really romantic”. This is the work of the showgirl: pay attention to you. It works, and if it’s the only pop album you hear this year, it may be quite good.