Okay, Tay Tay~
Why if You Don’t Listen to This Soul Filled Album,
“The Life of A ShowGirl”
by Taylor Swift,
You're Missing Out On Experiencing History in Real Time.
This is 2026 Album of the Year.
Life is short so please enjoy it with Prayer to Jesus and His Blessing of Music. My daughter, who has moved out of the home, and I used to listen to every Taylor Swift Album when it released. We would start in the morning, dropping her off at school, and continue listening throughout the week. So, this is the first Taylor Swift Album I had to hear by myself.
Everyone is different, so don’t judge me-I started listening to “The Life of A ShowGirl” with the song, “Wood” as I heard it was talking about Taylor Swift’s fiancé, Travis Kelce’s wood. How Faith works; driving myself to work, listening to the news, I heard in the background of my running mind that Taylor Swift had released an album in the dead of night. When I arrived to the office, and one time for once, the front desk girl was bubbling with excitement. I had to know why she was over-whelmed with joy. She couldn't wait to tell me Taylor Swift had a new album out and that she stayed up all night listening to every song. She went on to explain the song dedicated to Travis' wood. Who wouldn’t be interested in hearing about Travis’ wood and in song? Travis is fine!
If ‘TAYVIS’ has to be born for creativity that birthed an album like this, I do NOT object! Actually, I whole-heartedly agree and support their efforts. Any critic that says this album isn't AMAZING is no true critic at all, and if I were a consumer of their product, I would never consume anything from that magazine, podcast, broadcast, insta-info, tokie&tic, ever again! "The Life of A ShowGirl" is by far one of Taylor Swifts Greatest Albums. She and Travis are magical together, making each other's dreams come true.
“Girls, I don’t need to catch the bouquet (mmmm) to know a hard rock is on the way.” The word play here is sick! I think I heard something about,
“The curse on me was broken by your magic wand, & I ain’t got to knock on Wood.” She talks about being superstitious, until he touches her hand.
“All that bitchin, wishing on a fallen star never did me any good, I ain’t got to knock on wood. It’s you and me forever dancing in the dark.”
Tay Tay serenades her man and lets her listeners into the intimacy of a relationship we’ve all witnessed. Tay Tay is a grown woman now! Ya’ll, as an auntie, I feel like I've watched her grow-up. She said,
“Redwood Tree ain’t hard to see” and I understand clearly what she means, if you’ve ever seen Travis on the football field you get it too, and I am here for all of it…..
Tay Tay even talks about “Manhood, New Heights” she isn't used to his level of "Manhood" think about all the clowns she used to deal with; Travis is a real man.
This single-song from “The Life of A Showgirl’s” entire album-hooked me! I hadn’t even listened to the rest of the album-yet. This never happens to me! At this point, I should have went to the beginning of the album, nope. I didn’t want to cut-off the song toooo soon,
“His love was the key that opened my thighs."
And "Cancelled!" came on! Taylor has grown into womanhood, and yes, “womanhood” is a thang. Ask any old-schooled auntie. The Soul from this album is core dropping. I mean something soulful drips from this album into sound waves, vibrates the eardrum and skips right to the Soul. It is Tay Tay's love of music; love of Travis all balled into a giant ice cube with a secret message in the middle. We are desperately melting the ice cube to read the message. In the end it was worth the time and energy.
I dare you to play “Cancelled” and NOT DANCE. Your body forces you to move. The opening with the guitar strumming cords, keeps the body struck by rhythm and jam session. The beat of the rhythm is Soul catching.
“You thought that it would be okay, at first. The situation could be saved, of course, but they'd already picked out your grave and hearse"
Tay Tay is taking us through a fantasy world where everyone is accepted, allowing people to be who they are, unafraid to authentically display and rejoice in sharing,
"Matching scars.”
“Something wicked this way comes. Good thing I like my friends cancelled, I like’em cloaked in Gucci and in scandal.”
Tay Tay describes “Welcome to my underworld where it gets quite dark.” Warning, “Beware the wrath of masked crusaders.” Seeing this under-world could “break your heart.” The way this song grabs something deep inside: Twisting and pulling one's core to dance, to move.
-Random: It sounds like a harp (I love the sound of a harp) while Tay Tay provides wisdom to her listeners,
“But if you can’t be good, then just be better at it. Everyone’s got bodies in the attic or took somebody’s man, we’ll take you by the hand, and soon you’ll learn the art of never getting caught.”
I finally, realized, I needed to, had to go-listen to this album from the beginning. Taylor Swift is blessed with the gift of crafting. So, I already know she took great time placing each song in a creative order which matches her creative flow, creating a world as we listen, as we travel to the next auditory stimulation. We don’t need to create a world to Tay Tay's words; she does that for us. Just as this song has a story, each of Taylor Swifts songs on this album have their own story, which builds into the beautifully profound description to accurately depict “The Life of A ShowGirl." If you haven't listened to the entire album yet, you are late.
"I salute you if you're much too much to handle." ~ Taylor Swift
“And now you know exactly who your friends are, (you know who we are) we’re the ones with matching scars.” ~ Taylor Swift
Matthew 7:1~ "Judge not, that you be not judged."
Keisha Thierry
KrazyKeisha07.com
