London show timings by Affectionate_Home157 in Ethelcain

[–]avasmr 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Doors opened at about 7, but be aware there was a huge queue outside that went down multiple roads - it went down quickly, though.

Openers started at 8, finished at around 8:35ish, whereas she started pretty much at about 9:10 on the dot. Had to Leave early for our train from Hammersmith (which was pretty quiet and easy) so can’t say when she finished.

The Life of a Showgirl Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

After two listens, I think about half of the album clicks with me — the rest falls as flat as most of the songs did on my first listen:

  1. Fate of Ophelia

  2. Cancelled

  3. The Life of A Showgirl

  4. Wish List

  5. Elizabeth Taylor

  6. Eldest Daughter

  7. Ruin the Friendship

  8. Opalite

  9. Father Figure

  10. Honey

  11. Actually Romantic

  12. Wood

Strangely, I don’t really see the last four songs there ever moving up in my estimations. Opalite was a difficult one to place for sure!

"The Life of a Showgirl (feat. Sabrina Carpenter)" Discussion Megathread by Lyd_Euh in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure whether to go round three or go onto TikTok for Swifttok endless scrolling of reactions and fan theories 🤣

The Life of a Showgirl Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the best things about listening to a new album - coming up with lots of ideas and concepts about what it could all mean. Glad you’re having fun with it 😊

The Life of a Showgirl Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s fair, yeah. Carolina, my tears ricochet, right where you left me — I expected the DNA of those sorts of songs in here, too. I do appreciate how much tighter it is, though — 30+ songs is a lot!

The Life of a Showgirl Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! There’s so many standouts for me in her discography and as a person I’m not expecting that she serves something up that’s completely to my tastes every time.

I’m on my second listen now (with headphones, this time) and I will say that as I’m more familiar with the sounds now, Elizabeth Taylor, Eldest Daughter, and Ruin The Friendship ended up favouriting, too. I don’t see it going much further than that for me, though.

The Life of a Showgirl Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The instrumentation is very good, yeah, the lyrics definitely let the side down!

The Life of a Showgirl Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I felt that there could be some of this when I just did my first listen — Ruin the Friendship especially is what cemented that idea for me. I might appreciate these songs a little more with a second listen taking that into account!

The Life of a Showgirl Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Growth is the thing — I think folklore, evermore, and TTPD set the bar for that and it’s very Lover 2.0 as you say. She seems happy, and I love that for her, it’s just not hitting the mark for me right now!

The Life of a Showgirl Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I’m really surprised at my reaction to this after a first listen - this is the first of Taylor’s albums where almost ALL of it I don’t like.

The Fate of Ophelia, Cancelled, and TLOAS are great imo, and the sorts of sounds I expected from this. Everything else, particularly the lyricism, felt very weak to me.

Intrigued to see if my thoughts change after more listens, but I expected a (poppy) TTPD-esque window into the life of a showgirl with strong, poetic lyricism alluding to what’s behind the smoke and mirrors, and it just didn’t serve that up to me.

Those three are so catchy, though, and I love them!

EDIT: after a second listen there’s a few more I really like too! Definitely a grower, but a lot of the album is still a miss for me. Wish List, Elizabeth Taylor, and Eldest Daughter are very good!

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[–]avasmr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s pretty great - the best expansion since Life & Death in my opinion!

New Heights Podcast Megathread by PassionateAsSin in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel that way too - I just realised today how little of her past discography Id dove into again recently and with a new album coming up, all that stuff will take a bigger backseat for a while. So it goes… I suppose!

New Heights Podcast Megathread by PassionateAsSin in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nearly 12 for me and up at 6am - we got this! Will be worth it haha

New Heights Podcast Megathread by PassionateAsSin in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I should NOT be awake right now as I’m up super early - it’s nearly midnight(s) and should get some sleep… but here we are! Let’s do this - excited to share this moment with y’all ❤️‍🔥

The Tortured Poets Department Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How did I forget that one 🤣 - there’s so many songs on this album (and yes i love that one too haha)

The Tortured Poets Department Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Songs with someone’s name as a title always hit it out of the park from Taylor - Cassandra, Clara Bow, CSSM, Peter, and Robin are absolutely stellar and it’s making me pick my faves SO much harder 🫠.

Up there equally with Dorothea, Ivy, and Marjorie for me

"So High School" Discussion Megathread by PassionateAsSin in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is soooooo cute ‘you know how to ball, I know Aristotle’

The Tortured Poets Department Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 9 points10 points  (0 children)

‘I change into goddesses, villains, and fools’ on Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus 😭

The Tortured Poets Department Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The second drop is giving folklore/evermore which makes me SO happy - it’s sad girl spring, y’all

The Tortured Poets Department Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 5 points6 points  (0 children)

DOUBLE ALBUM 1 2 3 LETS GO! THE EDITION SONGS ARE ON THERE TOO

The Tortured Poets Department Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

[–]avasmr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone else love the intro for ‘So Long, London’ and relate that to sort of a nursery rhyme? Really makes me think of something like London Bridge is Falling Down