Taylor Swift reveals details of The Life of a Showgirl ahead of October release: ‘Infectiously joyful and wild'
The singer shared the cover and track listing for The Life of a Showgirl on Wednesday night, timed for her appearance on her boyfriend Travis Kelce's podcast New Heights, which he hosts with his brother and fellow professional footballer Jason.
The Life of a Showgirl has 12 tracks – a nod to this being her 12th album – and includes a cover of George Michael's 1987 song Father Figure.
Swift told the Kelce brothers that the album is inspired by her two years on the road for her global Eras tour, which became the first billion-dollar tour in history and ended up making more than US$2bn over 21 months.
'This album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during this tour, which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant. And it comes from the most infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place I was in in my life, so that effervescence has come through on this record. So as you said, bangers,' she said.
Unlike her previous album, The Tortured Poets Department, she would not be dropping a second surprise album right after, she said. 'There are no other songs coming … with Tortured Poets Department, I was like 'Here is a data dump of everything I have thought, felt, experienced in two or three years. Here's 31 songs.' This is 12. There's not other ones coming. This is the record I've been wanting to make for a very long time.'
The track listing is:
The Fate of Ophelia
Elizabeth Taylor
Opalite
Father Figure
Eldest Daughter
Ruin the Friendship
Actually Romantic
Wi$h Li$t
Wood
Cancelled!
Honey
The Life of a Showgirl featuring Sabrina Carpenter
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The album marks the return of Max Martin and Shellback, the Swedish producers who worked on Swift's albums Red, 1989 and Reputation.
Fans have long speculated that her next songs will draw on Swift's relationship with Travis Kelce, which they revealed publicly in 2023.
Swift is known for dropping hints and clues for her fans ahead of album announcements and her 12th album was no different. On Monday night on Instagram, Taylor Nation – a branch of Swift's official marketing team – shared a carousel of 12 images from the Eras Tour, writing in the caption: 'Thinking about when she said 'See you next era … '' Soon after, a countdown to 12.12am eastern time on 12 August appeared on her website, which was transformed to a glittering orange.
At 12.12am Swift's website briefly crashed, before reappearing with scant details about The Life of a Showgirl.
The 35-year-old is among the world's bestselling musicians, selling an estimated 200m records globally, and she holds the record for most No 1 albums in the US by a female artist in history.
Her last album, 2024's The Tortured Poets Department, set a streaming record on Spotify – 300m in one day and 1bn in five – and made her the first artist in history to secure the top 14 spots on the Billboard Hot 100.
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