Taylor Swift confirms October album release for The Life of A Showgirl
The news came during Swift's appearance on the New Heights podcast, hosted by her NFL star boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother Jason, who formerly played for the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Unveiling a copy of the new record, the singer said: 'This is my new album, The Life Of A Showgirl. It's something I was working on while I was in Europe on the Eras tour.'
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Travis Kelce said the fact that Swift recorded the album while simultaneously travelling the world for her sold-out tour was 'still blowing my mind'.
Swift said: 'I just love music. I would be playing shows three nights in a row, then I would have three days off.
'I would fly to Sweden. Working on this, I was physically exhausted at this point in the tour, but I was so mentally stimulated and so excited to be creating.'
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In an Instagram post, the 35-year-old revealed the album's artwork and 12-track listing – with Sabrina Carpenter featuring on the title song and only collaboration.
Swift teased the upcoming record was 'a lot more upbeat' than 2024's Tortured Poet's Department. The Life Of A Showgirl will also mark her reunion with producers Max Martin and Shellback.
'It feels kind of, energetically, how my life has felt,' she said about this new album.
The Life Of A Showgirl is Swift's first album since regaining control of her back catalogue and purchasing the rights to all of her concert films, music videos, album art and photography, as well as her unreleased songs.
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The US popstar re-recorded her first six albums and released them as Taylor's Version, following a dispute with retired talent manager Scooter Braun.
Braun acquired the back catalogue when he bought Swift's former label.
Her master copies were then sold in a deal with Shamrock Capital, before Swift purchased them from the company in May.
Swift has released new versions of Fearless (2008), Red (2012), Speak Now (2010) and 1989 (2014).
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Speaking about acquiring her master recordings, Swift said: 'A lot of record deals are set up in a way that artists don't own their master recordings. Owning your master recordings means that you have complete control and power over distribution, licensing, and essentially the way your legacy is shaped.
'My music has been sold a few times. The first time it was sold, it really ripped my heart out of my chest.
'I started basically defiantly re-recording my music because I wanted to own it. And this was the only way I thought it was ever going to happen.
'Re-recording my music, it was so exciting to get to have that opportunity. But I still thought about not owning my music every day.
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'After the Eras tour, I had a meeting with my team and we decided this might be a good time to approach the current owners of it.'
Swift then became emotional as she described the phone call from her mother afterwards to tell her 'you got your music'.
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Her 12th album follows 2024's The Tortured Poets Department, and comes after Swift's billion-dollar, record-breaking Eras Tour ended in December.
She made history last summer when the tour became the highest-grossing of all time, and Swift became the first solo artist to perform at London's Wembley Stadium eight times on a single tour.
Swift has had two Irish number one singles and 11 Irish number one albums, and some of her best-known songs include Love Story, Shake It Off and 22.
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