It has been A WEEK!
Simply seven days after the midnight launch of Taylor Swift‘s twelfth album, The Lifetime of a Showgirl has inexplicably develop into her most controversial. However are the lyrics actually that offensive? Or is it the listeners who obtained… bizarre?
Look, we’re not speaking concerning the intentional spicy traces, like Truly Romantic seemingly igniting a feud with Charli XCX, letting everybody know she might need her extra controversial mates’ backs on CANCELLED!, or getting dirtier than she’s ever gotten singing about Travis Kelce‘s Wooden. All that we anticipated. No, these are takes we may by no means have anticipated as a result of, nicely… frankly they’re such leaps in logic they defy cause!
Tradwife Propaganda
Listeners are decoding her need to get married and have youngsters as… conservative tradwife propaganda. Um… WHAT?!?
Y’all. The patriarchal tradwife factor is just not about wanting a husband and youngsters. It’s truly the other! That’s about ladies being compelled into the place of being a full-time spouse and child manufacturing facility — as a result of they’re seen because the property of males. Taylor saying she needs that stuff for herself is making a alternative.
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As this fan succinctly explains:
“The entire level of feminism is that we would like ladies to do no matter they need to do.”
@mariaisalright
genuinely the craziest take I’ve heard, go contact grass. #lifeofashowgirl #motherhood #marriage
♬ unique sound – mariagabriela
Taylor isn’t being anti-feminist right here. She’s simply telling everybody what she needs. Which we must always all be positive with. LOVE IS LOVE, do not forget that? It really works the opposite method, too!
Additionally, let’s not overlook, even when Tay retired proper now she’d stay one of the profitable people of their chosen area OF ALL TIME. That’s not what a tradwife is. Tradwives are mainly youngsters drafted into marriage like chattel. Taylor appears nice, however let’s not overlook she’s 35 years outdated! And richer than her husband-to-be by A LOT. This ain’t that.
Oh, and Tay herself stated she’s NOT retiring simply because she obtained married. And in reality she finds that assumption “shockingly offensive” by the best way.
Additionally from WI$H LI$T? Some “followers” in some way pulled the concept Taylor needs to propagate the white race like she’s Elon Musk. Why? As a result of she sang about eager to:
“Have a pair children, obtained the entire block trying such as you”
See, Trav is a white man, so she clearly is saying she solely needs everybody on the block to be white. And voila, the music about not being into trendy materialistic needs is definitely… selling eugenics.
Yeah. It’s all too actual.
IM ACTUALLY SOBBING WHAT THE FUCK IS SHE TALKING ABOUT ?????????? pic.twitter.com/8JtAEiCoS3
— faithmae is a showgirl❤️???? (@yailslut) October 10, 2025
You possibly can see much more about that idea and the Swifties blasting it HERE. (Oh, and likewise take a take heed to Kylie Kelce hilariously explaining why that’s a lot funnier if you realize the Kelces and their frustratingly dominant genes.)
Additionally, right here’s a response we actually love from Saints tight finish Juwan Johnson and his spouse Chanen…
@juandchan
And nothing like me???????? #juandchan
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So. Cute. Too unhealthy Juwan is clearly a white supremacist, proper? Y’all see how ridiculous you sound now??
Homophobia
In her observe Truly Romantic, Tay takes a brand new tactic on the diss observe. She likens somebody’s nonstop, compulsive hatred of her to, nicely… a romantic obsession. She’s mainly saying that Charli XCX — or whoever it’s about, a couple of particular person in all chance — speaking about her on a regular basis doesn’t really feel harmful, it’s innocent. It’s even flattering, like a crush.
However there’s a contingent who’re simply champing on the bit to name out Taylor for being homophobic, so they are saying it’s homosexual panic. They determine since she’s a lady and Charli is a lady, she’s mainly calling somebody homosexual as an insult…
Neglect the very fact Taylor loves the LGBTQ group, was the primary pop star to solid a trans actor as a love curiosity in a music video, and has been vocal politically principally about this subject.
She doesn’t talk about politics a lot, however she did tweet in 2021 that she had her “Fingers crossed and praying that the Senate will see trans and lgbtq rights as fundamental human rights.” In 2018, she additionally spoke out in opposition to the anti-LGBT laws of Tennessee congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, saying:
“I imagine within the battle for LGBTQ rights, and that any type of discrimination based mostly on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I imagine that the systemic racism we nonetheless see on this nation in direction of folks of shade is terrifying, sickening and prevalent. I can not vote for somebody who is not going to be keen to battle for dignity for ALL People, regardless of their pores and skin shade, gender or who they love.”
You possibly can take heed to what she’s explicitly saying concerning the matter… or you possibly can infer that she secretly means no matter makes her look the worst. A kind of selections respects her and offers her company.
Racism & Misogynoir
Oof, OK, this can be a large one.
There’s a idea that Taylor is just not solely racist however particularly obsessive about Black ladies — because it pertains to the lads she dates. Travis Kelce’s most up-to-date longterm relationship earlier than her was with a lady named Kayla Nicole — and critics are pairing that with some lyrics and doing a hop, skip, and a leap to… misogynoir, the hatred of Black ladies.
The pop delight Opalite is fairly clearly about Tay’s new romance with Trav. She sings about why that is relationship feels so proper compared with previous ones. Which means, sure, a little bit of a swipe at Kayla. Tay sings:
“You couldn’t perceive it / Why you felt alone / You have been in it for actual / She was in her telephone / And also you have been only a pose”
Of us have taken this to be about Kayla not simply because she was Trav’s most up-to-date ex but in addition due to resurfaced video of the NFL star and his then-WAG dwelling this precise state of affairs.
