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Shortly after Taylor Swift<\/a> broke the news of the name of her 12th era, “The Life of a Showgirl,”<\/a> a billboard in New York City directed fans to a Spotify playlist<\/a> featuring songs from a familiar producer.<\/p>\n The “And, baby, that’s show business for you \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25”<\/a> playlist has 22 Swift tracks all produced by Swedish mastermind Max Martin<\/a>, who worked heavily with Swift and Swedish producer Shellback on her “1989” and “Reputation” albums.<\/p>\n Swift dedicated a special acoustic medley to Martin at a Stockholm Eras Tour show<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Max is actually here tonight, but he’s a shy genius so I’m not going to bring him out onstage, but I am going to play what I am calling the ‘Max Martin Medley,’<\/a>” she said.<\/p>\n Swift performs ‘Max Martin Medley’ <\/strong>in Sweden on final night of Stockholm Eras Tour: Watch<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Swift combined “Message In A Bottle” from “Red (Taylor’s Version)” \u2014 the first song she worked on with Martin \u2014 with “How You Get The Girl” and “New Romantics” from “1989 (Taylor’s Version).”<\/p>\n If Martin and Shellback are the main producers on the new album, it will be the first record in a handful of projects that Swift’s main collaborators aren’t Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner.<\/p>\n Another possible collaboration is with singer and Eras Tour opening act Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>, who is featured in the 12-photo carousel posted by Taylor Nation teasing her 12th era.<\/a><\/p>\n Don’t miss any Taylor Swift<\/a> news; sign up for the\u00a0free, weekly newsletter This Swift Beat.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow Taylor Swift reporter Bryan West on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0TikTok<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0X as @BryanWestTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: New Taylor Swift Spotify playlist may contain big clue about next era<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n