“She’s still stuck in Neverland”: Link Lauren reacts to Taylor Swift’s new album “The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore”

Songwriters Hall Of Fame 55th Annual Induction And Awards Gala - Source: Getty
Songwriters Hall Of Fame 55th Annual Induction And Awards Gala - Source: Getty

On September 26, Link Lauren reacted to Taylor Swift’s new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore.’ The Love Story vocalist released her 16-track album on Friday, September 25.

Taylor released her new album weeks after her marriage to Travis Kelce. The couple tied the knot on July 3 in Madison Square Garden. Taylor Swift’s latest album is the follow-up to The Life of a Showgirl, which came out in October last year. Therefore, The Encore features four new tracks alongside the previous releases.

The pop-culture commentator, Link Lauren, shared his reaction to Taylor’s new music. He said the singer is still stuck in ‘Neverland.’ He called the lyrics of her songs ‘painfully childish.’ Link Lauren wrote:

“I reviewed Taylor Swift’s new music for the Daily Mail. She’s approaching 40, a billionaire newlywed… but she’s still stuck in Neverland. It’s time to grow up. The high-school feuds and mean-girl lyrics are painfully childish.”

Link Lauren also commented on a post shared by Buzzing Pop, which showed Taylor’s latest track ‘Patient Zero’ replaced Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ at the top spot on the US Spotify Chart. He wrote:

“That's all Taylor cares about at this point... the numbers and figures... not the art.”

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore’ features four new tracks

On September 23, the newly wed songstress announced her encore album and revealed the cover image. Swift shared that she celebrated the success of The Life of a Showgirl with her collaborators Max and Shellback. She wrote:

“About a year ago, you guys did a truly unfathomable thing. Something that completely blew my mind... You gave The Life of a Showgirl the biggest first week for an album in history. I took a trip to Sweden to celebrate with Max and Shellback, my two collaborators on this album. Really we just wanted to reflect and take in how grateful we were for the moment we were in, but there was a studio there and we did what we do when we feel anything at all: We wrote more songs.”

The Encore album has four additional songs:

  • Patient Zero
  • Cleveland
  • Babylon
  • Pink Clouding

Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell will appear in the music video of Taylor’s Patient Zero as seen in its teaser video.

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Edited by Shatakshi Gupta