The star celebrated The Life of a Showgirl track topping the Billboard Hot 100
Taylor Swift is celebrating her latest Number One hit with a giant pretzel. On Monday, the pop star took to social media after “Opalite” topped the Billboard Hot 100 — marking her 14th song to dominate the charts.
Alongside an Instagram carousel of behind-the-scenes clips and photos from the hit track’s recording sessions and music video, Swift captioned, “Just a few Opalite memories to celebrate the Hot 100 #1 you guys just got this song!!”
Among the six-slide post, Swift shares moments with the song’s co-writers and producers Max Martin and Shellback. In one clip, she sings part of the sparkling chorus and in another, all three toast with champagne glasses in the studio. Swift also shared a snippet of herself in a denim-decked costume for the music video — telling the camera, “never in my life have I felt so myself” — and a clip of her practicing the choreography for the Nineties-inspired visual.
“I’m so blown away by the love you’ve shown this song and video,” she continued. “To put this into perspective… This is actually the first time I’ve had two Hot 100 #1s off of one album since my album 1989 came out in 2014, nearly twelve years ago!”
“Opalite” debuted at Number Two on the Hot 100 when it was released as part of Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. The song followed her lead single, “The Fate of Ophelia,” which charted at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks.
In her post shared on Monday, Swift wrote, “I know that’s a lot of numbers but it all adds up to me being so thankful to the fans who helped make this happen by welcoming this song into your lives with open arms.” The artist said that she was “bouncing off the walls about this” and “wanted to say THANK YOU.” She added, “I might go buy a giant pretzel at the mall to celebrate, iykyk.”
