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Taylor Swift\u2018s twelfth album\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is finally here<\/a> and it features a long-anticipated collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter.<\/p>\n Carpenter, the only guest vocalist on the LP, joins Swift on the title track, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl.\u201d The mid-tempo pop songs recounts the story of a woman named Kitty, who \u201cmade her money being pretty and witty.\u201d The singers join voices as they embody Kitty, crooning, \u201cHey, thank you for the lovely bouquet\/ You\u2019re sweeter than a peach\/ But you don\u2019t know the life of a showgirl, babe\/ And you\u2019re never ever gonna.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n As the song closes, Swift intones, \u201cGive it up for the band, the dancers, and, of course, Sabrina.\u201d Carpenter chimes in, \u201cI love you, Taylor!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl\u201d marks Swift and Carpenter\u2019s first song together. The rumored collaboration was officially confirmed in August when Swift shared the album\u2019s set list. Carpenter responded on Instagram<\/a>, writing, \u201cI know someone who\u2019s freaking out and it\u2019s me.\u201d<\/p>\n A feature on Swift\u2019s 12th album would be a big deal for anyone, but it\u2019s especially momentous for Carpenter, who has idolized the superstar for years. \u201cI hold her to such a different echelon,\u201d she told\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>\u00a0last year. \u201cI could never compare my life, my career, my trajectory to anything close to what she\u2019s done.\u201d Back in 2009, around when Carpenter first started uploading YouTube covers of popular songs, she delivered a passionate rendition of Swift\u2019s \u201cPicture to Burn.\u201d<\/p>\n The two singers previously joined forces on\u00a0the Eras Tour\u00a0stage in the fall of 2024, when Carpenter came out in\u00a0New Orleans<\/a>\u00a0for the surprise-songs set. They played a mashup of Carpenter\u2019s smash hit \u201cEspresso,\u201d along with Swift\u2019s \u201cIs It Over Now?\u201d and another\u00a0Short \u2018n Sweet<\/em>\u00a0track, \u201cPlease Please Please.\u201d After the performance, Swift sang Carpenter\u2019s praises. \u201cShe\u2019s as real as they come and I\u2019m so thankful she did that for us,\u201d she wrote on Instagram about the surprise performance.<\/p>\n Swift celebrated the release of her latest album on Friday in an\u00a0Instagram post<\/a>, sharing behind-the-scenes photos alongside the caption: Tonight all these lives converge here\/ The mosaics of laughter and cocktails of tears\/ Where fraternal souls sing identical things\/ And it\u2019s beautiful\/ It\u2019s rapturous\/ It is frightening.\u201d<\/p>\n Swift continued, \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how proud I am to share this with you, an album that just feels so right. A forever thank you goes out to my mentors and friends Max and Shellback for helping me paint this self portrait.\u201d The singer also teased, \u201cIf you thought the big show was wild, perhaps you should come and take a look behind the curtain\u2026 The Life of a Showgirl<\/em> is out now.\u201d<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n