Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, just hours after a mysterious countdown on her website ended.
Swift sparked fan speculation with the countdown set to expire at 12:12 a.m. ET on the 12th, exactly when she revealed the album title during a surprise appearance on Travis Kelce’s podcast, New Heights.
At the time of writing, the release date and tracklist remain unknown.
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The announcement follows Kelce’s Instagram confirmation that Swift would join him and his brother Jason on the podcast, with fans guessing her appearance after a silhouette teaser.
The Life of a Showgirl will follow Swift’s 2024 release, The Tortured Poets Department, which was swiftly expanded into a double album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. These releases coincided with the final legs of her historic Eras Tour, marking a momentous period for Swifties worldwide.
Swift continues to be unstoppable. Earlier this year, she celebrated a major feat when she bought back the master recordings for her first six albums and finally gained control of her entire music catalog. “All of the music I’ve ever made now belongs to me,” the singer wrote in a letter on her website at the time. The news was especially monumental given the six year battle over her masters, which led her to launch her highly successful re-recording endeavor and release Taylor’s Versions of Fearless, Red, Speak Now, and 1989.
“To say this is my greatest dream come true is actually being pretty reserved about it,” she said at the time. “All I’ve ever wanted was the opportunity to work hard enough to be able to one day purchase my music outright with no strings attached, no partnership, with full autonomy. I will be forever grateful to everyone at Shamrock Capital for being the first people to ever offer this to me. … My first tattoo just might be a huge shamrock in the middle of my forehead.”
