According to the initial reviews of The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift had done it again. Rolling Stone awarded her five stars, as it did her past two albums, and dedicated its homepage to fawning Swift coverage. Variety gave Showgirl a score of 100: “ Taylor Swift Has Made Such a Contagiously Joyful Record, Even Her Score-Settling Detours Sound Sunny .” I guess that is one way to put it. The BBC called it a “triumphant pop victory lap” where Swift “hits all her marks.” USA Today claims that “Taylor Swift ups her game again.”

And yet, this time, even the most devoted fans weren’t so certain the album was good. As one Swiftie on X put it , this release marks the “first time in the 18 years of being a fan …. i didn’t like a single song on the album.” Other listeners we

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