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The undercurrent of anxiety present in some love songs on Reputation, Lover<\/em> (2019), and Midnights<\/em> is gone (\u201cI thought I had it right, once, twice, but I did not,\u201d Swift sings on \u201cWi$hli$t,\u201d track eight on Showgirl<\/em>)\u2014replaced with the kind of buoyant hope only found in romantic comedies<\/a>. In the weeks before Showgirl<\/em>\u2019s release, Kelce joked<\/a> that he and Swift were living out the Cinderella<\/em>-style plot of Pretty Woman<\/em> (1990)\u2014which \u201chas been on [his] and Tay\u2019s movie list for a while.\u201d Actually, he and his brother Jason Kelce<\/strong> agreed on their New Heights<\/em> podcast<\/a> that it was more of a \u201creverse Pretty Woman<\/em>\u201d with Travis \u201cwearing nothing but a tie when Taylor comes home.\u201d The younger Kelce then made a point of advocating for a twist on the film called Pretty Man<\/em>, a concept that is semi-realized on the Showgirl<\/em> track \u201cFather Figure.\u201d \u201cWe need to have a CEO billionaire woman be so high-class that she doesn\u2019t know where she\u2019s going. She doesn\u2019t know how to drive a car<\/a>,\u201d Kelce said.<\/p>\n The ending of Pretty Woman<\/em> and all its talk of saving princesses from towers<\/a> is invoked in lead single \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d with lyrics like, \u201cI sat alone in my tower \/ You were just honing your powers.\u201d Kelce publicly shooting his shot<\/a> with Swift \u201cfelt more like I was in an \u201880s John Hughes movie<\/a>, and he was standing outside of my window with a boombox saying, \u2018I want to date you! Do you want to go on a date with me? I made you a friendship bracelet!\u2019\u201d she said while appearing on New Heights<\/em>, referencing Cameron Crowe<\/strong>\u2019s \u201880s coming of age film Say Anything<\/em><\/a>. This song nods to that meet-cute with the album-opening line, \u201cI heard you calling \/ On the megaphone.\u201d<\/p>\n On \u201cOpalite,\u201d named for the manmade version of Kelce\u2019s opal birthstone, there\u2019s a hint of spirited doo-wopping reminiscent of Grease<\/em>\u2019s \u201cSummer Nights.\u201d But given the fact that Swift and Kelce\u2019s relationship has already inspired<\/a> a few Christmas movies<\/a>, it\u2019s hard to ignore that this song feels like an homage to that twinkly, festive way of falling in love on film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n