{"id":1955489,"date":"2025-08-12T07:31:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1955489"},"modified":"2025-08-12T07:31:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:31:20","slug":"taylor-swift-announces-her-12th-studio-album-the-life-of-a-showgirl-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-announces-her-12th-studio-album-the-life-of-a-showgirl-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift announces her 12th studio album, &#8216;The Life of a Showgirl&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TS12 is a go. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following intense speculation over the last 24 hours, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/tag\/taylor-swift\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor Swift;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a> has announced her 12th studio album, titled &#8216;The Life of a Showgirl&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swift announced the album on her website shortly after a countdown timer expired at 12:12am ET (06:12 CET) this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This comes after Taylor Nation &#8211; an official branch of the pop superstar\u2019s marketing team &#8211; posted a TikTok slide show of 12 images with the caption \u201cThinking about when she said &#8216;See you next era\u2026&#8217;\u201d Swift is seen wearing orange in every image.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sensing a pattern, fans noticed that 12 minutes earlier, the popular New Heights podcast posted a teaser. The show, hosted by Swift\u2019s partner <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/10\/02\/american-football-taylors-version-whats-up-with-taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Travis Kelce;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Travis Kelce<\/strong><\/a>, posted an orange image on social media with a mysterious silhouette.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then, a teaser video posted about her appearance showed her pulling the album from a briefcase. The actual album artwork, just as it is on her website, remains blurred for the time being.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The podcast will drop at 7pm ET (1am CET) tomorrow, and it will mark her first appearance on her partner&#8217;s show, despite the two being a couple since 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No release date has been\u00a0announced, but her site says that vinyl editions of the album would ship before 13 October. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/store.taylorswift.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:You can pre-order your copy here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>You can pre-order your copy here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><span class=\"wdgt-image_capText\"> The Life Of A Showgirl <\/span> <span class=\"wdgt-image_credit\"> &#8211; Screenshot taylorswift.com <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\">Related<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8216;The Life of a Showgirl&#8217; follows last year\u2019s\u00a0&#8216;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/04\/25\/forget-taylor-swift-the-real-tortured-poet-worth-celebrating-is-in-10-things-i-hate-about-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Tortured Poets Department;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>The Tortured Poets Department<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;, which was announced during the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/02\/05\/grammys-2024-winners-and-key-takeaways-from-a-dramatic-evening\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2024 Grammys;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>2024 Grammys<\/strong><\/a> and released during her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/06\/05\/taylor-swifts-the-eras-tour-comes-to-france-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-swiftie-newbie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:record-breaking Eras Tour;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>record-breaking Eras Tour<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The singer wrapped up the Eras Tour in December 2024, after playing 149 shows in 53 cities &#8211; a tour which raked in over $2.2 billion (approx. \u20ac1.9bn) across two years and five continents, making it the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/12\/10\/data-shows-taylor-swifts-eras-tour-ends-by-shattering-own-record\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:highest-grossing tour of all time;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>highest-grossing tour of all time<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The album is also her first release since Swift regained control over her entire body of work. In May, that pop star said she purchased her catalog of recordings &#8211; originally released through Big Machine Records &#8211; from their most recent owner, the private equity firm Shamrock Capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In recent years, Swift had been <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/10\/27\/culture-re-view-revisiting-taylor-swifts-1989-on-the-release-day-of-1989-taylors-version\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:rerecording and releasing her first six albums;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>rerecording and releasing her first six albums<\/strong><\/a> in an attempt to regain control of her music. The albums became known as &#8220;Taylor&#8217;s Versions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/04\/19\/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-euronews-cultures-verdict\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:our review of 'The Tortured Poets Department';elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>our review of &#8216;The Tortured Poets Department&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>, we said: &#8220;Putting aside the daunting and overtaxing lore (I couldn\u2019t give a tinker\u2019s fig about which song is actually a dig at Matt Healy or Joe Alwyn, much like I prefer to listen to \u2018Style\u2019 or \u2018All Too Well\u2019 without thinking about them as missiles aimed at Harry Styles and Jake Gyllenhaal), &#8216;The Tortured Poets Department&#8217; is rather good. It sounds like a mix of her vivid but typical ripped-from-the-diary lyrics and the synthy pop production of her previous album, &#8216;Midnights&#8217;. (&#8230;) Sonically, it&#8217;s not a leap forward or even a stylistic shift; lyrically, however, there\u2019s messy fun to be had.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>&#8216;The Life of a Showgirl&#8217; &#8211; Release date: TBA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TS12 is a go. Following intense speculation over the last 24 hours, Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, titled &#8216;The Life of a Showgirl&#8217;. Swift announced the album on her website shortly after a countdown timer expired at 12:12am ET (06:12 CET) this morning. This comes after Taylor Nation &#8211; an official branch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1955383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[331850,343046,318360,342723,23084,328745,190738],"class_list":["post-1955489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-album-artwork","tag-showgirl","tag-studio-album","tag-taylor-nation","tag-taylor-swift","tag-the-tortured-poets-department","tag-travis-kelce"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Taylor-Swift-Announces-Her-12th-Studio-Album-The-Life-of.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1955489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1955383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1955489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1955489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1955489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}