That’s nothing fallacious with a songwriter singing about their very own relationship, and that is all private stuff. We simply understand it as a result of Taylor is essentially the most scrutinized lady alive! However once more, nothing about race in any respect.
Nevertheless, on the identical time, the entire music makes use of the metaphor of opalite, a shiny, glittery man-made gemstone, to characterize happiness, whereas the black mineral onyx is used to characterize troublesome instances. Persons are decoding this to say relationship Black ladies was what made Trav upset, now he’s together with her and all is white on the earth. It’s SUCH a stretch.
thoughts you the one folks complaining about this are WHITW pic.twitter.com/Vhpq7Gb3cI
— connor (@tayspenjamin) October 9, 2025
Darkness, night time, stormy climate, all basic representations of disappointment — ones which Tay additionally makes use of within the music. And sunshine and light-weight characterize security, rescue, and hope. Why? Effectively, they beautiful a lot at all times have all through human historical past. In all probability one thing to do with early man getting misplaced to predators and accidents within the scary darkish, and being safer when it was brighter and everybody may see? In any case, it’s like all of tradition, 1000’s of poems, songs, performs, movies…
However when Taylor does it it’s an indication she’s been secretly racist all this time?? Come on, now! Actually??
We’ll let some of us clarify who’ve a bit of extra experience…
Want all of the haters to take heed to this pic.twitter.com/eOeF3xbqbG
— b (@bravoswiftiie) October 10, 2025
@brookeg28
Breaking information: phrases imply issues. #taylorswift #swifttok #tloas #swiftie
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However critically, Taylor has ALWAYS, fairly constantly been in opposition to racism. She had the braveness to blast the President of the US for “stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism.” And she or he’s been reaping his wrath ever since.
And when white nationalists tried to embrace her as an “Aryan goddess” in 2019, she did what Trump was by no means keen to do once they embraced him — she very clearly and explicitly denounced them, telling The Guardian:
“There’s actually nothing worse than white supremacy. It’s repulsive. There must be no place for it.”
You possibly can take heed to what she says when she’s not being poetic, making her emotions on the matter clear! Or… You possibly can take heed to a music about discovering happiness, by which she sings:
“You have been dancing via the lightning strikes / Sleepless within the onyx night time / However now the sky is opalite”
And assume her secret intention is to take down Black ladies. Sigh.
Not Political Sufficient??
Along with those that suppose the entire album is a MAGA canine whistle, there are others complaining about Taylor not getting political. For actual! We’ve seen tons of posts the place persons are saying Tay isn’t chatting with the political second.
Needed to block one in every of my favourite TikTokers (she talks about geography) trigger she listened to Showgirl and complained about it not having a music about Palestine pic.twitter.com/lA5KPqJd67
— w (@wilklore) October 9, 2025
And this isn’t simply TikTokers both, we’ve seen precise music critics write complete suppose items about this!
We imply, no less than it’s correct? This album isn’t political. However Tay has by no means actually made political music. It’s principally been about her relationships, her emotions, what it’s like for a lady going via large life moments… It’s all actually private stuff. Interpretations of politics simply aren’t her factor.
There are many folks and basic rock and punk bands to go to for that type of factor. Like, if Inexperienced Day put out Dookie II proper now? And fully ignored the rise of fascism? After American Fool? We may see their followers being fairly disillusioned in them. However this seems like ordering pizza and complaining there isn’t sufficient standup comedy on it.
It’s OK to make one thing enjoyable and cheerful if that’s your reward! And we’ll let this Swiftie give everybody a wonderful rationalization WHY!
I stay in fucking warzone and Taylor’s music is without doubt one of the solely issues retaining me going, so depart her the fuck alone. She’s one of many solely good issues about your nation, truthfully. https://t.co/s5dkJU1Cas
— Marie❤️???? (Taylor’s Model) (@harrypurplebow) October 10, 2025
The WILDEST Takes
Stuff will get crazier. The worst religion takes are literally saying Tay’s album is in some way celebrating the genocide in Gaza… Or that Taylor evaluating a hater to “a toy Chihuahua barking at me from a tiny purse” is racist in opposition to… are you able to guess? Asians! Sure, as a result of apparently Chihuahua is a “slur to Asian or half Asian folks” — ignoring the context that it’s a widely known canine breed, and he or she’s explicitly utilizing the time period within the context of the canine breed.
…. No phrases pic.twitter.com/zN5F94qd7J
— caden⸆⸉ ❤️???? (@caden3123) October 7, 2025
However one of the insulting? We’ve seen a number of scorching takes from critics saying Taylor was about to develop into transphobic. Not that she’s at the moment transphobic, not that there’s any proof of that in any respect. No, they’re going full Minority Report and saying they only really feel of their intestine that she’s going to go full JK Rowling any second.
They’re calling Taylor a transphobe bc she doesn’t care about on-line losers opinions pic.twitter.com/KMSVyj9pTq
— Sam (@SamPlommer) October 8, 2025
As a trans lady it’s disappointing to see how folks right here fetisize concerning the greatest celeb on the earth being a transphobe
She was the primary main straight artist who solid a trans man as her love curiosity. Cease utilizing trans folks as your pawns on this disgusting narrative https://t.co/SZpC7uPMs6
— • (@blindinqlights) October 9, 2025
What’s essentially the most epically far-reaching take YOU’VE seen about The Lifetime of a Showgirl??
[Image via Taylor Swift/Charli XCX/YouTube/Travis Kelce/Kayla Nicole/Instagram.]
