"Taylor Swift is getting a little Shakespearean - except this time, she's writing a happy ending. On Oct. 3, the singer released her new single "The Fate of Ophelia," which serves as the lead track of her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. With the song, she turns William Shakespeare's famed play Hamlet on its head, but in the catchiest way possible."
"In the second verse, Swift tells Ophelia's lore, saying she "lived in fantasy" except when it came to love. "But love was a cold bed full of scorpions, the venom stole her sanity," she sings. As she poetically explains, Swift imagined herself as being destined for the same fate before her new lover rescued her. "All that time, I sat alone in my tower, you were just honing your powers / Now I can see it all," she sings on the chorus."
"It doesn't take much decoding for even the most casual Swifties to figure out that she's referring to Kelce, using one of his common sayings and nodding to his NFL team on the post-chorus. "Keep it one hundred on the land, the sea, the sky," she chants. "Pledge allegiance to your hands, your team, your vibes.""
Taylor Swift released the single "The Fate of Ophelia" on Oct. 3 as the lead track of her 12th studio album The Life of a Showgirl. The song reframes Shakespeare's Hamlet heroine Ophelia by giving her a salvational romantic arc rather than a tragic end. Max Martin and Shellback produced the groovy track. The lyrics portray Ophelia as living in fantasy but harmed by love until a new lover rescues her from a tragic destiny, with the chorus describing being dug out of a grave and saved. The single includes nods to Travis Kelce, his sayings, and his NFL team, and partial lyrics open with a megaphone call and a pyro reference.
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