\n\tTaylor Swift<\/a>\u2018s mysterious countdown timer has come to an end, with the pop icon sharing the announcement of her new album, The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tSpeculation of a new era from Swift began on Monday (Aug. 11) when rumors of her 12th studio album were stoked thanks to the appearance of a countdown clock<\/a> on her official website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe countdown officially ended at 12:12 a.m. ET, on Aug. 12, with Swift\u2019s store going live with pre-orders for a new project titled The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n <\/p>\n \t<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \n\tCurrently, specifics of the forthcoming album are sparse. The webstore offers pre-orders for vinyl, CD and cassette editions, while noting that its official release date is still to be announced, with physical items set to ship ahead of Oct. 13.<\/p>\n \n\tAdditionally, the artwork utilized in the online mock-ups (a mint green background with a glittery, burnt-orange padlock) is described as being \u201ca blurred digital rendering for pre-order purposes only,\u201d with full artwork and specifications to be announced later.<\/p>\n \n\tOn Monday morning, New Heights<\/em> \u2014 the podcast hosted by Swift\u2019s boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother, fellow NFL star Jason Kelce \u2014 teased<\/a> \u201ca VERY special guest\u201d for their new episode on Wednesday, with a social teaser suggesting that Swift would be making an appearance on the show. <\/p>\n \n\tSwift\u2019s upcoming presence was later confirmed<\/a>, with her cameo on New Heights <\/em>set to premiere at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday (Aug. 13).<\/p>\n \n\tIn a clip shared<\/a> to both Swift and New Heights<\/em>\u2018 Instagram accounts alongside the announcement, the pop icon gives fans confirmation that the new project is indeed the #TS12 news they\u2019ve been waiting for.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSo I wanted to show you something,\u201d Swift says, before presenting a blurred-out copy of her new record. \u201cThis is my brand new album, The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>.\u201d The album\u2019s full artwork is expected to arrive during the New Heights<\/em> podcast on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \n\tSwift\u2019s 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department<\/em>, was released last year and scored the biggest Billboard 200 debut of her career, along with another album of the year Grammy nod. <\/p>\n \n\tThe superstar has been relatively quiet since her record-breaking Eras tour wrapped up last December, although the May news<\/a> that she successfully bought back the master recordings of her first six studio albums did prompt a streaming resurgence<\/a> for those projects, as well as her entire catalog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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