Taylor Swift has unveiled the music video for “Elizabeth Taylor,” the second observe from her record-breaking twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl.
The visible serves as a form of visible homage to enrich Swift’s in regards to the legendary starlet, that includes an array of clips from Taylor’s life and traditional filmography. It seems that Swift has solely launched the “Elizabeth Taylor” visible on streaming companies like Spotify and Apple Music, with no model on YouTube as of but. (YouTube, it’s maybe value noting, lately stopped submitting data to Billboard, so streams there not depend in the direction of placement on charts just like the Hot 100.)
Many critics take into account “Elizabeth Taylor” to be the centerpiece of The Life of a Showgirl. The observe pays homage to the legendary Hollywood actress whose personal profession mirrored Swift’s personal in some ways. As Rolling Stone music critic Rob Sheffield writes, “the Liz/Swift soul connection goes deep, way beyond their shared name. Both Taylors got famous as kids, grew up in public as America’s sweetheart,” including, “like Swift, Liz was the ingenue who made everything sticky by growing up.”
Last month, Swift celebrated the success of Life of a Showgirl observe “Opalite” topping the Billboard Hot 100 — which marked her 14th music to dominate the charts. The music adopted her lead single, “The Fate of Ophelia,” which charted at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks. The video for “Opalite” noticed the singer-songwriter journey again to the Nineties and featured a star-studded forged together with Graham Norton, Domnhall Gleeson, Lewis Capaldi, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, and even Cillian Murphy.
When accepting the award for Artist of the Year on the iHeartRadio Music Awards final week, Swift delivered heartfelt acceptance speech, reflecting on her 20-year profession trajectory. “Thank you for allowing me to turn my hobby into a love, into a passion, into a dream, into a career,” she instructed the group. Swift, who made historical past that night time with seven wins, added, “Thank you for allowing me to have it this long. I wish you the best with everything you do.”
