The Music Industry has returned. The Life of a Showgirl | Streaming Now!

[Glenn.]

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Stream from 5am tomorrow :love:

[Ammi]

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[Strictly Jake]

Best songs on the album for me? Ive listened to the whole thing twice now

Fate of Ophelia, a brilliant opening

Cancelled, is without a doubt my favourite overall song i listened to this one 7 times now!

Life of a showgirl with Sabrina Carpenter is a great closer(although its taylor so we will probably have a whole new 12 songs by this time next week)


But I like Honey, Actually Romantic and Opalite too.

Its a good album!!

[Glenn.]

Listening now.

Loving Fate of Ophelia

[Mystic Mock]

Someone needs to stop Alex Warren and his 6/10 songs and vocals.

[Nicky91]

Someone needs to stop Alex Warren and his 6/10 songs and vocals.

stop hating on the masterpiece that is Ordinary



also Alex deserves no hate whatsoever, he grew up on the streets, to the successful artist he is today :love:

[Glenn.]

Such a great album :love:

[Benjamin]

stop hating on the masterpiece that is Ordinary



also Alex deserves no hate whatsoever, he grew up on the streets, to the successful artist he is today :love:

It’s a bland piece of shite.

[Benjamin]

On the album. It’s ok. Not her best. Father Figure is the best one.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Guardian Review 2 stars out of 5

Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl review – dull razzle-dazzle from a star who
seems frazzled

More startling still is the distinct lack of undeniable hooks and nailed-on melodies.

The album that isn’t terrible: it’s just nowhere near as good as it should be
given Swift’s talents, and it leaves you wondering why.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/03/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-review

[Beso]

Cheap tat.

[Glenn.]

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[Benjamin]

Guardian Review 2 stars out of 5

Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl review – dull razzle-dazzle from a star who
seems frazzled

More startling still is the distinct lack of undeniable hooks and nailed-on melodies.

The album that isn’t terrible: it’s just nowhere near as good as it should be
given Swift’s talents, and it leaves you wondering why.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/03/taylor-swift-the-life-of-a-showgirl-review

I’d have to agree with this review. There’s a couple of okay songs, but nothing of major standout like some of her previous work.

[Glenn.]

I’ve listened to it in full a few times. Really good album. No skips.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The FT gave it 2 stars as well

seems to be a bit of a theme

the Rolling Stone review is clearly bought - everyone is saying so

[Glenn.]

EvErYOnE iS sAyInG s0

Bless the delusion

[Glenn.]

Exclusive: ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ by Taylor Swift becomes the fastest album in HISTORY to reach #1 on Apple Music in 100 countries (7 hrs 50 min).

The record was previously held by her own ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ (8 hours).

[Ammi]

Exclusive: ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ by Taylor Swift becomes the fastest album in HISTORY to reach #1 on Apple Music in 100 countries (7 hrs 50 min).

The record was previously held by her own ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ (8 hours).

…:love:..I’ve only briefly skimmed a few this morning but not listening to the full tracks…I’ll have a proper listen over the weekend when I have more time now…

[Shaun]

Her songwriting has always been utterly infantile but at least she usually had the good sense to have it produced and arranged in a listenable way... not sure where Jack Antonoff sauntered off to, but these songs are so dull. I did briefly like the arrangement of "Cancelled!" before it was pointed out it's a ripoff of Lorde's "Yellow Flicker Beat".

Some of these lyrics are career lows for her. She is so permanently stuck in high school mentally and it's embarrassing. I mean:

When anyone called me "sweetheart"
It was passive-aggressive at the bar
And the bitch was telling me to back off
'Cause her man had looked at me wrong

But I'm not a bad bitch
And this isn't savage
But I'm never gonna let you down
I'm never gonna leave you out
So many traitors
Smooth operators
But I'm never gonna break that vow
I'm never gonna leave you now, now, now

Don't make it awkward in second period
Might piss your ex off, lately we've been good
Staying friends is safe, doesn't mean you should

She is the JK Rowling of the music industry. Weaponising feminism in the most immature and tedious ways.

I ended up giving the album a 3/10 but I think that's because the averages were kind after I gave the opener a 7/10 :laugh: there were some 2s and even a 0 on here.

[Mystic Mock]

stop hating on the masterpiece that is Ordinary



also Alex deserves no hate whatsoever, he grew up on the streets, to the successful artist he is today :love:

Fair play to him.

It still doesn't change that I found his Album to be a 6/10:laugh:

[Mystic Mock]

Her songwriting has always been utterly infantile but at least she usually had the good sense to have it produced and arranged in a listenable way... not sure where Jack Antonoff sauntered off to, but these songs are so dull. I did briefly like the arrangement of "Cancelled!" before it was pointed out it's a ripoff of Lorde's "Yellow Flicker Beat".

