Everything to Know About the New Taylor Swift Album 'The Life of a Showgirl'
's new albumThe Life of a Showgirlis on the way.
Swift announced a "pre-pre-order" for the project at 12:12 a.m. ET on Aug. 12, 2025, on her website, TaylorSwift.com, as well as in a teaser for her boyfriend's "New Heights" podcast, set to go live on Wednesday.
The "Tortured Poets Department" singer will make her debut on Travis and brother 's show on the Aug. 13 (of course) episode.
Here's everything to know about about The Life of a Showgirl and Swift's next era — and be sure to check back for updates as they come in.
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Taylor Swift The Life of a Showgirl Album Details
What is The Life of a Showgirl?
That would be Swift's next album and era.
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What is Taylor Swift's Life of a Showgirl?
The Life of a Showgirl is Swift's 12th album.
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When did Taylor Swift announce The Life of a Showgirl?
Swift officially announced the album on Aug. 12, 2025, at 12:12 a.m. ET simultaneously on both her website and in a teaser forher Aug. 13, 2025, appearance on "New Heights."
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Did Taylor Swift announce her 12th album?
Yes! Swift announced her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, on Aug. 12, 2025.
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When is The Life of a Showgirl release date?
Swift and her team haven't yet announced an official release date for The Life of a Showgirl, but the "pre-pre-order" on her website specifies that physical copies of the album will ship before Oct. 13, 2025. The site does note, however, that the official release date is actually to be announced and that Oct. 13, 2025, is not the definitive release date.
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When does TS12 come out?
The Life of a Showgirl is slated for a release sometime later this year, possibly around Oct. 13, 2025. That is a Monday (and is Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day in the United States) this year, with most albums dropping on Fridays, so it's likely it may be released on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, or Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. However, with all the "2s" and "22s" in this rollout (more on those in a minute), it may likely drop on Aug. 22, 2025, as that's a Friday.
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What is Taylor Swift dropping?
Swift announced the upcoming drop of The Life of a Showgirl, her 12th album. As for what she's specifically dropping, she announced (so far) the release of vinyl, CD and cassette formats of the album; the CD format also comes with a poster. It remains to be seen how many versions of the album there will be with different songs on them, if any.
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What Taylor Swift album is orange?
Orange is the color theme for The Life of a Showgirl, Swift's 12th album. It was teased in her Eras Tour, as well as on the Empire State Building lights on Aug. 11, 2025, and in the teaser for "New Heights."
Fans speculated that Swift's Eras Tour performances of "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" from The Tortured Poets Department may have had Easter eggs to The Life of a Showgirl era thanks to the orange feathers featured.
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Who is Taylor Swift working with for The Life of a Showgirl?
While she hasn't made any official announcements as of this writing, she recently shared a Spotify playlist titled "and baby, that's show business for you." It has 22 of her previous tracks on it, all of which are in alphabetical order and produced by Max Martin and Shellback, who worked with her on Red, 1989 and Reputation. The playlist is an hour and 22 minutes long. The collaborators she selected suggest a break from to return to her country-pop transitional roots.
She is also rumored to have a duet with on the album (more on that in a minute).
The songs, in order, are:
"22"
"All You Had To Do Was Stay"
"Bad Blood"
"Blank Space"
"Dancing With Our Hands Tied"
"Delicate"
"Don't Blame Me"
"End Game"
"Gorgeous"
"How You Get The Girl"
"I Did Something Bad"
"I Knew You Were Trouble"
"King Of My Heart"
"Message In a Bottle"
"New Romantics"
"...Ready For It?"
"Shake It Off"
"So It Goes..."
"Style"
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
"Wildest Dreams"
"Wonderland"
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What is the Taylor Swift The Life of a Showgirl Tracklist?
No official track list or titles have been announced, but there are several unverified leaks on X featuring images allegedly of the liner notes from The Life of a Showgirl.
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