Taylor Swift released a new album … again. While there is a ton of negative buzz surrounding it, I argue it is her best and most intimate work. I would know, because I relate.

“The Life of a Showgirl” is Swift’s inner monologue at the height of fame following the Eras Tour and a very public relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

Listeners are calling “Showgirl” a disappointment — a far cry from “lyrically advanced” albums like “folklore.” These complaints prove an age-old adage about entertainment that Swift spells out in her song “Elizabeth Taylor”: You’re only as hot as your last hit, baby.

As someone who’s often recognized from the last show I was in, called “Miller Minutes” in public — only known for the last note I sang or word I wrote, I can relate. The showg

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