Taylor Swift ’s anticipated new album The Life of a Showgirl is finally here — and it’s a glittering spectacle, filled with a cast of characters that includes close friends, rumored foes, and her football-playing fiancé.

The record was created with Shellback and Max Martin in between shows on the career-spanning Eras Tour , which lit a fire in the singer-songwriter that blazes across each of its 12 tracks. With her returning production partners, she throws it back to the Nineties, wears George Michael’s influence like showgirl feathers, and brings Sabrina Carpenter into her spotlight. She also tosses out her old adage about not getting lost in petty things and letting her nemeses defeat themselves before she gets a chance to swing. Instead, Swift sets off in search of a knockout.

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