“The Life of a Showgirl” may have given us one of Taylor’s most divisive tracks ever…and it’s a track 5, to boot. ‘Eldest Daughter’ has a lot of things going on, but one thing we can all agree on is that Taylor is attempting to be vulnerable on this song. She spends the track exploring themes of childhood-rooted walls, personal insecurities, and promises for the future. Because your hosts do their best work when there is a mystery to be solved, Olivia & Dani decided to place this song in the ‘Mental Cages’ miniseries to analyze it further! Hop into this episode to see if you can join us in making sense of this emotional and misunderstood tune.

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It seems that whenever Taylor Swift drops a music video, she can’t help herself…she simply MUST stuff it full of Easter Eggs! Her most recent one, “The Fate of Ophelia”, is absolutely no exception. Taylor herself admits that there are over one hundred eggs embedded into this video, so your hosts went digging to find everything they could. So get out your spyglass, crack those knuckles, and join us as Dani & Olivia tear about this video - frame by frame - to find all of these eggs.

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Nearly four weeks ago, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ was released into the world! During these past four weeks, it seems everyone on the earth has formed an opinion about this album…and your hosts are no different. Join us in today’s much-requested episode as Dani & Olivia break down the album’s highs and lows, track by track, to give you their full reviews. Per usual (and also by request), they also share their current track rankings! But don’t expect those to be written in stone just yet…

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Back in September, you met us in the afterglow when we talked through Taylor Swift & Joe Alwyn’s relationship timeline leading up to the “Lover” album. Today, we invite you to continue this journey through the music behind the muse as we dissect the 2019 album! Specifically, we follow the lyrics to see where Joe influenced these anxiety-riddled love tunes. Additionally, we talk about how we’d feel about their relationship had we been die-hard Swifties at the time, and we analyze their relationship during this era through a retrospective and analytical lens.

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She’s back! Today, your hosts are again joined by Harvard University’s very own viral professor, Stephanie Burt, as she talks about Taylor through the lens of her newest book: “Taylor’s Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift.” This episode features Dani & Olivia talking with Stephanie through big Taylor questions: can she maintain her level of fame forever? How did she even get this huge? What helped Taylor more: talent or luck? All of these questions and more are addressed in today’s very special reunion between the professor and your girls!

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Is this Taylor’s most divisive album ever released? The internet sure seems to think so! In today’s episode - which is unedited and unfiltered, leaving in every thought, “um”, and cold-as-ice hot take - your hosts tackle their first impressions of “The Life of a Showgirl”. With 12 tracks to go through + a movie & music video to review, Dani & Olivia are not short on content to comment on! Which song excited Olivia the most? Which one did Dani think was the weakest? What about the song that they both agreed would’ve been better on another album? Where do your hosts agree, and where do they differ? Jump in to see their immediate thoughts post-release!

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The countdown is on! In less than 48 hours, we finally get to look behind the curtains of The Life of a Showgirl. In this episode, Dani & Olivia keep with tradition and share their plans for this weekend (dubbed “The Weekend of a Showgirl”). This weekend is PACKED- from the album release party to Chappell Roan in KC to a wedding, your gals are feeling like busy showgirls themselves! Plus, this episode features Q&A based on your questions from Instagram, as well as some more predictions about the album. Come pregame with us…the pregame of a showgirl! (IYKYK)

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It’s frightening! It’s rapturous! It’s beautiful! And what we are referring to, of course, is the vulnerable concept of today’s show! In this episode, your hosts continue a beloved Taylearning tradition as they guess what each of the tracks on “The Life of a Showgirl” will sound like. With no lead single and no audio clips released, we know very little about the sound of this record (other than that it is full of “bangers”- thank you, Travis Kelce). But will this stop Dani & Olivia from throwing their predictions out there? Not a chance! Enjoy this silly “Showgirl” hype episode that will likely become a dated time capsule in nine short days.

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So the secret is out: 2018 Taylor Swift is dating 2018 Joe Alwyn. “Reputation” is in the world, the Rep Tour is impending, and all is well with the darling couple…right? In today’s second installment of the Joe Alwyn Muses Timeline, Dani & Olivia pick up right where they left off in part 1 to talk about the relationship as it builds toward the Lover Era. “Lover” is an album that is infamously riddled with anxiety surrounding love, so join us as we talk about the events that led to the development of this divisive album!

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Taylor Swift surprised the music and fandom world when she announced that TS12, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’, would be produced exclusively by Max Martin & Shellback. This dynamic pop duo worked with Taylor on albums ‘Red’ through ‘Reputation’, but they have not been seen in her discography since. But they are indisputable hitmakers, so will they take Taylor’s next album to Pop Bible status? Listen in as your hosts talk through Martin & Shellback’s iconic musical histories, including highlighting their collaborations with Taylor herself. Additionally, Dani & Olivia give their takes on the “controversies” already surrounding the new album…and its variants.

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