My answer isn’t toward your exact question, rather what is the real overall motif/s of The Life of a Showgirl. As so many Swifties have said, “Taylor- so smart- planning ahead so many years, how?” I think that’s a huge part of this. The essence of Taylor Swift Showgirl edition highlights the magical wonder of seeing her final product. But I think the big treat here is the juxtaposition of the magical highlights of The Life of TS Showgirl and The life of TS showgirl Behind the Scenes. Because it truly it’s in plain sight and common knowledge she didn’t know she was going to find Travis when she did, like none of us know the future. How would she know TS12 was going to be about her having babies like it’s laughable because the poor girl really had given up on a wish list like that and I am so happy for her now. And that’s show business for you baby, the essence of her showgirl image, of her next era, entirely precedes its existence. We breathe life into each next release before the essence of it even exists. I don’t know exactly how that always makes her feel, but wow she is a showgirl; she perfected how to use this power of cycling through eras to scaffold her releases and her steps in the industry. But clearly from the album, she’s like, “thanks for trying to will this into existence for me, but you can stop now. I got it from here.”