{"id":1960344,"date":"2025-08-14T16:35:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1960344"},"modified":"2025-08-14T16:35:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:35:40","slug":"influencer-cancels-date-for-taylor-swift-album-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/influencer-cancels-date-for-taylor-swift-album-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Influencer Cancels Date for Taylor Swift Album News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/taylor-swift\/\"><strong> Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a> fan is saying \u201cDon\u2019t Blame Me\u201d to the man she canceled a date with because of a countdown clock that appeared on Swift\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The clock, which counted down to 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, August 13, ultimately led to Swift\u2019s announcement of her next album, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swift-reveals-release-date-tracklist-for-12th-album-the-life-of-a-showgirl\/\"><em>The Life of a Showgirl.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told the guy I needed to cancel our first date for Taylor Swift\u2019s upcoming announcement so I could post live from home,\u201d influencer <strong>McCall Mirabella<\/strong> told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/woman-goes-viral-canceling-first-date-for-taylor-swift-s-countdown-exclusive-11789709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>People<\/em><\/a> in a story published Tuesday, August 12.<\/p>\n<p>Mirabella, 22, is a diehard Swiftie who, according to her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDftWrfTn_6\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, appears to have followed the singer around the world on her Eras Tour, dressing in a costume from different Swift eras for each show. Outfits included a <strong>Travis Kelce<\/strong> costume \u2014 complete with a fake mustache \u2014 and different imitations of Swift, 35, including from her <em>TIME Magazine<\/em> cover and each album the singer has released over her career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a risk the announcement wouldn\u2019t be big, but it was worth the gamble,\u201d Mirabella added. \u201cHe asked, \u2018You\u2019re canceling on me for Taylor Swift?\u2019 and I said, \u2018Yes.\u2019 And I\u2019d do it again!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swift ultimately announced that the album will include 12 new songs. She also showed off the album art and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/who-is-ophelia-taylor-swifts-life-of-a-showgirl-song-meaning\/\">song titles<\/a>, revealing that <strong>Sabrina Carpenter<\/strong> will be featured on the title track.<\/p>\n<p>It seems Mirabella felt the cancellation was worth it, saying, \u201cThe release will be celebrated like it\u2019s a national holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The influencer\u2019s decision also came with a dose of self-awareness. Knowing only the most ardent Swifties would understand canceling a date to watch a clock count down to something unknown, she posted her call to her date to cancel via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mccallmirabella\/video\/7537533136691793183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swifts-12th-album-the-life-of-a-showgirl-what-we-know\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swifts-12th-album-the-life-of-a-showgirl-what-we-know\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Taylor Swift&#8217;s 12th Album \u2018The Life of a Showgirl\u2019: What We Know So Far<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTaylor Swift is entering her The Life of a Showgirl era. Following countless theories from Swifties, the pop star announced her 12th album in a teaser clip for her August 2025 appearance on boyfriend Travis Kelce\u2019s \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast. \u201cSo I wanted to show you something,\u201d Swift told Travis and his brother and cohost, Jason [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wearing a pink Eras T-shirt, Mirabella calmly explained the situation to the man on the other end, saying she believed the countdown to be leading to an album announcement and blaming the \u201ccontent I do\u201d for requiring her to stay home and post her reactions live. She then silently hit herself on the head with her palm while her date started to respond.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to make out exactly what he said, but it sounds like he replied, \u201cYou\u2019re canceling because of Taylor Swift?\u201d before the video abruptly ended.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI love how 50\/50 the comment section is,\u201d she told People. \u201cHalf think I\u2019m the red flag, the other half think he is. If that makes me a red flag, then all of a sudden red is my favorite color!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe real FOMO would\u2019ve been if I went on the date and missed Taylor\u2019s announcement,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swift-announces-her-12th-album-life-of-a-showgirl\/\">Swift\u2019s 12th studio album<\/a>, is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 3.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.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.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Taylor Swift fan is saying \u201cDon\u2019t Blame Me\u201d to the man she canceled a date with because of a countdown clock that appeared on Swift\u2019s website. The clock, which counted down to 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, August 13, ultimately led to Swift\u2019s announcement of her next album, The Life of a Showgirl. \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1960345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21800],"class_list":["post-1960344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Influencer-Cancels-Date-for-Taylor-Swift-Album-News.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960344","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=1960344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1960345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}