Taylor Swift’s latest album, The life of a showgirlHas only just dropped and early reactions all the headlines get, especially one of 50 cents.
One of the first to celebrate the record is none other than the rapper, who shared his excitement after he discovered that he will receive a special mention, a shoutout, on one of the tracks.
The rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, posted the album cover on Instagram Friday 3 October, thanked Swift for the nod at her song Ruin the friendship.
“@Taylorswift shit is popping now, she shouts me out, she doesn’t scream,” he wrote.
“Lol, this is only for big timers! @50CentAction Wait I’m the only shout on the entire album.”
On the song, Swift sings, “and it was not an invitation / but as the 50 cents number played / you should have kissed.”
While 50 cent proudly claimed that he was the only name drop, technically the second song Elisabeth Taylor References to the deceased actress directly.
Furthermore, the texts of Swift weave in subtle nods to various public figures without giving them a name, including fiancé Travis Kelce, which is supposed to inspire several songs such as such as such as OpaliteWhat emphasizes their relationship.
Other songs seem to touch the history of Swift with the music industry Figures Olivia Rodrigo, Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta, especially in Father figure.
In the meantime, Romantic has speculated about an excavation aimed at Charli XCX.
Ruin the friendshipOf which fans once thought that Swift’s relationship with Blake Lively can describe, instead seems to think about her deceased friend of high school Jeff Lang, who died in 2010 after struggle with mental health.
During the number, Swift wonders about the unspoken feelings between them, so that the rule “you should have kissed.”
She remembers the moment that friend Abigail Anderson Berard shared and sang the tragic news: “See you soon, and we will never know why / but I still flew home / with so much to say / it was not handy / but I whispered over the grave / you should have kissed.”
When she first announced the album in August, Swift explained that The life of a showgirl Would dive deeper than her public image.
“This album is not really about what happened to me on stage. It’s about what I was going outside the stage,” she said on Travis Kelce’s New heights Podcast.
“It’s life beyond the show.”
With personal revelations, sincere tribute and sharp lyrical references, the record has already set the internet, and for 50 cents the recognition seems to be an extra sweet bonus.
