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\u201cHi. I\u2019m trying to gather my thoughts into something coherent, but right now my mind is just a slideshow. A flashback sequence of all the times I daydreamed about, wishes for, and pined away for a chance to get to tell you this news,\u201d Swift, 35, wrote in a digital note shared to her website in May, when she revealed she\u2019d bought back the master recordings to her first six albums.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cAll the times I was thiiiiiiiis close, reaching out for it, only for it to fall through. I almost stopped thinking it could ever happen, after 20 years of having the carrot dangled and then yanked away. But that\u2019s all in the past now. I\u2019ve been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals ever since I found out that this is really happening. I really get to say these words,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Roisin O’Connor<\/span>3 October 2025 00:04<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Roisin O’Connor<\/span>2 October 2025 23:40<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIt’s not like The Tortured Poets Department<\/em> where I was like: \u2018Here’s a data dump of everything I thought or felt in two or three years. Here\u2019s 31 songs.\u2019 This is 12,\u201d Swift said. \u201cThere’s not a 13th, there’s not a 14th, there’s not other ones coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Swift\u2019s decision comes after she received some criticism for the lengthy tracklists of recent albums such as last year\u2019s The Tortured Poets Department, <\/em>the \u201canthology\u201d edition of which ran for 35 songs, including four acoustic versions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Roisin O’Connor<\/span>2 October 2025 23:18<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n I wrote this piece in August after Taylor and Travis announced their engagement – on why her engagement to the all-American sports star makes so much sense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Roisin O’Connor<\/span>2 October 2025 23:02<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Roisin O’Connor<\/span>2 October 2025 22:45<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The singer will appear on the second episode of the new series of the BBC talkshow, where she will appear alongside actors Cillian Murphy, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Domhnall Gleeson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Talking about her 12th studio album, the 35-year-old will make her first appearance on the red sofa since 2022, in an episode that also featured U2\u2019s Bono, Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne and former England footballer Alex Scott.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Roisin O’Connor<\/span>2 October 2025 22:32<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nVIDEO: Travis Kelce reveals alternative Taylor Swift proposal location<\/h3>\n
Taylor Swift promises just 12 songs on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’<\/h3>\n
COMMENT: ‘Taylor Swift is engaged to the all-American Travis Kelce, and it makes so much sense’<\/h3>\n
VIDEO: Watch Jason Kelce tear up as Taylor Swift talks about brother Travis Kelce<\/h3>\n
Taylor Swift to return to Graham Norton Show to discuss new album<\/h3>\n