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 shiny blue tinsel feather boa of types, which matches the type 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 Endlessly—a play on “Diamonds Are Endlessly” or Marilyn’s “Diamonds Are a Woman’s Greatest Good friend”—plus, “that includes Kitty Finlay.” Kitty is the identify of the character on the heart of the music “The Lifetime of a Showgirl,” and Taylor’s dearly departed grandmother Marjorie Finlay, about whom she wrote the music “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 music, “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 distinguished, is observe seven, “Really Romantic”), in addition to a Sequins are Endlessly 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.