Some of these lyrics are career lows for her. She is so permanently stuck in high school mentally and it's embarrassing. I mean:







She is the JK Rowling of the music industry. Weaponising feminism in the most immature and tedious ways.

I ended up giving the album a 3/10 but I think that's because the averages were kind after I gave the opener a 7/10 :laugh: there were some 2s and even a 0 on here.

Sadly, a lot of chart Music at the moment is playing to the lowest common denominator.

Don't get me wrong, I do try to like these types of songs (Taylor Swift ironically is someone I can tolerate more than some in this area of Music) but people like Sabrina Carpenter and Madison Beer are creating songs of torture imo.

[Zizu]

Sadly, a lot of chart Music at the moment is playing to the lowest common denominator.

Don't get me wrong, I do try to like these types of songs (Taylor Swift ironically is someone I can tolerate more than some in this area of Music) but people like Sabrina Carpenter and Madison Beer are creating songs of torture imo.


Sabrina Carpenter is basically a sex worker … you can guarantee that her elaborate , sexually explicit videos take far longer to make than her simple catchy pop songs with stolen riffs


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[bots]

i haven't liked a single song that Swift has released but i'm not her target audience. I'm sure many will like the new album, and if they do, that's great. Just because i don't get anything from it, doesn't make it bad

[Nicky91]

Sabrina Carpenter is basically a sex worker … you can guarantee that her elaborate , sexually explicit videos take far longer to make than her simple catchy pop songs with stolen riffs


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:umm2:

[Nicky91]

if Sabrina Carpenter was a sex worker, then i doubt The Muppets would ask her as a special guest star in their comeback next year (which is confirmed she's set to star in)

[Crimson Dynamo]

Sabrina Carpenter is basically a sex worker

pretty much

[Glenn.]

Honestly such a great album.

Fave tracks at the minute

The Fate of Ophelia
Elizabeth Taylor (been on repeat)
Wood
CANCELLED!
Honey
The Life of A Showgirl
Wi$h Li$t

[Glenn.]

�� ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ by Taylor Swift earned 249.9 million streams on its first day on Global Spotify from 12 charting songs.

It's the biggest album debut of 2025.

[Swan]

I like some of her stuff so will download the album and have a listen at work next week.

[Mystic Mock]

Sabrina Carpenter is basically a sex worker … you can guarantee that her elaborate , sexually explicit videos take far longer to make than her simple catchy pop songs with stolen riffs


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I'm definitely not a fan of her Music.

[Mystic Mock]

i haven't liked a single song that Swift has released but i'm not her target audience. I'm sure many will like the new album, and if they do, that's great. Just because i don't get anything from it, doesn't make it bad

You need to develop more of an elitist attitude Bots.:wink:

For example.

Anything I don't like = bad

Anything that I do like = good

And you've got to add artsy and sophisticated language to your speech to ooze swarve.:cool:

[Mystic Mock]

if Sabrina Carpenter was a sex worker, then i doubt The Muppets would ask her as a special guest star in their comeback next year (which is confirmed she's set to star in)

Kermit and Gonzo did say that they 'have magic in their pants.':shocked:

[Cherie]

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[Beso]

Its a 3 out of 10 from me.

[Benjamin]

She finished the week with the biggest opening week for an album since 2017 and takes the top 3 singles too.

[Glenn.]

Records broken by The Life of a Showgirl in the first week of release

• Biggest first-week sales for an album in US history

• Biggest first-day sales for an album in US history, by nearly 1 million more than the closest competition

• Biggest single-day song streams in Spotify history

• Biggest single-week song streams in Spotify history

• Fastest song in history to surpass 100 million Spotify streams

• Fastest album in history to have all its songs surpass 50 million Spotify streams

• Fastest album in history to reach #1 on Apple Music in 100 countries

• Highest average streams per track for any album in Spotify history

• Only artist this century to simultaneously top the song, album, and movie charts in the US in the same week

• Only album in history to debut with an average of 20 million streams per song on Spotify

• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 10 on global Spotify for multiple days

• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 10 on global Spotify for an entire week

• Only album in history to debut all its tracks in the top 20 on US Apple Music

• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 12 on US Apple Music for multiple days

• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 12 on Global Apple Music for multiple days

• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 12 on the ARIA Singles Chart (Australia)

• Only international artist in history to debut at #1 on Germany’s single and album charts simultaneously

• Only artist to have four albums sell 1 million vinyl copies in the US this century

• Only artist to have eight albums sell over 1 million units in a single week in the US

• Only artist with twelve #1 albums on the official Irish Albums Chart

• Only song in history to debut directly in the top 10 of the Billboard Pop Airplay Chart

