{"id":2078588,"date":"2025-10-09T03:31:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2078588"},"modified":"2025-10-09T03:31:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:31:38","slug":"her-dumbest-album-yet-are-swifties-turning-on-taylor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/her-dumbest-album-yet-are-swifties-turning-on-taylor-swift\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Her dumbest album yet\u2019: Are Swifties turning on Taylor Swift?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>26-year-old Amy* has been a Swiftie since she was nine years old. \u201cI still have the Wonderstruck perfume I won in a magazine competition in 2011 \u2013 you had to write in with your favourite Taylor Swift song, mine was \u2018Hey Stephen\u2019,\u201d she recalls. Today, Amy owns all of Swift\u2019s albums and a sizable merch collection \u2013 including \u201ccardigans and Christmas ornaments\u201d \u2013 and attended the Eras tour with her fianc\u00e9 last year. \u201cI love her for her lyricism and her ability to speak to the everyday female experience,\u201d she explains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But Amy was disappointed by Swift\u2019s latest release, <\/span><em><span>The Life of a Showgirl. <\/span><\/em><span>\u201cI was expecting a complex piece about the reality of being a showgirl \u2013 crashing in a bathtub after a show, hiding in European cities, and FaceTiming from planes. But I\u2019m not really sure what we got,\u201d she says. \u201cLyrically, it\u2019s all over the place. It sounds like what her haters think her music sounds like.\u201d She adds that she has seen a \u201cmostly critical\u201d reaction from her fellow fans, too. \u201cWe all love her and know she can do better. I just hope she takes some time off, gets back to her roots, and comes to us with more of an album than a product [&#8230;] but unfortunately this really is her dumbest album yet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ko70cExuzZM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>As a card-carrying Swiftie, Amy is part of an enormous, global fandom renowned for its unwavering devotion to Swift (and sometimes described as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/62653\/1\/taylor-swift-former-swifties-tell-us-why-they-left-cult-toxic-fandom\">cultish<\/a> for it), comparable only to the Beatlemaniacs of the 1960s. It\u2019s highly unusual for Swift superfans to speak critically about their idol; in recent years, as Swift\u2019s career has reached dizzying new heights, music journalists have been <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2020\/aug\/03\/taylor-swift-folklore-hardcore-pop-fans-abusing-critics-stan\">doxxed, harassed and sent death threats<\/a> by Swifties for daring to describe her output as anything less than perfect. But <em>The Life of a Showgirl <\/em>seems to have given some of the fandom pause. Amy is by no means the only Swiftie with qualms about Swift\u2019s new direction: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MITSKlSUS\/status\/1973995145155518623\">fans on X<\/a> are openly regretting pre-ordering multiple copies of the record, while on TikTok, videos of Swifties <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ironicallynotgraceful\/video\/7556871036617248031?q=swifties&amp;t=1759856104728\">\u201ccrashing out\u201d<\/a> over the album\u2019s cringeworthy lyrics are going viral.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>27-year-old Will, while ordinarily a fan of Swift, is not a fan of the new album. \u201cEver since her debut, Taylor Swift has possessed an innate ability for storytelling,\u201d he says, explaining that the singer\u2019s lyricism has always been the main draw for him. \u201cI personally do not care for <\/span><em><span>The Life of a Showgirl <\/span><\/em><span>at all. I found the lyrics, which have always been her strong suit, to be superficial and basic.\u201d He describes one line from \u2018Eldest Daughter\u2019 \u2013 \u201c<\/span><em><span>but I\u2019m not a bad bitch, and this isn\u2019t savage<\/span><\/em><span>\u201d \u2013 as \u201cstraight up cringy\u201d. Pa<\/span><span>risa, 28, feels similarly<\/span><span>. \u201cI keep trying to relisten to <\/span><em><span>The Life of a Showgirl<\/span><\/em><span>, to maybe come to terms with her new sound, but it\u2019s just very different to her usual lyrics that have a deeper meaning,\u201d she says. \u201cThe songs don\u2019t reflect the Taylor we\u2019ve known who\u2019d reference Aristotle and Greek mythology.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For 27-year-old Nina, part of the issue is that Taylor\u2019s work just doesn\u2019t feel \u201crelatable\u201d anymore. \u201cMaybe this is a sign of me outgrowing her music. I personally can\u2019t relate to the all-American vision of her and Travis. I struggle to relate to the fairytale ending. I\u2019ve never subscribed to that ideology,\u201d she says. \u201cI think she could still write beautifully about it, but it will get harder to relate.\u201d<\/span><span> It\u2019s an understandable concern: many of Swift\u2019s most popular songs grapple with themes like heartbreak and yearning, often rooted in her personal experience. As Tyler Foggatt recently wrote in <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/critics-notebook\/do-we-still-like-taylor-swift-when-shes-happy\"><em><span>The New Yorker<\/span><\/em><\/a><span>, her exes \u201c<\/span><span>haven\u2019t just been her boyfriends; they\u2019ve been her muses.