Kate Lindsay and Candice Lim wade through the <a href="https://slate.com/culture/2025/10/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-album-lyrics-review.html?pay=1759853631840&support_journalism=please">negative reactions</a> to Taylor Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl. From <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@carol.ine3/video/7557044490226175263">outdated</a> meme references to clunky <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@pk_kenzie/video/7557134044211776781">shots</a> at other female artists, Swift’s album indicates an oddly distant relationship with the internet. However, is she a devious online mastermind or a blundering millennial? Plus, why it’s important that this album’s backlash has gone largely unchallenged by fellow Swifties.
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