Sabrina Carpenter On Taylor Swift's New Album Reveal: ‘Freaking Out'
Sabrina Carpenter is over the moon as she is the only featured artist on Taylor Swift's freshly announced 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl. And looking at her reaction, it seems she is just as excited as the rest of us. The big news dropped this week when Swift revealed the album, set for release on October 3, with 12 tracks produced by Taylor herself alongside Max Martin and Shellback.
When the announcement came, Swift was on her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother Jason's New Heights podcast. Carpenter, clearly excited for the collaboration, did not shy away from sharing her feelings as she wrote, 'I know someone is freaking out and it's me," in a post on Instagram stories.
In a subsequent post, she shared a photo of Taylor Swift, simply attached to a short note that read, 'Must also point out that."
The announcement of Taylor Swift's new album came shortly after a countdown timer expired at 12:12 AM Tuesday on her official website. Her longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff is missing from the credits this time. As for Sabrina Carpenter, she will be seen in the final track, The Life of a Showgirl from the album.
During her appearance on New Heights Podcast, Swift also opened up about her favourite track which is the rerecording of her 2012 album's titular song Red. 'When it came time to do Taylor's Version and rerecording the album, I went back in, found the verses, restructured the song to the way that it pretty much was when I had originally written it. That song is one of my favorite things I've ever done," she said.
Taylor Swift Acquires Master Recordings
The music sensation even got emotional talking about finally acquiring her master recordings after years. 'They sat down with Shamrock Capital and they told them what this meant for me. They told them the whole story of all the times we've tried to buy it, all the times it's fallen through," she recalled.
Swift added, 'I get a call from my mom and she's like, 'You got your music'. It's literally been so long since this happened, and it's every time I talk about it….I just like very dramatically hit the floor for real. Honestly, just started like bawling my eyes out, and I'm just like weeping."
Now, with The Life of a Showgirl set for release, fans are counting down to October 3 and so are we.
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