{"id":1959585,"date":"2025-08-14T07:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1959585"},"modified":"2025-08-14T07:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:15:19","slug":"taylor-swifts-the-life-of-a-showgirl-album-tracklist-release-date-producers-and-tour-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swifts-the-life-of-a-showgirl-album-tracklist-release-date-producers-and-tour-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s The Life of a Showgirl album: Tracklist, release date, producers and tour news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-10wlkbs-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"base\">\n<aside class=\"sc-y4bm30-0 jwWhkK newsletter-component sc-1ge0fwe-0\" data-newsletter-key=\"receiveMusic\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-1 inRDZn\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-3\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-4 hfveGa\">\n<p><h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-6 fvoxRM dRzeRr\">Get the inside track from Roisin O&#8217;Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-8 fvoxRM knvhy\">Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM kbCQAZ\">Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 hKcUSR sc-culv3z-0 eifaJK sc-1ix0cah-0 jKIGjX sc-y4bm30-10 fUEDPX\"><use href=\"#600f53465147d717\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk sc-y4bm30-9 iQYNfz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/nowHearThis1_2.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Roisin O\u2019Connor\u2019s\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-new-album-release-b2805873.html\">Taylor Swift<\/a> has revealed that her her 12th studio album, <em>The Life of a Showgirl,<\/em> will be released on October 3.<\/p>\n<p>The pop superstar, 35, appeared Wednesday night on <em>New Heights, <\/em>the podcast her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/tv\/lifestyle\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-george-kittle-nfl-video-b2778763.html\">boyfriend Travis Kelce<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/travis-kelce-jason-new-heights-podcast-b2602573.html\"> co-hosts with his brother, Jason. <\/a>More than 1.3m viewers tuned in to watch the YouTube version of the podcast which ran for almost an hour and 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>During the wide-ranging conversation <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/independentpremium\/lifestyle\/taylor-swift-new-heights-travis-kelce-podcast-b2807288.html\">Swift discussed her relationship with Kelce <\/a>and her much-anticipated new album, explaining that the 12 songs were inspired by her experiences during<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/reviews\/taylor-swift-review-edinburgh-eras-tour-setlist-b2558600.html\"> her record-breaking Eras Tour<\/a>. She also revealed that the album would feature a collaboration with fellow pop star Sabrina Carpenter.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during this tour, which was so exuberant and electric and and vibrant,\u201d she said. \u201cIt just comes from like the most infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place I was in in my life. That effervescence has come through on this record, and like, as [Kelce] said&#8230; bangers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that the album,will stand alone without bonus tracks, confirming: \u201cThere&#8217;s no other songs coming.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s not like <em>The Tortured Poets Department<\/em> where I was like: \u2018Here&#8217;s a data dump of everything I thought or felt in two or three years. Here\u2019s 31 songs.\u2019 This is 12,\u201d she said. \u201cThere&#8217;s not a 13th, there&#8217;s not a 14th, there&#8217;s not other ones coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swift\u2019s decision comes after she received some criticism for the lengthy tracklists of recent albums such as last year\u2019s <em>The Tortured Poets Department, <\/em>the \u201canthology\u201d edition of which ran for 35 songs, including four acoustic versions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 fgaQtk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/08\/13\/23\/06\/1_Front.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/08\/13\/23\/06\/1_Front.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/08\/13\/23\/06\/1_Front.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The cover of Taylor Swift's 12th album 'The Life of a Showgirl'\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-0 dkRtZs inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-55457\"><span class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-1 hwVecx\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 bpFomM hgzWpY\">The cover of Taylor Swift&#8217;s 12th album &#8216;The Life of a Showgirl&#8217;<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 CXMrn\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Republic Records<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is the record I&#8217;ve been wanting to make for a very long time,\u201d the Grammy winner said. \u201cEvery single song is on this album for hundreds of reasons, you know? You couldn&#8217;t take one out and it be the same album. You couldn&#8217;t add one and it be the same album. It&#8217;s just right. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat focus and that kind of discipline with creating an album, and keeping the bar really high is something I&#8217;ve been wanting to do for a very long time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-0 ijrISW\">\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-9\">\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-3 jIcHbz\">\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-4 hqeEpq\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/mobile-stores\/Amazon_Music.png\" width=\"129\" height=\"36\" alt=\"Amazon Music logo\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-118zqaw-5 erkCqL\">\n<p class=\"sc-118zqaw-6 fRRcsB\">Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-118zqaw-7 izUBNE\">Sign up now for a 30-day free trial. 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If you sign up to this service we will earn commission.<span class=\"disclaimer-break\"> This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Travis called the album \u201cupbeat\u201d, noting its difference in tone to <em>Tortured Poets. <\/em>\u201cLife is more upbeat,\u201d Swift responded, smiling at him.<\/p>\n<p>Swift noted that she tends to write \u201clots and lots of music\u201d, which could make it tempting to try and include as much as possible on a record. