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Bugs and intercourse attraction don’t normally go hand-in-hand.
However because the anticipation for her Lifetime of a Showgirl album continues to ramp up, Taylor Swift simply dropped some stunning new paintings — and also you would possibly by no means take a look at bugs the identical method once more!
Sure, Taylor is hanging a seductive pose on the quilt of The Lifetime of a Showgirl: The Shiny Bug Assortment, a vinyl version that shall be accessible on her web site for the following 48 hours.
‘Shiny Bug’ in large demand
In different phrases, although the album nonetheless doesn’t come out for six weeks, there’s at present a mad sprint for restricted version presales.
The girl is nothing if not a grasp of promoting.
Taylor restricted feedback on the Instagram put up saying the brand new version, which might be a wise concept.
Prior to now, even Swifties have been vital of Taylor for creating false shortage and cynically cashing in with a number of “limited edition” pressings of the identical album.
Plus, the Showgirl paintings has confirmed divisive up to now, and Taylor in all probability appears like she doesn’t want any extra criticism from followers who haven’t even heard the album but.
Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening evening of “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Picture by John Medina/Getty Pictures)
Judging an album by its cowl
Many on-line commenters have been vital of the unique TLOAS cowl, which appears to reference the well-known portray of Hamlet’s sister, Ophelia, by John Everett Millais.
(One of many tracks on the album is titled “The Fate of Ophelia,” so the comparisons will not be as random as they initially appear.)
The Shiny Bug Assortment cowl sticks with the unlucky “Showtime channel” font that drew a lot criticism when Tay dropped the unique paintings.
And evidently as soon as once more, followers are divided on the outfit and general look that Taylor chosen.
“Wtf is with all these covers? NONE of them look good,” one consumer commented on Reddit.
Taylor Swift attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Area on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Picture by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Pictures)
“Why does she look like she’s trying to see if the waxer got it all? I’ve hit sexier poses at the gynecologist,” one other joked.
“The pose is once again SO bad. It’s like when people jokingly hit this pose ‘trying’ to be sexy and yet even those are sexier than how she’s doing it,” a 3rd chimed in, including:
“Yet again there is no neck in the photo, why is she so far away from the wall? Why is she seemingly hunched up? She looks so awkward and uncomfortable. The colors are terrible, the lighting is bad, why not use one of the better brighter other photos she took?”
You get the concept. Some people don’t like the quilt artwork; others are complaining about Taylor’s limitless reissues of the identical album, a behavior that appears to serve little function aside from lining her already fats pockets.
However on the finish of the day, there’s an actual demand for this form of product, and we’re positive the Shiny Bug Assortment will promote out in a matter of hours.
Right here’s hoping that the weird title shall be defined by some future lyrics.
