Song
Elizabeth Taylor
The Life of a Showgirl · 2025 · Track 2
Co-written
Written byTaylor Swift, Max Martin, Karl Johan Schuster
Produced byTaylor Swift, Max Martin, Karl Johan Schuster
Details
- Stated inspiration
- Taylor wrote the song about the actress Elizabeth Taylor after talking about her at length in the car with Travis Kelce, admiring how she fought for artists’ rights and kept her humanity, humour and passion despite being exploited by the industry. The melody arrived as the intrusive line ‘I’d cry my eyes violet,’ playing on the colour of the actress’s eyes.
trading riches for trust
“I would trade the Cartier for someone to trust”
Angela sets The Prophecy's I don't want money sentiment beside Elizabeth Taylor's I would trade the Cartier for someone to trust, both speakers naming wealth as the thing they would give up for a faithful companion.
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