Same as speak now, people don’t appreciate it enough and it’s really not as bad as people would have us believe! Sure, it’s not her best album, but it’s still very good, you only have to look at the stats and the popularity of The Fate of Ophelia !!
When you take the time to listen to it and really appreciate what it conveys, you can enjoy it, and I’ll always be a defender of this album because it gets unfairly hated
I can understand why people don’t like it, we all have different tastes and that’s fine, and perhaps in some respects we can question Taylor’s choices, but musically speaking, it’s still very very good
CD (It’s Frightening edition)
The Life of a Showgirl
Album by Taylor Swift
Released 3 October 2025
Tracklist
- 1The Fate of Ophelia3:464.0 ★
- 2Elizabeth Taylor3:283.5 ★
- 3Opalite3:553.6 ★
- 4Father Figure3:323.8 ★
- 5Eldest Daughter4:062.5 ★
- 6Ruin the Friendship3:403.6 ★
- 7Actually Romantic2:433.4 ★
- 8Wi$h Li$t3:273.0 ★
- 9Wood2:303.0 ★
- 10CANCELLED!3:312.4 ★
- 11Honey3:013.1 ★
- 12The Life of a Showgirlfeat. Sabrina Carpenter4:013.4 ★
Recent reviews
Enough time has passed to say that it’s a good album and that it’s not as bad as people say, it’s not his best album but it’s not bad at all
I’d call it a fun album in any case I enjoy listening to it
deception, but fun
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Release credits
- pedal steel guitar [1, 8, 12]
- alto flute [9], arranger [9], bass clarinet [9], brass [9]
- violin [10]
- cello [10]
- assistant
- strings [10]
- double bass [10]
- additional [7, 10]
- viola [10]
- violin [10]
- violin [4, 9, 12]
- violin [4, 9-10, 12]
- cello [2, 4, 9-10, 12]
- conductor [10], strings [10], violin [2, 4, 9, 12]
- viola [10]
- violin [4, 9-10, 12]
- violin [2]
- cor anglais [9-10, 12], harp [2, 4, 9-10]
- strings [4, 9-10, 12]
- violin [10]
- viola [10]
- flugelhorn [9-10], trumpet [12]
- flugelhorn [9-10], trumpet [12]
- violin [10]
- electric guitar [4, 9, 12]
- engineer, recording
- violin [4, 9-10, 12]
- French horn [10], flugelhorn [9-10], trumpet [12]
- percussion [9]
- Hammond organ [4], Rhodes piano [9], Wurlitzer electric piano [11], bassoon [10], brass [9, 11], string synthesizer [2, 10, 12], strings [2, 4, 9, 9-10, 10, 12], upright piano [12], vibraphone [9], wind instruments [4, 9, 9-10, 10-11, 11-12, 12]
- violin [2, 4, 9-10, 12]
- handclaps [3], keyboard, piano [1-2, 5-12], producer, programming [1-4, 9-10], recording, strings [2, 10, 12]
- percussion [9]
- violin [10]
- violin [10]
- banjo [11-12], electric guitar [12], mandolin [12]
- banjo [11-12], electric guitar [12], mandolin [12]
- trombone [9-12], tuba [11]
- cello [10]
- lead vocals [12]
- mix
- banjitar [7], bass guitar, drums (drum set) [1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-12], guitar, handclaps [3], keyboard [1, 3-8, 10, 12], omnichord [1-4, 9-12], percussion [1-4, 6-12], piano [5, 7], producer, programming [1-4, 8-10, 12], recording, tambourine [5, 11]
- violin [10]
- accordion [11]
- bass [9]
- bass guitar [9], strings [4]
- clavinet [9], double bass [4, 11], piano [11]
- strings [10]
- creative direction, handclaps [3], lead vocals, phonographic copyright, producer
- oboe [10]
- clavinet [9]
- clarinet [9]
- baritone saxophone [9, 12], clarinet [4, 11-12], flute [9-12], tenor saxophone [12]
- cello [10]
- violin [10]
- viola [10]
- strings [10], violin [4, 9, 12]
- alto saxophone [12], baritone saxophone [9], flute [9, 12]
- violin [10]
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TCD (It’s Rapturous edition)3 October 2025
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TCD (signed photo 4)3 October 2025- TCD (Sweat and Vanilla Perfume deluxe)3 October 2025
TCD (Alone in My Tower acoustic version)6 October 2025
TCD (Dressing Room Rehearsal version)6 October 2025
TCD (Life Is a Song acoustic version)6 October 2025
TCD (So Glamorous Cabaret version)6 October 2025
TDigital Media (deluxe Alone in My Tower acoustic version)6 October 2025
TDigital Media (explicit)7 October 2025
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TDigital Media (clean)7 October 2025
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TDigital Media (deluxe Dressing Room Rehearsal version)7 October 2025
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TDigital Media (deluxe Life Is a Song acoustic version)8 October 2025
TDigital Media (deluxe So Glamorous Cabaret version)9 October 2025
TDigital Media (So Punk on the Internet version)9 October 2025
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