• Most pre-saved album in Spotify history

• Most simultaneous top-10 entries in Germany singles-chart history

• Most streamed album in a single day in German history

• Most streamed album in a single week in German history

• Most streamed female artist in 24 hours in German history

• Most streamed female artist in a single week in German history

• Best-selling vinyl in a single day in German history

• Best-selling vinyl in a single week in German history

• Biggest album debut for any international solo act in Germany this century

• Biggest first-day album sales for an international solo act in Germany this century

• Bigges first-week sales for a female album in France this decade

• Biggest first-week sales for an album in the UK this decade

• Biggest first-day sales for a female album of the decade in France

• Biggest single-day artist streams globally in 2025

• Biggest single-day album streams on Apple Music in 2025

• Biggest single-day song streams on Apple Music in 2025

• Biggest first-day album streams on Amazon Music in history (set in 2025)

• Biggest first-day album sales on iTunes in 2025

• Fastest album to sell 1 million vinyl copies in the US this century

• Fastest song to sell 500,000 units in the US in 2025

• Biggest single-day album streams on Spotify in 2025

• Biggest single-week album streams on Spotify in 2025

[Ammi]

Records broken by The Life of a Showgirl in the first week of release

• Biggest first-week sales for an album in US history

• Biggest first-day sales for an album in US history, by nearly 1 million more than the closest competition

• Biggest single-day song streams in Spotify history

• Biggest single-week song streams in Spotify history

• Fastest song in history to surpass 100 million Spotify streams

• Fastest album in history to have all its songs surpass 50 million Spotify streams

• Fastest album in history to reach #1 on Apple Music in 100 countries

• Highest average streams per track for any album in Spotify history

• Only artist this century to simultaneously top the song, album, and movie charts in the US in the same week

• Only album in history to debut with an average of 20 million streams per song on Spotify

• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 10 on global Spotify for multiple days

• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 10 on global Spotify for an entire week

• Only album in history to debut all its tracks in the top 20 on US Apple Music

• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 12 on US Apple Music for multiple days

• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 12 on Global Apple Music for multiple days

• Only album in history to occupy the entire top 12 on the ARIA Singles Chart (Australia)

• Only international artist in history to debut at #1 on Germany’s single and album charts simultaneously

• Only artist to have four albums sell 1 million vinyl copies in the US this century

• Only artist to have eight albums sell over 1 million units in a single week in the US

• Only artist with twelve #1 albums on the official Irish Albums Chart

• Only song in history to debut directly in the top 10 of the Billboard Pop Airplay Chart

• Most pre-saved album in Spotify history

• Most simultaneous top-10 entries in Germany singles-chart history

• Most streamed album in a single day in German history

• Most streamed album in a single week in German history

• Most streamed female artist in 24 hours in German history

• Most streamed female artist in a single week in German history

• Best-selling vinyl in a single day in German history

• Best-selling vinyl in a single week in German history

• Biggest album debut for any international solo act in Germany this century

• Biggest first-day album sales for an international solo act in Germany this century

• Bigges first-week sales for a female album in France this decade

• Biggest first-week sales for an album in the UK this decade

• Biggest first-day sales for a female album of the decade in France

• Biggest single-day artist streams globally in 2025

• Biggest single-day album streams on Apple Music in 2025

• Biggest single-day song streams on Apple Music in 2025

• Biggest first-day album streams on Amazon Music in history (set in 2025)

• Biggest first-day album sales on iTunes in 2025

• Fastest album to sell 1 million vinyl copies in the US this century

• Fastest song to sell 500,000 units in the US in 2025

• Biggest single-day album streams on Spotify in 2025

• Biggest single-week album streams on Spotify in 2025


…sensational, really…:love:…

[Shaun]

yes hordes of people liking the same ubiquitous thing regardless of the quality of her output is a sensation I suppose

[Nicky91]

it was also talked about on my province's radio Omroep Brabant, one of the dj's (and self-claimed team boss) Maarten Kortlever is a fan of this album, and he played The Fate of Ophelia this morning


remarkable it gets mentioned on Omroep Brabant since majority of its listeners are from the 50+ age group

[Glenn.]

Pretending success on this scale is down to hype instead of talent is a reach. If it were that easy, every artist would be doing it.

[Swan]

I listened throughout the week. Im absolutely sh!te at remembering song names now, i usually just download albums, or release radar onto my phone and listen at work. If a particular song really stands out i'll add it to a personal playlist, anyway.....

It's not bad, but nothing really stood out for me. Good luck to her and the success of this album is incredible, but one her best? No, not in my opinion.

[Ninastar]

yes hordes of people liking the same ubiquitous thing regardless of the quality of her output is a sensation I suppose

One of my black friends said there’s a song where she’s like appropriating black culture and I found that interesting. She’s a swiftie too.

Idk how accurate that is bc I haven’t listened to it at all though

[Swan]

One of my black friends said there’s a song where she’s like appropriating black culture and I found that interesting. She’s a swiftie too.

