The whole picture is right there from the start. In the first few seconds of “The Fate of Ophelia,” track one on Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, a commanding drum fill sets ...

Taylor Swift sounds like she's having fun all over her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, even as her lyrics paint a picture of a star chasing the spotlight and trapped by it. (Mert Alas & Marcus ...

On her 12th album, the most dominant pop star of our era makes a spectacle of herself in full flower, in love and holding the music industry in... On 'The Life of a Showgirl,' Taylor Swift feels ...