There are albums for which vast success seems preordained, and then there is The Life of a Showgirl. “I’m immortal now,” Swift sings on the title track, which seems less like an extravagant boast than a statement of fact. View image in fullscreen Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl. The excitement has been amplified because a new Taylor Swift album seemed unlikely. The lyrics – supposedly inspired by her life on and off-stage on the Eras tour – occasionally do the stuff one expects a Taylor Swift album to do.