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut oftentimes&#8230; I wanted to do an album that was so focused on quality and on the theme, and everything fitting together like a perfect puzzle, that these 12 songs for my 12th album, I feel like we achieved that, and I\u2019m really happy about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Tortured Poets Department <\/em>smashed two streaming records on Spotify, achieving 300 million plays in one day and one billion over five days, and also made her the first artist in history to secure the top 14 spots on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n<p>She holds the record for most No 1 albums in the US by a female artist in history, and is also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/taylor-swift-album-of-the-year-grammys-b2490465.html\">the first artist ever to have won the Grammy for Album of the Year four times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/indybest\/taylor-swift-album-life-of-showgirl-b2805960.html\"\/>Earlier in the episode, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/taylor-swift-new-heights-travis-kelce-podcast-b2807293.html\">Swift reflected on how Travis wooed her<\/a>, joking: \u201cThis podcast got me a boyfriend, ever since Travis decided to use it as his personal dating app about two years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that when they first spoke, she realized \u201che&#8217;s the good kind of crazy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Travis famously sang Swift\u2019s praises on his podcast before the pair met, while admitting he was disappointed they hadn\u2019t met when he attended one of her concerts.<\/p>\n<p>She said the clip, which went viral, felt almost like \u201che was standing outside of my apartment, holding a boom box saying, &#8216;I want to go on a date with you&#8217;\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This was exactly the moment she had \u201cbeen writing songs about, wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew that he wasn&#8217;t crazy the first couple of times that we talked,\u201d she continued. \u201cI was just like, he&#8217;s truly getting to know me in a way that&#8217;s very natural, very pure, very normal. Just the way that he could make me laugh so immediately about normal things. Travis is a vibe booster in everyone&#8217;s life that he&#8217;s in. He&#8217;s like a human exclamation point.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 buYnOX\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/08\/12\/7\/12\/iZSnGn6G-720.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/08\/12\/7\/12\/iZSnGn6G-720.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/08\/12\/7\/12\/iZSnGn6G-720.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift appearing together on the \u2018New Heights\u2019 podcast\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-0 dkRtZs inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-55458\"><span class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-1 hwVecx\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 bpFomM hgzWpY\">Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift appearing together on the \u2018New Heights\u2019 podcast<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 CXMrn\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->New Heights<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-sabrina-carpenter-b2807299.html\"><strong>track list <\/strong><\/a><strong>for <\/strong><strong><em>The Life of a Showgirl <\/em><\/strong><strong>is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-kk992l-0 sc-w27hnf-2 dDVXDN itfwjH\">\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cElizabeth Taylor\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOpalite\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFather Figure\u201d <\/li>\n<li>\u201cEldest Daughter\u201d <\/li>\n<li>\u201cRuin the Friendship\u201d <\/li>\n<li>\u201cActually Romantic\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWi$h Li$t\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWood\u2019<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCancelled!\u201d <\/li>\n<li>\u201cHoney\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Life of a Showgirl (featuring Sabrina Carpenter)\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p>The album was produced by Swift with Max Martin and Shellback, with whom Swift has previously collaborated on albums including 2012\u2019s <em>Red, <\/em>2014\u2019s <em>1989 <\/em>and 2017<em>\u2019s Reputation. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>She described Swedish pop svengali Martin as her \u201cmentor\u201d and noted how he and Shellback had helped craft some of her biggest hits, from \u201cWe Are Never Getting Back Together\u201d, \u201c22\u201d, \u201cShake It Off\u201d, \u201cBlank Space\u201d, \u201cStyle\u201d and \u201cDelicate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve made songs that I am so proud of, and so basically we\u2019ve never actually made an album before where it\u2019s just the three of us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt like catching lightning in a bottle, honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She revealed that Martin attended one of her Eras shows in Stockholm where she told him she wanted to make an album that made her as proud as the Eras tour, \u201cand for the same reasons\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was like, \u2018Do you understand what kind of pressure that is,\u2019\u201d she recalled, laughing.<\/p>\n<p>Swift first announced her new record in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-new-album-release-b2805873.html\">a preview clip from the episode posted earlier this week. <\/a>The album is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/indybest\/taylor-swift-album-life-of-showgirl-b2805960.html\">now available for pre-order and will be shipped before October 13, according to Swift\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/indybest\/taylor-swift-album-life-of-showgirl-b2805960.html\"\/>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/2025-grammys-nominations-full-taylor-swift-beyonce-b2643783.html\">multi Grammy-winning<\/a> pop star\u2019s previous album was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/reviews\/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-review-b2530867.html\"><em>The Tortured Poets Department<\/em>,<\/a> released in 2024. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/reviews\/taylor-swift-review-edinburgh-eras-tour-setlist-b2558600.html\">In the same year<\/a>, she ended her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/taylor-swift-eras-tour-revenue-final-show-setlist-b2661175.html\">Eras Tour<\/a>, which sold tickets worth an estimated $2.2 billion (\u00a31.6bn) in its nearly two-year run, making it the highest-grossing tour of all time for two years in a row.<\/p>\n<p>She has not yet mentioned whether she plans to tour the new album.<\/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.independent.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the inside track from Roisin O&#8217;Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Taylor Swift has revealed that her her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, will be released on October 3. 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