\u201d<\/span><span> Many fans, in light of this, are wondering what kind of music Swift will produce now she appears to be in a happy, settled relationship. Swift herself even <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c9312173ydko\">recently admitted to<\/a> once fearing her songwriting abilities would \u201cdry up\u201d if she achieved happiness and stability in her personal life.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<iframe class=\"tiktok-embed\" data-delay-load=\"immediate\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7556871036617248031\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"757\" minheight=\"757\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Perhaps this is an unfair question to ask; comparatively little attention is given to the relationship status of male artists.<\/span><span> But it\u2019s very possible that Swift, now a pop behemoth and billionaire to boot, is becoming more and more out of touch. \u201cYou can see how her reality is very different to her fans\u2019 lives on this record, with mentions of luxury brands and expensive hotels,\u201d Nina says. It\u2019s certainly a far cry from the carefully crafted, apolitical \u2018everywoman\u2019 image that helped catalyse her career by enabling fans to project whatever they wanted onto her. Maybe, then, the issue isn\u2019t that she\u2019s \u2018happy\u2019 \u2013 it\u2019s that she\u2019s increasingly sheltered, living a life devoid of any semblance of \u2018normalcy\u2019 anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This chimes with 22-year-old Emily, who is nothing short of a superfan. \u201cI\u2019m autistic and Taylor Swift has been a massive hyperfixation of mine for years,\u201d she explains, adding that she first became \u201csuper obsessed\u201d with the artist as a teenager. \u201cI\u2019ve always preordered multiple copies of albums and woken up at 5am on release days to listen as soon as they come out,\u201d she recalls. \u201cI saved for years to see her on tour \u2013 last year I saw her ten times on the Eras tour, across Edinburgh, Liverpool, Cardiff, London, Amsterdam, Milan and Zurich. I even have a \u201813\u2019 tattoo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>The lyrics felt jarring, a product of an echo chamber she\u2019s in at the moment<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- WhiteSpaceFilter: Exclude --><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>But the first time Emily listened to <em>The Life of a Showgirl, <\/em>she \u201cwanted to burst into tears\u201d. \u201cThe whole album feels out of touch with the world at the moment\u201d, she says, adding that \u2018CANCELLED!\u2019, where Swift asserts that she likes her friends \u201c<em>cloaked in Gucci and in scandal<\/em>\u201d, feels especially tone deaf. \u201cShe\u2019s been rich and famous for as long as I\u2019ve been a fan, but her music still felt deeply relatable,\u201d she continues. \u201cI felt this was completely absent from the new album. The lyrics felt jarring, a product of an echo chamber she\u2019s in at the moment.\u201d She adds that she\u2019s increasingly \u201cuneasy\u201d with Swift\u2019s political apathy, especially her reluctance to say anything about Palestine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s been challenging for Emily to be confronted with the reality that she might not love Swift as wholeheartedly as she once did. \u201cIt sounds so silly, but I do feel like I\u2019m going through some sort of grief. I can\u2019t listen to her at the moment without crying,\u201d she says, explaining that it feels disorientating to \u2018lose\u2019 a special interest like this. \u201cIt feels really confusing trying to balance this love I\u2019ve had for years for Taylor and her music and the realisation that she is just another billionaire who is completely out of touch with the world around her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Of course, many fans are still as devoted as ever, decrying anyone who dares offer even a mild criticism of the album as a <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vampyrlikeme\/status\/1975822739869966668\"><span>\u201cfake Swiftie\u201d.<\/span><\/a><span> Obviously, it will take far more than a single dud album to knock Taylor Swift off the stratospheric pedestal that her staunchest followers have placed her on (and I\u2019m sure there are some fans who would still stand by her even if she released an experimental <\/span><em><span>musique concr\u00e8te<\/span><\/em><span> album or said a bunch of slurs on an Instagram Live). But it\u2019s possible that the release of <\/span><em><span>The Life of a Showgirl <\/span><\/em><span>might come to be remembered as a turning point in Swift\u2019s career; the very first dip after the acme of the Eras era. What goes up must come down, after all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>*Name has been changed<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function () {\nn.callMethod ?\nn.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n}; if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n; n.loaded = !0; n.version = '2.0'; n.queue = []; t = b.createElement(e); t.async = !0;\nt.src = v; s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n}(window,\ndocument, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '357833301087547');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.dazeddigital.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26-year-old Amy* has been a Swiftie since she was nine years old. \u201cI still have the Wonderstruck perfume I won in a magazine competition in 2011 \u2013 you had to write in with your favourite Taylor Swift song, mine was \u2018Hey Stephen\u2019,\u201d she recalls. 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