Earlier this school year, Taylor Swift released her newest album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” with 12 songs on it. As her musical style evolves, so do the opinions of her listeners.
In her newest album, it is clear that her engagement has impacted her songwriting; some of her songs, like “Wi$t Li$t,” “Wood” and “Father Figure,” give off the impression that she is talking about Travis Kelce, her fiancé in her songs.
“It’s beautiful… It’s nice to see she’s happy and she’s getting married, and I think it’s cute that her music reflects that,” Sameera Degaulle, ’27, said.
Degaulle has been listening to Swift’s music for quite some time, and she says her sisters originally introduced her to it.
“My older sister started listening to Taylor Swift, and she started getting into her and then she got my other sister into her,” Degaulle said. “Then eventually, I didn’t want to be the only one not listening to her.”
While Degaulle was introduced by her sisters, Emma Landen, ‘30, was introduced to Swift’s music by one of her friends.
“We went to the movies together, that’s when I really started to listen to her music,” Landen said.
Degaulle and Jennifer Kiefer, ’27, think that in this album, Swift’s music has changed a lot from her previous works.
“Her music has matured over time as she enters and exits relationships and gets better at writing music,” Kiefer said. “[I] was not the biggest fan of her newest album, but I like ‘Opalite’ and ‘Elizabeth Taylor.’”
Degaulle notes a difference in the music style in this album.
“It’s wildly different from anything she’s done,” Degaulle said. “She’s had a lot of fun poppy songs before, but I think with this, you can tell it’s carefree.”
Landen thinks that her future albums will not be about breakups and that they will just have different meanings behind why she makes certain songs.
Kiefer thinks Taylor Swift’s audience is going to change in the future.
“I think her music will change, or she will even stop making music,” Kiefer said. “It will become more for [this growing population] than newer teenagers just because she is growing up.”