Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated 12th studio album, The Life Of A Showgirl, covers parameters that fans have been wanting answers to, such as her love life, friendships, and feuds. Swift answers honestly, cleverly, and adds a touch of sultry allure in her storytelling.

Beginning the album with The Fate of Ophelia, she addresses life when she first met her now-fiancé, Travis Kelce. With lyrics like, “All that time, I sat alone in my tower, you were just honing your powers, now I can see it all. Late one night, you dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia… Pledge allegiance to your hands, your team, your vibes…” 

But since Kelce is getting Swift for the rest of his life, he gets more than just one song! The lyrics of Wood, the ninth song on the album, have his name written all over it. “His love was the key that opened my thighs. Girls, I don’t need to catch the bouquet to know a hard rock is on the way,” Swift sings, nodding to her engagement ring, which is rumored to be between seven to 10 carats.

Though the album has sexy romantic hits, the 10th song on the album, Cancelled, has a Reputation touch to it, as she talks about how she likes her friends canceled. “Good thing I like my friends canceled. I like ‘em cloaked in Gucci and in scandal. Like my whiskey sour and poison thorny flowers. Welcome to my underworld, it’ll break your hearts, at least you know exactly who your friends are. They’re the ones with matching scars.” 

But it’s the seventh song on the album that fans are hyperfixating on, as speculation is spiraling that it might be about her feud with Charli XCX. Swift opens the song with, “I heard you call me ‘Borning Barbie’ when the coke’s got you brave. High-fived my ex and then said you’re glad he ghosted me. Wrote me a song saying it makes you sick to see my face.” 

The title of the song, Actually Romantic, is speculated to also be a nod to Charli XCX’s Everything Is Romantic. While the song is not confirmed to be about the feud, Swift continues the song with, “How many times has your boyfriend said, ‘Why are we always talking ‘bout her?’” So, Swift is clearly addressing some bad blood, no matter who it’s about.

Closing off the album is the title track, The Life of a Showgirl, which is the only song to feature another artist: Sabrina Carpenter. With lyrics such as, “Pain hidden by the lipstick and the lace. Sequins are forever and now I know the life of a showgirl, babe, wouldn’t have it any other way,” it is the only song that actually talks about being a showgirl. The rest of the album flirts with Swift’s usual subjects of love and betrayal, but this song stands alone in meaning.

As Swift ventures into her new era of life and love, this album cleared up past rumors and solidified where her heart lies in every aspect of existence, doing so in an overall sizzling manner.