Maddie Lander | Writer
October 10, 2025
Taylor Swift has been one of the biggest names in music for over a decade. She’s known for catchy lyrics, powerful emotions, and songs that tell stories people can relate to. However, her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, has unpleasantly shocked fans. Instead of giving another masterpiece, she delivered one of her weakest albums yet. This album feels dull, repetitive, and completely out of touch. All the creativity and heart that used to make her music special disappeared.
The initial flaw is that the music feels flat. The production is too polished, almost covering up the lack of true creativity. Each song blends into the next with the same boring beats and melodies. Sophomore Lila Whitaker listened to the new album and thought that “the music sounds the same, and it all sounds terrible.” The energy and catchiness that made her previous songs impossible to get out of your head is non-existent. This album just drags, as if she is running out of ideas and trying to hide behind auto-tune and sound effects.
The lyrics are another major disappointment. Swift used to be known for her clever lyricism, turning heartbreak and personal experiences into songs that actually felt real. But in The Life of a Showgirl, the lyrics felt forced and shallow. Sophomore and Taylor Swift fan, Abby Emory, claimed that “after her engagement, Taylor is happier and has nothing left to complain about.” Some lines sound like she is trying to sound mysterious or deep, while others cringe and ruin the whole song. Lyrics like “Did you girl-boss too close to the sun” in Swift’s track “CANCELLED!” make fans want to turn off the song and pull them out of the moment. The emotion that once made her music so powerful isn’t there anymore.
Even the themes of the album don’t land. It’s supposed to be about fame, performance, and what it means to be in the public eye, but it never digs deep enough to say anything meaningful. Instead, it feels like she is recycling the same ideas of heartbreak, revenge, and reflection, which are ideas displayed all throughout her previous albums.
Fans online are extremely unimpressed. Instead of celebrating another brilliant album, social media is full of people calling the album Swift’s “flop era,” “boring,” “awkward,” and “embarrassing.” The Life of a Showgirl doesn’t feel like a brand-new chapter, but more of an attempt at copying her past success and missing it completely.
The Life of a Showgirl proves that even the biggest stars can lose their spark. It’s overproduced, underwritten, and painfully forgettable, the kind of album that makes you miss the old Taylor Swift.
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