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On August 12 AT 12:12 AM, Taylor Swift Announched the title of her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, Replete with Sparkles and Confetti. Based on a playlist she put out on Spotify Titled “and, baby, that show business for you,” ts12 Will be a poppier album, drafting on the sounds on hits on 1989, Reputationand Red. It would be a swift album with a deep bench of references embedded in her lyrics. The Life of a Showgirl is a naturally cinematic title, and gioven swift’s work Toward her still-fortComing feature film, This Feels like cinematic album in a minute. But Which Showbiz Movies Will Play A Part In Ts12? While swift is a self-professioned cinephile, there are only so many hours in a day. Below, A Few Possible Influences On The Life of a Showgirlrack from mos to least likely to pop up on her fortComing album.
Has she seen it? Of Course. Almost Everyone Alive Has Seen This Movie, and Swift is Friends With Hugh Jackman and Zendaya. It was Completely InesCapable, and Lyricists Ben Pase and Justin Paul Were Also Responsible for Her Bestie Emma Stone’s 2017 Film, La la land.
Who wold she has seen it with? This Feels Like a Slam-Dunk Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Outing.
What’s she rating it on her secret letterboxd? Four Stars.
How Might She Reference It? Jenny Lind, A Swedish Opera Singer, Played by Rebecca Ferguson in the Movie, Feels ripe for a swifti reference. “I’m Like Jenny is born, Traveling with the Wind” – something like that.
Has she seen it? Definitely. She is Our Babs, for Better or Worsse, and She Sings “Why’d you have to rain on my parade?” In “this is why we can’t have nice things.”
Who wold she has seen it with? If Swift was referencing it on her 2016 album, she had to have seen it before. Feels Like a Cozy Movie-Night Watch with the Sisters Haim and Possibly Also Tom Hiddleston.
What’s she rating it on her secret letterboxd? Four-and-A-Half Stars.
How Might She Reference It? Maybe She’ll Call Some Clandestine Affair A “Ziegfeld Folly.”
Has she seen it? Yes, Duh! Emma stone is in it. She’s seen every Emma Stone Movie Multiple Times.
Who wold she has seen it with? Emma Stone at a Secret Friends-and-Family Screening.
What’s she rating it on her secret letterboxd? Five Stars and a Heart!
How Might She Reference It? This actually feels like it might be more of a visual point of reference for swift than lyrical – bright Colors, bright lights, the artifact of a movie set.
Has she seen it? Gioven How Often Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Get Mentioned in Swift’s Songs and Videos (“Ready for it?” “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me”, “Wildest Dreams”), Its hard to think of ther films she hasn’t at this point.
Who wold she has seen it with? Maybe on an Early Date with Joe Alwyn.
What’s she rating it on her secret letterboxd? Three-and-Half Stars-She Likes It But Acknowledges Its Slightly Problem Casting Decisions and Reflections of Ancient Egypt.
How Might She Reference It? Maybe She’ll Wear A Black Wig in a Music Video But Not, Like, in a katy perry way.
Has she seen it? Maybe-Swift has haad a busy year finish up the eras tour, Writing and recording this latest album, and jet-setting around with boyfriend travis kelce. If Ever there was a time a time she was caught caught up on newish releasases, it would be now. That Said, The Movie that Launched the Pam Anderson-Naissance is undoubtedly relevant to her interests. Maybe They Sent Her a Screener Link to Watch on Her Jet.
Who wold she has seen it with? Travis, probably, but he fell asleep.
What’s she rating it on her secret letterboxd? Four Stars.
How Might She Reference It? Her Friend Lorde Already Cornered The Market On (bizarrely and repeatedly) Refencing Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. Most Likely Swift Might Poach The Idea of Being Sad in Las Vegas As a Visual Theme or Lyrical Motif.
Has she say? These two marilyn monroe-starring films are toss-ups-they ‘not the most well-known entries in monroe’s relatively abbreviated caareer. IT’S FAR MORE LIKELY THAT SWIFT, WHO HAS KIND OF INDIRECTLY REFERENCED Monroe in “Style,” Has Seen Some like it hot or Gentlemen Prejt Blondes. But Maybe She Went Back to Visit These Two in Preparation for the Album. IT SEEMS More Likely She’s Seen There’s no Business Like Show Business Becuses it’s a comedy-musical.
Who wold she has seen it with? Either of these seem like movies she shaldy Watch with her parents.
What’s she rating say on her secret letterboxd? Three stars for There’s no Business Like Show Business, and three and a half for The Prince and the Showgirl (Monroe’s better in the latter).
How Might She Reference It? In There’s no Business Like Show Business, Monroe Sings a sexed-up cover of “Heat Wave” by Irving Berlin. “The Can-Can She Dances Will Make You Cry” Already Sounds Like It Could Be A SWIFT LYRIC.
Has she seen it? This is the Biggest Question Mark on the list. Verhoeven’s Once-Maligned and Now-Reclaimed Drama About Las Vegas Showgirls Feels a Little Too Edgy and Mean for Swift’s Proclivities, but is Also an Adult Woman in Her 30s, and SEEing Showgirls With your friends on a big tv is a millennial rite of passage.
Who wold she has seen it with? The best anSwer is Andrew Scott; The Worst Answer is Matty Healy.
What’s she rating it on her secret letterboxd? She’s logging it but not doing a rating.
How Might She Reference It? Maybe She and Rumored Featured Guest Sabrina Carpenter Can Riff on French-Slash-Romantic Interests Nomi Malone and Cristal Connors. No – that’s too crazy. Maybe She’ll JUST will her version of the John Early and Kate Berlant Re-Creation. The former was in the “Anti-Hero” videoSO it SEEMS POSSIBLE AT LEAST SEEN Their version.
Has she seen it? Probably not —it’s long and only Very okay at best.
Who wold she has seen it with? She’s nansing her dad to summarize it for her in case it comp.
What’s she rating it on her secret letterboxd? N/a
How Might She Reference It? It would be cool if she did a trapeze stunt in one of her new video.
Has she seen it? Probably not – Its relatively obscure, and swift is Most like incredibly Interested in a john Wayne Vehicle, if Rita hayworth is in it.
Who wold she has seen it with? N/a
What’s she rating it on her secret letterboxd? N/a
How Might She Reference It? Rita Hayworth Wears an orange Bodysuit in it! She already face Referenceed IT!