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‘The Life of a Showgirl’

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By: Charlotte Aver

On August 12th at 12:12 am the countdown ended. Taylor Swift announced her 12th studio album by putting a countdown on her website that ended at 12:12 am resulting in a pre pre-order of ‘The Life of a Showgirl’. The album cover was a light green blur with an orange sparkly lock.

The next day she was featured on her boyfriend’s podcast where she showed the album cover and revealed the track list which is, 1. The Fate of Ophelia, 2. Elizabeth Taylor, 3. Opalite, 4. Father Figure, 5. Eldest Daughter, 6. Ruin the Friendship, 7. Actually Romantic, 8. Wi$h Li$t, 9. Wood, 10. CANCELLED!, 11. Honey, and last but not least track 12. The Life of a Showgirl feat. Sabrina Carpenter. She also revealed the release date which was October 3rd.

Leading up to the announcement of her 12th studio album, almost every time she was seen in public she was wearing plaid, this led to much confusement within the swiftie community. The supposed reason for her wearing plaid was a clue to the album’s release date October 3rd, which is also Plaid day. The album’s main theme colors are orange and green.

During the album rollout there have been seven countdowns on her website. One led to the pre pre-order in which you could not see the album cover but the track list was still a mystery. Two led to the album cover reveal as well as deluxe CD’s. Three, four, and five led to vinyl variants. Six led to a cardigan for the album, and the seventh led to hand signed CD’s.

Taylor is known for her use of Easter eggs, which are little clues for her fans to pick up on and guess what her next move within the music industry is going to be. To Easter egg this album she had many outfits and visuals on her eras tour that led to this. One of these Easter eggs was the orange door that showed up during the finale of the Eras Tour each night that she only exited through on the very last show of the tour. Fans speculated that this was a metaphor for her entering her next era, which was confirmed on the podcast she released the album on.

Another thing that she did to hint at her upcoming album was when she brought Sabrina Carpenter out as a surprise guest; Sabrina was wearing a white baby doll dress referencing Taylor’s 11th studio album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’. Taylor herself was wearing an orange flowy dress that was referencing her upcoming album which Sabrina would be featured on, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’.

The craziest Easter egg she left was during her Midnights era (which was her 10th studio album) three years before ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ was announced. She made a music video for her song “anti-hero” that included two versions of her: one was self conscious and wore multiple white and gray outfits, the other version of her was loud and seemingly happy, this version wore an orange and green sparkly romper. Throughout the music video the two versions did many things together one of the notable things was that the happier version of her slammed a guitar into the ground 12 times possibly referencing her 12th studio album. The main theory about this music video is that the self conscious Taylor was referring to ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ and the happier Taylor was referring to ‘The Life of a Showgirl’.

She has also announced a movie coming to theaters October 3-5, in which the debut of the “Fate of Ophelia” music video, brand new lyric videos and her own personal insights on the songs. I will be deconstructing each song with information I gather from the movie and also my personal insights. Coming soon!

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