“I think it’s fun,” he said of the interest in the song’s drumbeat. “It sort of made me rethink how long the pause is.”

“The Life of a Showgirl” serves as an implicit capstone to Taylor Swift’s career to date, as several significant narratives come to a conclusion.

Max Martin, a pop producer and songwriter who’s worked with Adele, Katy Perry, Backstreet Boys, Ariana Grande and many more, collaborated with Taylor Swift on some of her biggest hits.

Terry Reid in performance in 1973. During his prime, in the late 1960s and the ’70s, his powerful vocal stylings were compared favorably to the likes of Rod Stewart.

On Friday, Taylor Swift said her record-breaking Eras Tour helped make possible her acquisition of the rights to her first six albums.