Could Taylor Swift’s reign ever end?
Will she always have the life of a showgirl?
Taylor Swift has long dominated the world of music, but her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, had massive sales but mixed reviews. Could her reign ever come to an end or is she too big to fail?
Mark Savage, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Music Correspondent, chats through the new album with us and explains how views on Taylor Swift have changed over the years.
Our ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ friend and Swiftie, Hayley Clarke, investigates some of the easter eggs on one of the album tracks (you’ll be into this if you’re a romantasy fan…)
And we hear from some Swifties - what do they think of TLOAS and is Taylor unstoppable?
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