If you refreshed Spotify every five seconds at midnight for Taylor Swift’s "The Life of a Showgirl," you’re not alone. And if you wrecked your sleep schedule listening on repeat all night, you’re also not alone. But Swift wasn’t the first showgirl — and she won’t be the last.
That’s the point. Throughout the album, Swift pays homage to the showgirls who came before her, from Marilyn Monroe to the Busby Berkeley starlets of the ‘40s. Once you’ve finished watching "The Fate of Ophelia" music video for the hundredth time (and still haven’t mastered the choreography), take a trip down showgirl memory lane.
