News - Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' lyrics stun fans.

Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, has set the internet alight as Swifties react with shock and delight to some of the singer’s most intimate and revealing lyrics to date. From Swift turning herself into a mob boss on ‘Father Figure’ to the emotional outro to the album’s titular track, Newsweek has compiled some of the album’s most striking lyrics, and the viral reactions from fans. Why It Matters The Life of a Showgirl marks Swift’s first album release since her record-breaking Eras Tour—the highest-grossing tour in history—wrapped in December. To say that the album was eagerly anticipated would be an understatement, with the record having become the most pre-saved in Spotify history, passing 5 million before it was even released. In true Swiftie fashion, social media has quickly become inundated with fans combing through each lyric of the 12-track record for Easter eggs about Swift’s life, double entendres, and hints at who certain tracks might be about. Taylor Swift performs onstage during Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at Johan Cruijff Arena on July 4, 2024, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management) What To Know As social media lights up with reactions to the record, here are some of the album’s standout lyrics and reactions from fans. ‘I can make deals with the devil because my d***’s bigger’ — Father Figure. Already one of the most debated songs on the album, the fourth track interpolates George Michael’s 1987 hit of the same name. The track appears to have Swift transform into a mob boss of the music world. Posts about the lyric have amassed hundreds of thousands of views on X, while the TikTok creator Cassiesbooktok shared a clip of her reacting to the song, with the text overlay ‘POV: me when I got to THAT line in father figure,’ which sees her respond in shock, and has been viewed over 390,000 times at time of writing. The line turns into ‘You made a deal with this devil, turns out my d***’s bigger,’ possibly a reference to Swift buying back her masters in May. ‘I heard you called me boring Barbie when the Coke’s got your brave’ — Actually Romantic. The track Actually Romantic has been regarded by many as a diss track of sorts, and while some are speculating over who the song is about, others have gleefully responded to some of the sharper lyrics. The artist Nicki Minaj wrote on X in a post viewed over 950,000 times ‘Taylor said “I heard you called me boring Barbie when the Coke’s got your brain”. Why all the SAG’s giving out lashings tonight? Oh wow.’ @ughnotjas posted a TikTok video, viewed over 280,000, which has the text overlay, ‘Whoever it’s about, she’s wacking them real good idc.’ One post, viewed over 490,000 times on X, quoted the lyric, next an image of Kendrick Lamar from the Super Bowl as he performed his grammy-winning diss track, Not Like Us. ‘i heard you call me ‘boring barbie’ when the coke’s got you brave’ pic.twitter.com/GYQRMBASM3— ebony 🍁❤️‍🔥 (@stilllgotscars) October 3, 2025. ‘His love was the key that opened my thighs’ — Wood. Wood, the ninth song on Swift’s album, is innuendo-filled and has been met with a somewhat rabid response from fans. TikTok creator Cassiesbooktok shared a clip reacting to the lyric where she is grinning and pointing at the camera, with the text overlay ‘These lyrics?!’. That clip has been viewed over 200,000 times as of reporting. @polloconv0dka wrote on X, ‘GIRL WHAAAAATTT???!!!’ in a post viewed over 160,000 times. The song is rife with sexual innuendo—‘The curse on me was broken by your magic wand’—and has a few references to fiancé Travis Kelce—‘New heights of manhood,’ in reference to the NFL star’s podcast New Heights. One X user cheekily asked: ‘OK MISS GIRL. Tell us what you’re really thinking, sister!’ ‘Forgive me, it sounds cocky,’ sings Swift, summing up… ‘I had a bad habit of missing lovers past. My brother used to call it, ‘Eating out of the trash’ — Opalite. The opening lyric of the third song, ‘Opalite,’ has also caused quite the stir among Swifties. One post on X, viewed over 150,000 times, read ‘HOLD ONNN!! SHE SAID “I had a bad habit of missing lovers past.. MY BROTHER USED TO CALL IT EATING OUT OF THE TRASH!!!!” OHH AUSTIN SWIFT I WAS NOT AWARE OF YOUR POWERS!.’ One social media user replied to that post, ‘honestly this might be my favorite lyric of the album… Still undecided but regardless it’s absolute fire.’ ‘Every eldest daughter was the first lamb to the slaughter,’ — Eldest Daughter. The fifth song on any Taylor Swift record is known as being the most emotional, and ‘Eldest Daughter’ appears to be no different.