Taylor Swift ‘mocks Liverpool legend’ in lyrics on new album The Life of a Showgirl

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s controversial move from Liverpool to Real Madrid was bizarrely caught in the crossfire during one track on Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl

Taylor Swift and Trent Alexander-Arnold don’t share a lot in common – but the former Liverpool star’s shock move to Real Madrid attracted interest from the pop princess.

Alexander-Arnold, 26, became public enemy No.1 on Merseyside when he ran down his Liverpool contract to move to the Spanish giants for a paltry £8.5m. The homegrown vice-captain was booed in his final outings for the Premier League champions and now songstress Taylor has weighed in with her opinion.

The American superstar bizarrely references the controversial transfer on her new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’, released today, Friday October 3, in the lyrics to the song ‘ Wi$h Li$t’.

In the track, Taylor sings about all the material things that people in the spotlight dream about – including, strangely for an American pop star, a “contract with Real Madrid”.

“LIVERPOOL SWIFTIES do not listen to track 8 of the new Taylor swift album she brings up a sensitive topic for you guys,” one stunned fan joked on social media.

“Taylor Swift shading Trent Alexander-Arnold wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card,” a second fan said. As a third shared, with a meme of a man pointing at himself: “Trent listening to this new Taylor Swift album!”

“Even Taylor Swift got involved with the Trent saga ffs,” a fourth fumed. And another added: “There’s no way I’ve just heard a Trent Alexander Arnold reference in the new Taylor Swift album… My heads on Mars!”

While one fan posted: “Taylor swift sang about Trent and it’s so wild!”

Trent previously admitted in an interview that he is a Swiftie, when he was asked whether he had a favourite song by the music megastar.

The England international replied: “I actually do, you know, Anti-Hero, I watch TikToks and it’s big on TikTok, so that’s caught on in my brain, so I listen to that.”

However, when asked for a rendition, he said: “I’m not singing it, no way!”

It hasn’t been the best of starts for Trent under the Spanish sun, and he’s currently out injured after pulling up with a problem in his hamstring five minutes into a Champions League clash.

And he is now facing a race against time to be fit for Real’s trip to Anfield at the start of November – if he wants to be greeted by a chorus of boos again, that is.

Madrid-based sports newspaper Marca claims the expectation is for Alexander-Arnold to be fully recovered after the international break. The publication, however, reports that head coach Xabi Alonso has promoted David Jimenez to the first team in the meantime.

He was on the bench for La Liga matches against Espanyol and Levante, but remained an unused substitute.