Taylor Swift is back with a new album, ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’, and fans can’t keep calm. The pop star has been creating buzz regarding her new album and songs for quite some time. Her fans have huge expectations from it, owing to the grand success of her previous albums.
The second track, “Elizabeth Taylor”, is about feeling nervous in love and wanting advice from someone experienced. Taylor Swift uses Elizabeth Taylor, a famous Hollywood actress, as a friend or guide who went through big romances, heartbreaks, and being in the public eye.
About Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor’s career lasted more than 60 years, making her one of Hollywood’s most glamorous and talked about stars. She started acting as a child in National Velvet and later won two Oscars for Butterfield 8 and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. While she was admired for her beauty and talent, her love life often made headlines too she was married eight times to seven men, including actor Richard Burton (twice), hotel heir Conrad Hilton, and politician John Warner. She died in 2011.
What Taylor Swift’s “Elizabeth Taylor” Is About
“Elizabeth Taylor” is the second time Taylor Swift has linked herself to a Hollywood star, after her song Clara Bow from The Tortured Poets Department, which looked at how fame can fade. But unlike the nostalgic tone of Clara Bow, this song treats Elizabeth Taylor more like a mentor or friend someone who could help her navigate love while living in the public eye.
According to Forbes, ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ is expected to break several records. Her last album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department, ‘ sold around 2.61 million in its first week in the US. Meanwhile, the new album also created a new record of five million pre-saves.
Taylor is already in the news due to her engagement to Travis Kelce, and her appearance on the latter’s podcast ‘New Height’ also broke viewership records.
Announcing the release of ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’, Taylor penned a note on Instagram. She wrote, “Tonight all these lives converge here, The mosaics of laughter and cocktails of tears, Where fraternal souls sing identical things And it’s beautiful. It’s rapturous. It is frightening. I can’t tell you how proud I am to share this with you, an album that just feels so right. A forever thank you goes out to my mentors and friends Max and Shellback for helping me paint this self portrait. If you thought the big show was wild, perhaps you should come and take a look behind the curtain… The Life of a Showgirl is out now.”
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