Our review of Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

Sep 29, 2026 · 4:15 AM UTC

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godfork thanks for end her career
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why are you being so kind to her im crine😭😭😭
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i graduated in journalism from USP - Brazil and i just wanted to say this article is one of the most powerful pieces i’ve ever read. it reminded me why i fell in love with journalism. congrats on such outstanding work! thank u!
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Hey @pitchfork can you post the last time you rereviewed an album when the deluxe drops? Spoiler alert: 🦗 🦗 🦗 🦗 Embarrassing. Obsessed. ☠️
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That was too generous of a review. It should have been 2.4
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This part sums up what I think about her recent music. You ate that
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This is actually meaner than the Chris Brown one
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as a swiftie, thanks Pitchfork for being generous to her ❤️
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So 143 was better
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Her songwriting was always awful, childish and totally overrated.
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too high for a mediocre songwriter and an album ngl 💯
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This industry is always incredibly generous to white women how could she possibly be considered one of the greatest songwriters?
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no 8.2 for you taybore
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4.0???? why so high rating

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You guys gave folklore 8; evermore 7.9; The life of a showgirl 5.9; The encore 4.. I think you guys are really really generous with her now because folklore and evermore deserves justice! They deserved at LEAST a 8.5
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we love it
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4.0 is a high review for a dumb garbage album like this. If I will be asked this review, it will 1.0, one of the shallowest albums of all time. But I know Tayfraud doesn't care at all. That's what all greedy billionaires do 😅🤣✌️
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Oh wow, this is way too high. This album deserves a 0 at best.
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She is STILL selling the high-school victim with a hot bf just this time (Superstardom billionaire's version) I feel everyone is asking the same question now like who tf is even Taylor Swift? We are watching this downfall in realtime, I'm not rooting for it but it's happening 🤷🏼‍♂️
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wait that’s too high actually, we still love you godfork 🫶🏻
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the archer praise thank you 🙏
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“One of the greatest songwriting catalogs of all time” Oh fuck off
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Shout out to @pitchfork commenter “TUNGUR_KNIVUR” for pointing out “For those scratching their heads over why ”Cleveland!” sounds like that: it borrows heavily from the Swedish song ”Från och med du” by Oskar Linnros, a classic of early 2010s Swedish pop.” I’m listening to it now and yup they are totally right! (Also it is suspiciously convenient that the co-writer and co-producer of said Taylor song is Max Martin who magically also happens to be Swedish lol). #TaylorSwift #TLOAS #TLOASEncore #MaxMartin
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belles-meets-5 minute crafts production is too accurate😭
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Anyways... listen to Tinashe instead. 🔥
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You’re being much too generous by saying she has one of the greatest song writing catalogues of all time
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you are so scared of her you gave it a 4.0 lmfao
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"Taylor Swift will always have one of the greatest songwriting catalogs of all time." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. STFU. Pitchfork really is the trash of trash. From once praising Neutral Milk and MBV to this.
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what is this review? did she paid you to give this score?
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Pitchfork, ONCE AGAIN, on the right side of history. But I actually think it deserved a 2.0
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Oh Taylor breaking records left and right, the first artist to get a review for their deluxe drop from pitchfork. The obsession is next level
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You love and appreciate genuine and authentic music, but only if it’s within your imagination. So Taylor, as a real showgirl, doesn’t know the life of a showgirl as well as you, because you are so well educated, reading books, watching movies. And that is a compliment, Pitchfork.
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I guess she couldn’t afford buying a review from you as she did with other music critics 😂😂😂
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