Taylor Swift recently released her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, and in one of the songs, Real Madrid made a surprising feature.
On October 3 2025, Taylor Swift entered her nomination into the Album of the Year debate by releasing 'The Life of a Showgirl.' The album, which is Swift's first since The Tortured Poets Department in 2024, which broke the highest single-day and single-week streams for an album on Spotify.
There is every chance in the world that The Life of a Showgirl will break the records that Swift herself set. She is, by every stretch of the definition, the biggest global musician in the world right now.
Real Madrid gets name-dropped in Taylor Swift's latest album
Real Madrid fans will be glad to know that they received a shoutout in Swift's new album. In the song 'Wi$h Li$t', which is the eighth track on The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift name-drops the biggest football club in the world.
""They want it allTaylor Swift - Wi$h Li$t
They want a contract with Real Madrid
They want that spring break that was f*ckin' lit
And then that video taken off the internet
They want it all""
Everybody wants a contract with Real Madrid. It is the pinnacle for any footballer in the world. If you haven't played for Real Madrid, you have not reached your highest potential.
Just look at Trent Alexander-Arnold, as the most recent example. Trent left his boyhood club Liverpool after refusing to sign a contract there because he was all-in on Real Madrid. It's fair to say that his spring break was pretty lit.
Look, you don't need to be a Taylor Swift fan to recognize how huge this is. Swifties are known to run the internet these days, so for Real Madrid to get a shoutout on Taylor's new album, it just goes to show how big the global brand is.
If Swifties are on your side, you can win any single voted-for competition in the universe.
Not that Real Madrid needs any reminding of that, of course. Taylor Swift fans swarmed the Golden Boy vote in favor of Jude Bellingham after Alejandro Balde took the stance of not liking her music.
Real Madrid is the best marketed football club in the world, but it's time they put pen to paper. Give Taylor Swift a lifetime pass to the Bernabéu.