{"id":1956528,"date":"2025-08-12T19:27:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1956528"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:27:28","slug":"taylor-swift-announces-12th-studio-album-what-to-know-about-the-life-of-a-showgirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-announces-12th-studio-album-what-to-know-about-the-life-of-a-showgirl\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift announces 12th studio album. What to know about \u2018The Life of a Showgirl\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Taylor Swift is officially entering a new era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the early hours of Tuesday, Aug. 12, the Rhode Island homeowner announced her twelfth studio album, &#8216;The Life of a Showgirl.&#8217; Swift confirmed the news in a teaser for &#8220;New Heights&#8221; \u2013 a podcast with her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce \u2013 released at 12:12 a.m. ET on Aug. 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This is my brand-new album, &#8216;The Life of a Showgirl,'&#8221; Swift says after pulling out a blurred-out green and orange album cover for her new project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;TS12!&#8221; Travis adds excitedly while Jason can be heard screaming with excitement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The announcement came hours after Taylor Nation, Swift&#8217;s in-house marketing team, posted an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNN0isCNpBb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram slideshow;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram slideshow<\/a> with 12 photos of Swift in orange during the Eras Tour, captioned &#8220;Thinking about when she said &#8216;See you next era\u2026&#8217; \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A mint green countdown clock against a glittery orange background later went up on Swift&#8217;s website, expiring at the time of the announcement. Swift has since changed her socials and website to the same mint green and orange theme, ushering in her new era with new colors and a whole lot of sparkles.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">What to know about &#8216;The Life of a Showgirl&#8217;<\/h2>\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>U.S. singer and songwriter Taylor Alison Swift, also known as Taylor Swift, performs on stage at the Paris La Defense Arena as part of her The Eras Tour, in Nanterre, north-western France, on May 9, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So far, the only things confirmed about Swift&#8217;s new album are the title and the thematic colors \u2013 orange and mint green. More details are expected to be released during the full &#8220;New Heights&#8221; episode with Swift, which will be released Wednesday, Aug. 13 at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, in true Taylor Swift fashion, the singer left a trail of clues following the album announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shortly after the podcast announcement, Swift posted a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/65uAjFTt4N8sEJeonhNOBL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:new public playlist to her Spotify account;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">new public playlist to her Spotify account<\/a> that seemingly nods to the new album, complete with the singer&#8217;s new orange and mint green logo as the cover picture and the title &#8220;And, baby, that&#8217;s show business for you \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The playlist has 22 tracks, causing many fans to believe the new album will feature the same number of songs. On top of that, all of the songs in the playlist were produced by Max Martin and Shellback, a team that has produced some of Swift&#8217;s biggest hits like &#8220;Blank Space,&#8221; &#8220;Shake It Off&#8221; and &#8220;I Knew You Were Trouble.&#8221; Based on that, it seems that Swift is preparing for another big pop album full of hit singles, produced by Martin and Shellback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/story\/entertainment\/local-celebrity\/2025\/07\/10\/did-taylor-swift-host-a-4th-of-july-party-in-rhode-island-2025\/84530256007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Where did Taylor Swift celebrate the 4th of July this year? It wasn't Rhode Island;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Where did Taylor Swift celebrate the 4th of July this year? It wasn&#8217;t Rhode Island<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">When will &#8216;The Life of a Showgirl&#8217; be released?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A release date for Swift&#8217;s twelfth album has not yet been announced. However, the album is currently available for preorder on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/store.taylorswift.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Swift's official website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Swift&#8217;s official website<\/a>, available as a vinyl, cassette tape or CD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans were quick to notice that the website states all albums will ship before Oct. 13, likely meaning &#8216;The Life of a Showgirl&#8217; will be released before then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>Celebs who live in RI: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/06\/04\/taylor-swift-rhode-island-home-watch-hill-holiday-house-judge-judy-newport-mansion\/84025603007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor Swift isn't the only one on Forbes' list of richest celeb women who has a RI house;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Taylor Swift isn&#8217;t the only one on Forbes&#8217; list of richest celeb women who has a RI house<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Easter eggs for Taylor Swift&#8217;s 12th era<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swift has been hinting at &#8220;TS12&#8221; for many months now. The singer planted many Easter eggs into the Eras Tour, including an orange countdown screen and an orange door on the day she debuted &#8220;The Tortured Poets Department&#8221; segment at her Paris concert in April 2024. The first page of the official Eras Tour book has a picture of Swift performing in a sparkly orange bodysuit, next to a letter which says &#8220;See you next era&#8230;&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swift has also hidden many hints to the number 12 in recent social media posts. Back in March,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/03\/23\/taylor-swift-endorses-selena-gomez-album\/77696295007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:she praised Selena Gomez;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">she praised Selena Gomez<\/a>\u00a0and Benny Blanco&#8217;s new album, using 12 d&#8217;s in a caption on her Instagram story: &#8220;oh my godddddddddddd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Additionally, in the letter announcing the ownership of her masters, posted to her website on May 30, she had 12 i&#8217;s in &#8220;thiiiiiiiiiiiis.&#8221; The letter also contains the single numbers 4, 6 and 2, which add up to 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Bryan West of USA TODAY contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldnews.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/08\/12\/the-life-of-a-showgirl-what-to-know-taylor-swift-12th-album-era\/85630011007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u2018The Life of a Showgirl': What to know about Taylor Swift's 12th album;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u2018The Life of a Showgirl&#8217;: What to know about Taylor Swift&#8217;s 12th album<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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>Taylor Swift is officially entering a new era. In the early hours of Tuesday, Aug. 12, the Rhode Island homeowner announced her twelfth studio album, &#8216;The Life of a Showgirl.&#8217; Swift confirmed the news in a teaser for &#8220;New Heights&#8221; \u2013 a podcast with her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce \u2013 released [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1956529,"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":[309117,245139,343046,23084,190738],"class_list":["post-1956528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-jason-kelce","tag-new-heights","tag-showgirl","tag-taylor-swift","tag-travis-kelce"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Taylor-Swift-announces-12th-studio-album-What-to-know-about.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956528","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=1956528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1956529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}