Was Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl a Flop or a Hit?

My whole week has been wrecked. I’ve been up at 2 a.m. wondering if Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl is secretly a flop—or her best work yet.Pitchfork gave it a 5.9. Rolling Stone gave it a perfect 100. So who’s right? In this episode, I go full pop-culture detective, digging into both reviews, who these critics really are, and what this album actually says about Taylor’s next era.

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I’m Ash Cantley — a TV and celebrity exec investigating the biggest pop culture stories of the week and making my rulings.

Because let’s be real: half the time we’re asking, is this stupid as f**, or is this pop culture?*

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