Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl era is in full swing and to cap off the album’s stellar debut weekend, she’s released the music video for its first official single, “The Fate of Ophelia.” The video first premiered this weekend in The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, Swift’s …
Read More »Taylor Swift Drops Acoustic Versions of 'The Life of a Showgirl' Songs on Limited Edition CDs
Taylor Swift has dropped some new versions of The Life of a Showgirl, this time she’s going unplugged with a few of the album’s songs. The acoustic tracks are available on four new CDs on the musician’s website for the next 24 hours “while supplies last,” she noted in a …
Read More »Abbey Road Music Photography Awards Unveil 2025 Winners
Abbey Road is celebrating the best in music photography over the last year. On Friday, the organization announced its list of winners for this year’s awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was given to David Bailey for his 60 years as a music photographer behind images of Elton John, …
Read More »A Peek Behind the Curtain: Inside Taylor Swift's Glitzy 'Official Release Party of a Showgirl'
At the AMC Orpheum 7 in New York’s Upper East Side, Taylor Swift fans showed up in glittering sequin outfits and bright Eras Tour merch for an anticipated 3 p.m. screening of The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, a 90-minute feature Swift cooked up to go along with the …
Read More »50 Cent Celebrates Taylor Swift's Shoutout on 'Popping' Album 'Life of a Showgirl'
50 Cent is happy to get a little shout-out from Taylor Swift. On Friday, hours after Swift released The Life of a Showgirl, the rapper shared his excitement over the pop queen mentioning his name on “Ruin the Friendship,” Track Six on her new album. “@taylorswift shit is popping right …
Read More »Asheville's Regional Arts Community One Year After Hurricane Helene: 'We Are Not OK'
On the recent morning of Sept. 27, a handful of early fall rainstorms rolled into the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. By late afternoon, sunshine had overtaken the high peaks and valleys in this corner of Southern Appalachia — a far cry from the chaos and destruction exactly …
Read More »Shawn Mendes Reaches His Greatest Heights With Career-Spanning On the Road Again Tour
It’s been a while since Shawn Mendes has felt this close. He’s standing in the bleachers at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium while upwards of 12,000 people sing along to “Stitches” at the latest stop on his On the Road Again Tour. The unconventional seating arrangement at the venue allows …
Read More »Who Is Taylor Swift's 'Father Figure' Song About?
Taylor Swift came out literally swinging on “Father Figure.” The George Michael-inspired track on her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, finds her stepping into the role of a man who was once a father figure to her and singing double-take lines like, “I can make deals with the …
Read More »Taylor Swift's Brilliant New Song 'Elizabeth Taylor': The Life of Two Showgirls
Taylor Swift loves her mad women and outlaw ladies, her queens with big reputations. She also loves her Old Hollywood movie stars, from Clara Bow to Barbara Stanwyck to Bette Davis. So it would be bizarre if she didn’t have an Elizabeth Taylor obsession. La Liz was an opulent mess …
Read More »Hear Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter Join Forces on 'The Life of a Showgirl'
Taylor Swift‘s twelfth albumThe Life of a Showgirlis finally here and it features a long-anticipated collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter. Carpenter, the only guest vocalist on the LP, joins Swift on the title track, “The Life of a Showgirl.” The mid-tempo pop songs recounts the story of a woman named Kitty, …
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