Taylor Swift's Elizabeth Taylor Tribute

0:00It's March 31st. I'm Corey with The Story. This is Music News Today, driven by AI and built for the culture. Taylor Swift just dropped the music video for her track, Elizabeth Taylor off the album, The Life of a Showgirl, and it's a straight-up homage to the Hollywood legend. You can catch it on Spotify or Apple Music right now, with clips pulled from her classic films like Cleopatra, Father of the Bride, Cat on a Hot Tin. Roof, and suddenly, last summer, mixed in with old news row footage. The song hit number three on the Billboard charts when the album launched, showing Swift still got that chart-topping magic. She's been nodding to Elizabeth Taylor for years, even slipping in a reference to her romance with Richard Burton on the reputation track, Ready For. It. Elizabeth Taylor's son Christopher Wouten gave it high praise, calling out the shared vibes of female empowerment between Swift and his mom, and how. Their lives and careers run parallel. Swift herself got emotional, sharing a clip her parents sent of his words, feeling honored

1:04by the comparison amid all the spotlight chaos. On top of that, she put out a stripped-down, so glamorous Cabaret piano version on YouTube, pulled from limited edition releases. Both versions drop on a 7-inch vinyl for Recre Store Day on April 18th. Meanwhile, Swift's dodging some legal heat, a former Las Vegas performer, is suing over the life of a showgirl trademark, and she's pushing back against. A betting company's bid for Swift Home keeps the drama rolling, just like her icons.