Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor Swift's first song off her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, has a storied literary history. The first song on the LP, ...

Taken together, the succession of oversimplified literary remakes carries a distinct whiff of opportunism in Hollywood’s ...

Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' album cover ; Ophelia Hamlet by John Everett Millais. "He pretends he doesn’t know what these words mean, but he knows what these words mean,” Swift said. “He ...

In seven minutes, Taylor Swift resurrects four centuries of dead women in water. Her self-directed "The Fate of Ophelia" music video, from her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, pulls from ...

In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Ophelia is the prospective wife of our titular prince, who meets a tragic end when she goes mad and ultimately drowns. Often, it’s presumed that her spiral is due to ...

As legend has it, Taylor Swift has a new top single. "The Fate of Ophelia" has surpassed "Anti-Hero" to become the singer's longest-running No. 1 single, surging back to the summit of the Billboard ...

From quirky love songs to alleged diss tracks, here's who fans think inspired 'Life of a Showgirl.' This album is a bit easier to decode than some of Swift’s previous releases, mostly due to the fact ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot; The Print Collector/Getty "He pretends he doesn’t know what these words mean, but he knows what these ...

The first track on Taylor Swift's 12th album is titled 'The Fate of Ophelia,' referencing the leading lady in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' Taylor Swift is known for hiding plenty of Easter eggs throughout ...