Then, we enter a glittering, aquatic-themed dance quantity that nods to the Busby Berkeley-choreographed “Human Waterfall” sequence in 1933’s Footlight Parade. It’s yet one more reminder of Ophelia’s drowning, although the usage of lifebuoys right here references Taylor’s metaphorical rescue from the identical tragic destiny. After that, Taylor reappears with a glittery blue tinsel feather boa of kinds, which matches the fashion of the jackets she and her dancers wore for the Eras Tour finale.
The total showgirl
Within the subsequent scene, we see a clapperboard with the title Sequins are Perpetually—a play on “Diamonds Are Perpetually” or Marilyn’s “Diamonds Are a Woman’s Greatest Buddy”—plus, “that includes Kitty Finlay.” Kitty is the title of the character on the middle of the tune “The Lifetime of a Showgirl,” and Taylor’s dearly departed grandmother Marjorie Finlay, about whom she wrote the tune “Marjorie,” was an opera singer—one other sort of showgirl, if you’ll. The board additionally says “Take 100”—a reference to the road “maintain it 100” in “The Destiny of Ophelia,” in addition to the truth that Taylor’s fortunate quantity, 13, and Travis’s jersey quantity, 87, provides as much as 100. As Taylor stated on New Heights, “That’s numerology.”
After we subsequent see Taylor, she has darkish, Elizabeth Taylor-esque hair and violet eyeshadow. (Elizabeth Taylor famously had violet-tinged eyes, and on the album’s second tune, “Elizabeth Taylor,” Swift sings, “I’d cry my eyes violet.”) On a chalkboard behind Taylor, you possibly can see the abbreviated titles of songs from The Lifetime of a Showgirl and their corresponding numbers (“7. AR,” significantly outstanding, is monitor seven, “Really Romantic”), in addition to a Sequins are Perpetually poster that includes Taylor and bearing the names of Sabrina Carpenter, Max Martin, and Shellback.
She flies into the rafters, after which emerges a sequin-covered showgirl à la Singin’ within the Rain—albeit in orange, the principle colour of the album, naturally.
