“Elizabeth Taylor” is the second track on Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, released on October 3, 2025. Co-written with Max Martin and ShellbackApple Music, this 3:28 synth-pop gem serves as a heartfelt homage to the legendary Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor, whom Swift has called a “role model”.

The song cleverly weaves together Taylor’s iconic life elements with Swift’s personal reflections on fame and love. Key references include:

• Elizabeth Taylor’s famous violet eyes (“I’d cry my eyes violet”)
• Her signature fragrance White Diamonds (“All my white diamonds and lovers are forever”)
• Her glamorous lifestyle with nods to Portofino, Italy and Paris’ Plaza Athenee hotel

Swift described the track as “sort of half cosplay, half singing from your own perspective”, creating a powerful parallel between two showbiz icons navigating the pressures of celebrity while longing for genuine, lasting love in a world of fleeting glamour. Lines like “You’re only as hot as your last hit, baby” and “Ooh, oftentimes it doesn’t feel so glamorous to be me” reveal the vulnerability beneath the glittering surface.

Elizabeth Taylor
Do you think it's forever?
That view of Portofino was on my mind when you called me at the Plaza Athénée
Ooh, oftentimes it doesn't feel so glamorous to be me
All the right guys
Promised they'd stay
Under bright lights
They withered away
But you bloom
Portofino was on my mind and I think you know why
And if your letters ever said, "Goodbye"...
I'd cry my eyes violet
Elizabeth Taylor
Tell me for real
Do you think it's forever?
Been number one but I never had two
And I can't have fun if I can't have...
Be my NY when Hollywood hates me
You're only as hot as your last hit, baby
I been number one but I never had two
And I can't have fun if I can't have... you
Hey, what could you possibly get for the girl who has everything and nothing all at once?
Babe, I would trade the Cartier for someone to trust... just kidding
We hit the best booth at Musso & Frank's
They say I'm bad news, I just say, "Thanks"
And you look at me like you're hypnotized
And I think you know why
And if you ever leave me high and dry
I'd cry my eyes violet
Elizabeth Taylor
Tell me for real
Do you think it's forever?
Been number one but I never had two
And I can't have fun if I can't have...
Be my NY when Hollywood hates me
You're only as hot as your last hit, baby
I been number one but I never had two
And I can't have fun if I can't have... you
Elizabeth Taylor
Do you think it's forever?
If I can't have you
All my white diamonds and lovers are forever
In the papers, on the screen and in their minds
All my white diamonds and lovers are forever
Don't you ever end up anything but mine...
I'd cry my eyes violet
Elizabeth Taylor
Tell me for real
Do you think it's forever?
Been number one but I never had two
And I can't have fun if I can't have...
Be my NY when Hollywood hates me
You're only as hot as your last hit, baby
I been number one but I never had two
And I can't have fun if I can't have... you
All my white diamonds and lovers are forever
In the papers, on the screen and in their minds
All my white diamonds and lovers are forever
Don't you ever end up anything but mine...