Idk how accurate that is bc I haven’t listened to it at all though

Eminem has been doing that for over 25 years, and he still gets sh!t in certain circles for it. It's dodgy ground for a white artist.

[Ninastar]

I don’t think that Eminem and Taylor are comparable. One grew up incredibly wealthy and the other grew up incredibly poor. Yeah they are both white but that’s the only thing they have in common.

I’m sure people think Eminem appropriates black culture, but he also grew up around it and experienced it first hand.

[Glenn.]

One of my black friends said there’s a song where she’s like appropriating black culture and I found that interesting. She’s a swiftie too.

Idk how accurate that is bc I haven’t listened to it at all though

What song?

[Swan]

I don’t think that Eminem and Taylor are comparable. One grew up incredibly wealthy and the other grew up incredibly poor. Yeah they are both white but that’s the only thing they have in common.

I’m sure people think Eminem appropriates black culture, but he also grew up around it and experienced it first hand.

True, which probably makes it even more risky for Taylor. But yeah, which song was it?

[Ninastar]

I literally don’t remember but it was something about bad butches maybe?

[Ninastar]

Omfg bitches not butches

[Ninastar]

Not Taylor hating the butches too

[Glenn.]

When anyone called me "Sweetheart"
It was passive-aggressive at the bar
And the bitch was tellin' me to back off
'Cause her man had looked at me wrong

[Shaun]

One of my black friends said there’s a song where she’s like appropriating black culture and I found that interesting. She’s a swiftie too.

Idk how accurate that is bc I haven’t listened to it at all though

I'll say this for her: I didn't get that from any of the lyrics at all.

[Barry.]

When anyone called me "Sweetheart"
It was passive-aggressive at the bar
And the bitch was tellin' me to back off
'Cause her man had looked at me wrong

Doesn’t sound bad to me. Is bitch a term used for black people?

[Barry.]

I don’t think that Eminem and Taylor are comparable. One grew up incredibly wealthy and the other grew up incredibly poor. Yeah they are both white but that’s the only thing they have in common.

I’m sure people think Eminem appropriates black culture, but he also grew up around it and experienced it first hand.

It wasn’t Fey was it?

[Vicky.]

Added to my YouTube playlist..isn't grabbing me the way tortured poets department did tho

[Barry.]

The thing I don’t get is why release all these things after releasing the album on like 5 different albums, it’s not fair on the fans who can’t afford it and it seems greedy from the music fatcats

[Benjamin]

Pretending success on this scale is down to hype instead of talent is a reach. If it were that easy, every artist would be doing it.

To be fare, in this instance it is. It’s not her greatest album.

[Glenn.]

It’s a great album. Of course there are gonna be people that won’t like it but it’s a lot more upbeat than TTPD and that’s what I wanted the album to be.

[Benjamin]

It’s a great album. Of course there are gonna be people that won’t like it but it’s a lot more upbeat than TTPD and that’s what I wanted the album to be.

She still broke records (not taking that away from her or her die hard fans), just not with her best album. But good on her.

[Swan]

It’s a great album. Of course there are gonna be people that won’t like it but it’s a lot more upbeat than TTPD and that’s what I wanted the album to be.

It's not bad, i just think it's average at best, especially compared to some of her previous albums. I've always liked Taylor, but this new album is kinda generic imo. That's not to say others might love it, and that's fine. But the success of an album doesn't automatically mean it's great.

She's the no1 artist on the planet atm, it would have sold well regardless. Throw in her engagement to the NFL guy, she's one of the rare few who can appeal to the bible belt, and the Cali progressive types. She's got it made.

[Ninastar]

I'll say this for her: I didn't get that from any of the lyrics at all.

Yeah I haven’t listened so I can’t really comment I guess, but that was just one of the opinions I heard about her latest album. My other friend who loves her said it was good

I’m debating on listening to it on me drive home bc if any of it is like the song New Romantics I may stan

[Ninastar]

It wasn’t Fey was it?

I don’t know! I just don’t know!

[Glenn.]

Yeah I haven’t listened so I can’t really comment I guess, but that was just one of the opinions I heard about her latest album. My other friend who loves her said it was good

I’m debating on listening to it on me drive home bc if any of it is like the song New Romantics I may stan

There’s a couple that would sit quite well on Reputation.

Nothing that sounds like 1989 I’m afraid.

[Ninastar]

I don’t think I know anything from reputation tbh

[Glenn.]

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[Mystic Mock]

It wasn’t Fey was it?

:joker:

[Nicky91]

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a german museum getting more visitors than ever before to see the Ophelia painting, thanks to The Fate of Ophelia


:love:

[Glenn.]

Her impact

[Glenn.]

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This is so wholesome :love:

[Nicky91]

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This is so wholesome :love:

i've been to that aquarium :D, back when me and my parents were at Monterey (long time ago now)


was on walking distance from the hotel where we were staying