{"id":87115,"date":"2025-08-14T08:24:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/?page_id=87115"},"modified":"2026-09-26T10:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T09:51:51","slug":"opalite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taylorswiftswitzerland.ch\/index.php\/albums\/the-life-of-a-showgirl-album\/the-life-of-a-showgirl-songs\/opalite\/","title":{"rendered":"Opalite"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cOpalite\u201d is the third track on Taylor\u2019s twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl<\/a><\/em> (2025). Co-written and produced by Taylor, Max Martin and Shellback, it was released on October 3, 2025, and later became the album\u2019s second single on February 6, 2026. The song reflects on leaving past relationships behind, learning to create your own happiness and ultimately finding love after the wrong relationships have taught you what you truly want.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cOpalite\u201d turns a childhood association with opals into a metaphor for creating your own happiness, while also carrying a personal connection to Travis Kelce, who has named it his favorite song on The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>. Its glittering, optimistic sound and uncomplicated romanticism make it one of the album\u2019s warmest and most carefree moments.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn March 2023, Taylor launched “The Eras Tour<\/a>,” a career-spanning project that would continue for almost two years and become the highest-grossing concert tour in history. During the European leg in 2024, the tour also coincided with a period of significant personal and creative change: after reconnecting with Swedish producer Max Martin during the Stockholm shows in May, Taylor began developing what would become The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>. She had entered a new chapter in her personal life after meeting Travis Kelce in July 2023, a relationship that would later become a defining part of the period surrounding the album. She reunited with Martin and Shellback, who had previously worked with her on RED<\/a><\/em> (2012), 1989<\/a><\/em> (2014) and reputation<\/a><\/em> (2017), and travelled to Sweden between European tour dates to record the album:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\u00abIt was just a different type of muscle I was exercising. At that point in the tour, I was in the European leg of it, which was a lot more shows than I had done on the American leg of it. So, it was more shows, less days off. The phsysical exhaustion and soreness was at an all time high at the same time as I was starting to get to do that show with muscle memory. It took a while for that to happen because it's a three and a half hour show, but I was starting to be able to feel like, 'Okay, my body is getting more tired, and my mind is more able to do this on autopilot. And I never want to do this show on autopilot, so I need to do something to flex these creative muscles, and go in there and really exercise that other part of my brain.' And what it ended up doing was reinvigorating every aspect of my life, including the tour, which made me just able to recommit myself to the show even more.\u00bb\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cOpalite\u201d was written and recorded in Sweden in 2024. The song\u2019s title came from a word Taylor had previously saved in an ongoing file of words and phrases she liked. She later explained that she learned opalite was a man-made opal and saw the stone as a fitting metaphor for creating your own happiness. Travis Kelce\u2019s birthstone is opal, which gave the image an additional personal resonance.\n

\nTaylor announced The Life of a Showgirl<\/em> during her appearance on Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce\u2019s New Heights<\/em> podcast on August 13, 2025, revealing its October 3 release date, cover and 12-song tracklist. \u201cOpalite\u201d was unveiled as the album\u2019s third track.\n

\nTaylor later revealed that the song was one of Travis Kelce\u2019s favourite tracks on the album, and it was selected as the album\u2019s second single in early 2026. \u201cOpalite\u201d was released as a single on February 6, 2026, accompanied by a music video written and directed by Taylor.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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