Taylor Swift Announces New Album: 'the Life Of A Showgirl'

Taylor Swift's caller era is connected nan horizon. Are you fresh for it?

After teasing fans pinch a cryptic societal media post, nan popular prima announced her twelfth workplace medium connected her website Monday night. Swift's website showed pre-orders for "The Life of A Showgirl" pinch nary different accusation available.

The pre-orders will vessel earlier Oct. 13, but nan website said that is "not a merchandise date," adding that nan charismatic day will beryllium announced later.

A countdown to nan announcement first appeared connected Swift's website 3 hours earlier nan news landed. Fans, who are utilized to Swift's penchant for teasing caller albums, were encouraged to enactment up until 12:12 a.m. ET.

The tract appeared to clang for immoderate users erstwhile nan countdown expired.

Earlier successful nan day, Swift's fans — known arsenic Swifties — went into a frenzy aft nan Instagram relationship for “New Heights,” teased a awesome impermanent for its adjacent episode. The podcast is hosted by Swift’s fellow Kansas City Chiefs prima Travis Kelce, and his brother, retired NFL prima Jason Kelce.

Jason Kelce wore a garment pinch Swift's look connected it and nan inheritance of nan station was a glitter orangish that matched nan countdown to her website. Some fans joked that they could admit Swift's silhouette anywhere.

The podcast's societal media page later confirmed Swift would beryllium nan impermanent by posting a video clip of her sitting pinch her fellow arsenic he recorded nan show.

"We're astir to do a f------ podcast," Swift exclaimed.

Another clip was posted astatine 12:12 a.m. of Swift revealing nan caller medium to nan brothers.

"This is my caller marque caller album, 'The Life of a Show Girl," Swift said, arsenic Jason Kelce screamed successful excitement.

The "New Heights" Instagram station coincided pinch different teaser station from Taylor Nation, a societal media relationship affiliated pinch Swift’s team.

Taylor Nation shared a carousel of 12 photos connected Instagram featuring Swift during nan Eras Tour performing successful orangish outfits. The caption read, "Thinking astir erstwhile she said “See you adjacent era…”

Tuesday is besides Aug. 12, which added substance to nan rampant online speculation astir nan news. As one instrumentality wrote connected X, "the twelves are twelving."

Swift's twelfth medium is nan first to beryllium released aft nan "Love Story" vocalist gained ownership of her full catalog, a euphony profession that spans astir 20 years.

She announced successful May that she was capable to acquisition nan masters of her first six records from Shamrock Capital. Swift was incapable to acquisition nan authorities earlier her first label, Big Machine Records, was sold successful 2019 to a holding institution partially owned by euphony head Scooter Braun.

Braun later sold Swift's catalog to Shamrock Capital, aft Swift publically declared she would re-record those six albums to support ownership of her life's work. She released 4 of nan six albums anterior to being capable to bargain nan masters back, each reaching No. 1 connected nan Billboard 200 chart.

The announcement besides comes months aft Swift concluded her Eras Tour successful December 2024. The tour, which ran for astir 2 years and deed 50 cities connected 5 continents for 149 shows, grossed much than immoderate different connected record. The popular sensation took fans done a travel of each her albums during nan 3 hr set, past re-did nan full show pursuing nan merchandise of her eleventh album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”

Swift's debut medium successful 2006 is nan only 1 of her eleven workplace albums to ne'er scope No. 1 connected nan chart, though it did break nan apical 5 astatine its peak.