Taylor Swift sings about Real Madrid on her new album, The Life of a Showgirl

Be honest, you did not have Taylor Swift singing about Real Madrid on your 2025 bingo card.

We’ve got a government shutdown, a giant orange in charge, and Swift singing about the 15-time European champions. What next? Is Godzilla being brought back from the dead?

The singer/songwriter has duly collapsed the internet today with the release of her [checks notes] 11th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. Across twelve songs, Swift touches on past loves, fame, and 50 Cent, as well as Xabi Alonso’s squad.

OK, she doesn’t go into the 4-4-2 pressing structure during Real Madrid’s out of possession phase, whether playing Arda Güler as a drifting number 8 or Fede Valverde at right-back, but she mentions the European side in her song, Wi$h Li$t.

Here are the lyrics in question:

[Verse 2]

They want that freedom, living off the grid

They want those three dogs that they call their kids

And that good surf, no hypocrites

They want it all

They want a contract with Real Madrid

They want that spring break that was fuckin’ lit

And then that video taken off the internet

They want it all

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Swift clearly knows about the prestige of Real Madrid, arguably the biggest side in world football. It would be hard for her not to, considering that she played 2 nights at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu back in May. It must have left an impression on her.

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