"Amid the flood of discourse around Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl, one recurring sentiment jumped out: that the album which many critics have declared a misstep in Swift's otherwise consistently solid discography felt hurried, hasty, rushed. The Life of a Showgirl Is 40 Minutes of Elevator Music Rushed Out to Break a Beatles Record, read the particularly savage headline of a piece on Collider."
"And it has been quite the churn. Since 2019 Swift has on average released an album a year, and that's not counting the Taylor's Version re-records of her older albums. All of this managed alongside a certain billion-dollar-grossing, 20-month stadium tour, too. No wonder the word burnout is being thrown around liberally. The Life of a Showgirl backlash does raise an interesting question: how much music is too much?"
Taylor Swift's latest album was widely perceived as rushed, with critics labeling it a misstep in an otherwise strong discography. Critics expressed a desire for Swift to pause the constant cycle of releases to recover creative momentum. Since 2019 Swift has averaged roughly one album per year, excluding Taylor's Version re-recordings, while also completing a billion-dollar, 20-month stadium tour. The intensity of that schedule has prompted talk of burnout. The situation prompts broader questions about optimal album release frequency, contrasting the historical annual release norms of the 1960s and 70s with streaming-era incentives to release more music.
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