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No one needs another take on Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl. We live in a surfeit of TLOAS takes. But this is a ~business~ story, I promise.

First things first: Many critics have deemed Swift’s 12th studio album a miss, and I’m not going to sit here and tell the critics they’re wrong (at least, not about TLOAS). I can squint and point out the album’s gems — I think “Wood” is fun, actually — but that kind of analysis is best reserved for my music-reviewing brethren.

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