Taylor Swift Addresses ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Album Criticism: ‘I Know What I Made’

Taylor Swift‘s The Life of a Showgirl is already connected way to beryllium her biggest medium yet — but it besides mightiness beryllium her astir polarizing.

While galore fans are perfectly loving the caller task — which has already cleared 3 cardinal accepted income successful conscionable a fewer days — others person criticized Showgirl for its simplistic, playful lyricism connected definite tracks. But arsenic Swift said successful an interrogation with Apple Music 1 posted Tuesday (Oct. 7), she welcomes it all.

“The regularisation of amusement concern is if it’s the archetypal week of my medium release, and you are saying either my sanction oregon my medium title, you’re helping,” she told big Zane Lowe with a smile. “I person a batch of respect for people’s subjective opinions connected art. I’m not the creation police. Everybody is allowed to consciousness precisely however they want.”

Swift went connected to explicate that whether radical recognize it oregon not, a batch of the modern buzzwords she employs connected Showgirl — specified arsenic “I’m not a atrocious b—h, and this isn’t savage” connected “Eldest Daughter” oregon “Did you girl-boss excessively adjacent to the sun?” connected “Cancelled!” — were precise intentional. “This medium by property was a funnier album,” she told Lowe, comparing Showgirl to her overmuch much melancholy Billboard 200-topper The Tortured Poets Department.

“The quality attributes I was highlighting successful that penning process were overmuch much superior and delicate and introspective, and oftentimes much earnest and stoic — the characteristics of a poet,” Swift continued. “This 1 was like, showgirls are mischievous, fun, scandalous, sexy, fun, flirty, hilarious … I’m truthful arrogant of this opus craft. I’m truthful arrogant of these melodies and these lyrics and these stories, and going successful and retired of quality and benignant of playing with your benignant speak.”

Regardless of people’s idiosyncratic feelings connected Showgirl, 1 happening everyone tin astir apt hold is however antithetic it is to Tortured Poets — oregon immoderate of the 14-time Grammy winner’s past albums, really. Reviews for the caller task person fallen each crossed the board, with immoderate hailing it arsenic highest Swift genius and others panning it altogether. (Check retired Billboard‘s review.)

But, arsenic Swift explained to Lowe, she thinks much radical volition travel astir to Showgirl down the road. “What you’re going done successful your beingness is going to impact whether you subordinate to the euphony that I’m putting retired astatine immoderate fixed moment,” she said. “What I often emotion seeing my fans accidental is, ‘I utilized to beryllium idiosyncratic who didn’t subordinate to Reputation, and present that I’ve been done immoderate different things successful my life, that’s my favourite album.'”

“We’re doing this happening for keeps,” she added. “I person specified an oculus connected bequest erstwhile I’m making my music. I cognize what I made. I cognize I adore it, and I cognize that connected the taxable of what the showgirl is, each of this is portion of it.”

Watch Swift’s afloat interrogation with Zane Lowe above.