it’s delicate

there’s something to me that’s tying the message of the life of a showgirl (song) to the broader theme of the album and specifically the love songs that are on it — saying “now i know the life of a showgirl and i wouldn’t have it any other way” feels soooo different from the way she’s written about love in the past, hoping that people will look past her flaws or celebrity image and love her in spite of those things. but this whole album embraces the messy, the flawed, the painful, and says, i love it! i love getting to have what i want and surviving the hard stuff isn’t so bad when i’m also simultaneously doing what i love!!! and that just sounds soooo different from “would it be enough if i could never give you peace”

literally WHO told taylor her skirt didn't fit in the bathroom and made her cry omfg

the crowd is your king poem 😭

“No. I’m just going to be really honest with you, like I am so tired when I think about doing it again. Because I’d want to do it really well again.”

she’s sooo settled not just in her relationship but in her whole life, career, identity, fame, power… like on one hand it feels the most “biggest popstar of all time” album in her discography because she’s owning that title and not running from it or downplaying it, but it’s also like… such a return to form? it’s so grounded and so essential taylor. there’s as much portofino and hollywood on here as there is hendersonville. idk! so much to process rn.

I think every song on the new playlist she put on Spotify is a max martin production song 👀👀👀👀

clara bow i can do it with a broken heart the lucky one who's afraid of little old me nothing new long live