{"id":2062984,"date":"2025-10-01T21:25:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T21:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2062984"},"modified":"2025-10-01T21:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T21:25:24","slug":"is-taylor-swift-planning-a-surprise-acl-appearance-heres-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/is-taylor-swift-planning-a-surprise-acl-appearance-heres-what-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Taylor Swift planning a surprise ACL appearance? Here&#8217;s what we know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The lineup for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/entertainment\/music\/article\/austin-city-limits-music-festival-here-forecast-21073260.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Austin City Limits Music Festival;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Austin City Limits Music Festival <\/a>is already <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/entertainment\/music\/article\/the-20-best-songs-see-live-austin-city-limits-21052956.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:stacked with big names;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">stacked with big names<\/a>, but some fans are convinced an even bigger star could show up: Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swift\u2019s 12th studio album, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl,\u201d is scheduled to drop as the clock strikes midnight on Friday, Oct. 3 (11 p.m. on Thursday for those in Austin)\u00a0and fans are theorizing the pop star could make a surprise appearance at<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/entertainment\/music\/article\/acl-fest-2025-millennial-guide-austin-21062091.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zilker Park;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Zilker Park<\/a> to celebrate.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Where did the theory come from?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The theory gained traction on social media after Swift\u2019s\u00a0team posted a release calendar that instructs fans to \u201cstandby\u201d for the star\u2019s Saturday night plans\u00a0\u2014 conveniently, the same time frame for Sabrina Carpenter to\u00a0take the ACL Fest stage as a headliner. Carpenter features on the title track of Swift\u2019s new album, and some fans think Swift could join Carpenter to perform the new song live for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tiktok\u00a0and Reddit threads have only added to the buzz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some users noted that Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-engaged-d585627eb98b69428ce206a2c8a9cb7d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:proposed to Swift in August;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">proposed to Swift in August<\/a>, doesn\u2019t play until Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Others joked that the album\u2019s orange theme could be a reference to the University of Texas at\u00a0Austin\u2019s signature burnt orange.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Is it possible?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An ACL appearance by Taylor Swift would break\u00a0the internet\u00a0\u2014 and maybe even the festival itself\u00a0\u2014 but Swifties shouldn\u2019t hold their\u00a0breath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Considering her jam-packed schedule and the open-air nature of the event, Swift is likely not dropping by. But speculations are still swirling, and there\u2019s no denying that Swift has something up her sleeve for Saturday night.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Confirmed album\u00a0release plans<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Even if Saturday night\u2019s\u00a0\u201cstandby\u201d instructions turn out to be unrelated to ACL, fans of Swift still have a lot to look forward to this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe Official Release Party of a Showgirl\u201d premieres in theaters on Friday and continues through the weekend. The music video for her single, \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia,\u201d and the lyric video for the album\u2019s title track, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl,\u201d both premiere on Youtube at 6 p.m. CT on Sunday, Oct. 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swift is also scheduled to appear on multiple talk shows to promote the album, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Graham Norton Show: Oct. 3 at 4:40 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy\u00a0Fallon: Oct. 6 at 10:35\u00a0p.m. CT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Late Night with Seth Meyers: Oct. 8 at 11:35 CT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In Austin, there will be <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austintexas.org\/event\/life-of-a-showgirl%3A-a-taylor-swift-album-release-listening-party\/390185\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:listening parties across town;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">listening parties across town<\/a> for Swifties who want to come together and enjoy 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.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lineup for Austin City Limits Music Festival is already stacked with big names, but some fans are convinced an even bigger star could show up: Taylor Swift. Swift\u2019s 12th studio album, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl,\u201d is scheduled to drop as the clock strikes midnight on Friday, Oct. 3 (11 p.m. on Thursday for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2062985,"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":[25173],"tags":[337913,21851,27664,384992,23084,190738],"class_list":["post-2062984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-austin-city-limits","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-sabrina-carpenter","tag-saturday-night","tag-taylor-swift","tag-travis-kelce"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Is-Taylor-Swift-planning-a-surprise-ACL-appearance-Heres-what.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062984","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=2062984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2062986,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062984\/revisions\/2062986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2062985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2062984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2062984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2062984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}