Taylor Swift Curates Playlist for New Album ‘The Life of a Showgirl'
Accompanying the album announcement, Swift launched a Spotify playlist aptly titled And, baby, that's show business for you. The playlist features 22 tracks, all previously released songs produced by Max Martin and Shellback, sparking speculation that the iconic duo may have produced this upcoming album as well.
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Notably, longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff seems to be absent from this album cycle, marking a stylistic shift in Swift's creative team.
Earlier today, the pop icon shared the announcement of her new album, following speculation of a new era from Swift began on Monday (Aug. 11) when rumors of her 12th studio album were stoked thanks to the appearance of a countdown clock on her official website.
The countdown officially ended at 12:12 a.m. ET, on Aug. 12, with Swift's store going live with pre-orders for The Life of a Showgirl. The webstore offers pre-orders for vinyl, CD and cassette editions, while noting that its official release date is still to be announced, with physical items set to ship ahead of Oct. 13.
On Monday morning, New Heights — the podcast hosted by Swift's boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother, fellow NFL star Jason Kelce — teased 'a VERY special guest' for their new episode on Wednesday. Swift's upcoming presence was later confirmed, with her cameo on New Heights set to premiere at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday (Aug. 13).
In a clip shared to both Swift and New Heights' Instagram accounts alongside the announcement, the pop icon gives fans confirmation that the new project is indeed the #TS12 news they've been waiting for.
'So I wanted to show you something,' Swift says, before presenting a blurred-out copy of her new record. 'This is my brand new album, The Life of a Showgirl.' The album's full artwork is expected to arrive during the New Heights podcast on Wednesday.
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Swift revisits the emotional journey of buying back her master recordings Swift opened up to the Kelce brothers about the emotional process of 'I always refer to it as 'I got my music back this summer,' but I never owned my music at all,' Swift said, noting that she signed her record deal at age 15, and that many artists don't own their masters. Advertisement The singer revealed that she'd been saving up to buy her master recordings since she was a teenager, and that she was devastated when her former label, Big Machine, sold them to music executive Scooter Braun in 2019. At the time, Swift criticized the deal in a 'It really ripped my heart out of my chest, and I told everyone exactly how that felt for me and what I was going through,' Swift told the Kelce brothers. '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.' 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