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Taylor Swift sued for trademark infringement over Life of a Showgirl album title

Pop megastar Taylor Swift was sued by ⁠a Las Vegas ⁠performer on Monday who said ⁠Swift’s latest hit album The Life of a Showgirl violates…

By Samantha Johnson / March 30, 2026

Pop megastar Taylor Swift was sued by ⁠a Las Vegas ⁠performer on Monday who said ⁠Swift’s latest hit album The Life of a Showgirl violates her trademark rights.

Maren Wade said in the complaint that marketing for Swift’s album threatened to “drown out” her long-running Confessions of a Showgirl stage show and ‌asked the court to block Swift from creating confusion with her album title.

Representatives for Swift and her label Universal Music Group, also a defendant, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Wade’s lawyer Jaymie Parkkinen said they “have great respect for Swift’s talent and success but trademark law ⁠exists to ensure that creators at all levels can protect what they’ve built”.

The Life of ‌a Showgirl, Swift’s 12th album, was released in October and shattered Spotify streaming records on its way to becoming the biggest-selling ‌album of 2025.

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Wade said in the complaint that she began writing ⁠her “Confessions of a ⁠Showgirl” column for Las Vegas Weekly in 2014.

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