Today Taylor Swift released her twelfth album The Life of a Show Girl and of course her fans and the internet have turned to dissecting the lyrics, because that’s where the grace of this artist lies. The first thing that has become clear is that this was going to be an album about the glamour of a star, absolute fame and finding love again.
Swift fills her songs with allegories, crumbs, little clues that are a game for those who follow her, because only if you are in her world do you understand her references. Other times she is clearer in her similes, and leaves a window for the rest of the listeners, this time it is Real Madrid that has been sealed in the Swiftie universe as a reference to luxury.
Taylor Swift talks about Real Madrid
It is in her eighth song, Wi$h Li$t, where she focuses not only on material desire, but on everything that a person at the top of stardom understands as ultimate goals: winning a Palme d’Or, an Oscar and a contract with Real Madrid. The verse translated into Spanish goes like this: “They want that freedom, to live outside the system. They want those three dogs they call their children. And that good surf, no hypocrites. They want it all. They want a contract with Real Madrid“.
It is not known if her time at the Bernabeu during The Eras Tour in May 2024, marked her especially, but it is clear that the millionaire contracts for which the Madrid soccer club is famous have crossed to the other side of the Atlantic and are a lot of money even for people who earn a lot of money.
She, who is the richest singer in the world and who boosted the U.S. economy during her very long tour, knows what a good contract is, so the verse could be understood as a compliment to Real Madrid. It is still not clear if she is referring to specific people, as she seems to have done with Charli XCX in Actually Romantic, we wait for the real experts on the American singer to reveal something. For now we can only enjoy her music.