Taylor Swift is spilling all the tea on her new album, The Life of a Showgirl. As Wednesday’s episode of New Heights, hosted by her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother Jason, came out on YouTube, the singer shared the album cover, track list, and the release date for the record. It’s out Oct. 3.
“And, baby, that’s show business for you. New album The Life of a Showgirl. Out October 3,” she wrote. She also shared that she co-produced the album with Max Martin and Shellback.
The album cover, designed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot, features Swift floating underwater with the title displayed in orange, glittery font. She also unveiled the track list, which includes a collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter on the title track, which closes the album.
The LP includes 12 tracks, including songs titled “Actually Romantic,” “Father Figure,” “Elizabeth Taylor,” “Cancelled,” and “Honey.”
Swift announced the album title in a teaser for the New Heights podcast. In the clip, Swift sits next to her boyfriend and podcast host Travis Kelce as she opens up a mint green case with her initials on it in orange lettering. “I wanted to show you something … This is my brand new album, The Life of a Showgirl.”
In the previously posted clip, the album cover was blurred out.
On Monday night, a countdown appeared on her website, with the ticker scheduled to expire today at 12:12 a.m. ET. When the time reached, the site temporarily crashed before unveiling an orange glitter vinyl variant of the record, a cassette, and a CD version of the LP.
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The Life of a Showgirl is the 12th studio album from Swift, who last released an album in 2024, The Tortured Poets Department.
Earlier this year, Swift purchased the master recordings for her first six albums and gained control of her music catalog. “All of the music I’ve ever made now belongs to me,” the singer wrote in a letter on her website. The news came as she rereleased Taylor’s Version albums of Fearless, Red, Speak Now, and 1989.
The Life of a Showgirl Track List
1. “The Fate of Ophelia”
2. “Elizabeth Taylor”
3. “Opalite”
4. “Father Figure”
5. “Eldest Daughter”
6. “Ruin the Friendship”
7. “Actually Romantic”
8. “Wi$h Li$t”
9. “Wood”
10. “Cancelled!”
11. “Honey”
12. “The Life of a Showgirl” feat. Sabrina Carpenter
From Rolling Stone US
