Smack-dab in the middle of the album, however, is "Ruin the Friendship," a slight detour, whose lyrics chronicle a high school romance that could have been, and the untimely death of her onetime love ...

"The Life of a Showgirl," Taylor Swift's 12-track foray back into high-synth pop, has finally arrived. After countdown followed by countdown, endless vinyl releases, and no doubt a great many missed ...