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22 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Taylor Swift reveals ‘Life of a Showgirl' album cover, track list and release date on Travis Kelce's 'New Heights' podcast
The new release is Swift's 12th album. It's no longer a cruel summer. Taylor Swift officially announced her new album The Life of a Showgirl on Aug. 12. And one day later, she shared more details about the upcoming work — including the cover art, track list and release date — as well as other surprises during her appearance on boyfriend Travis Kelce's podcast, New Heights. Fans noticed Swift was up to something earlier in the day, when a cryptic countdown was posted on Swift's "Taylor Nation" Instagram Story. The countdown led to 7 p.m. — when the New Heights podcast episode was set to drop. The post showed a glowing orange door, the same one that appeared on stage behind Swift during the Eras tour, as well as a link to Swift's website, which featured the same image, with the door slowly descending. Over the course of four hours, on every hour, four squares with locks at the center appeared next to the door. First there was an orange lock, then pink, then blue and finally white. Eagle-eyed fans noticed that in the center of each lock, where a key would be placed, was the same shape as the stage layout at the Eras tour. When 7 p.m. arrived, Swift's website revealed the cover of The Life of a Showgirl, which featured Swift in a sparkling outfit, laying in a pool of green water. The four squares corresponded to deluxe editions of the album. All are available until Aug. 16, while supplies last. Swift's Instagram post revealed the release date of the new album: Oct. 3. Swift also provided followers with the album's track list: The Fate of Ophelia Elizabeth Taylor Opalite Father Figure Eldest Daughter Ruin the Friendship Actually Romantic Wish List Wood CANCELLED! Honey The Life of a Showgirl, featuring Sabrina Carpenter The producers of the album are Max Martin, Shellback and Swift herself. Also at 7 p.m. came the drop of Swift's special episode of New Heights, hosted by Swift's boyfriend Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce. Swift discussed the Eras Tour, reclaiming her masters and her relationship with the NFL player in the episode. Swift also talked about what inspired the 12 songs that were written during her time on tour, calling it a look at what went on "behind the curtain" in her personal life. She said that unlike her albums Midnights and The Tortured Poets Department, which came with surprise additional songs, there would only be the already revealed 12 tracks on this album. Swift explained that the new work "comes from the most infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place I was in in my life, and so that effervescence has come through on this record." She also teased that there is additional photography and a poem on the inside of the album that will be revealed when the record drops. Swift added that while past albums were more lyrically focused, Showgirl will boast "infectious anthems" that will have "lyrics that are just as vivid but crisp and focused and completely intentional." Swift's initial album reveal came in the form of a teaser for the podcast episode — but the clip, dropped on social media at 12:12 a.m., held back some key details. It showed Swift holding the album, but with the cover art blurred out, revealing only the green-and-orange color scheme. Swift, who completed her worldwide Eras tour in 2024, has long dropped "Easter eggs," or clues about her future work, for fans. The Life of a Showgirl album drop is no exception. A video posted to social media ahead of Swift's Miami performance on Oct. 18, 2024, showed the artist standing in front of section A12 — a clue as to when her album announcement would arrive. That night, she also performed her 1989 album set in orange and green — the colors of the Miami Hurricanes, in whose home stadium Swift performed, and also a hint at the aesthetic of the album to come. Swift has been regularly spotted in orange-and-green outfits over the past year, possibly foreshadowing the color scheme of the album. And one of the bigger clues came in the official music video for 'I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,' which featured backstage moments from the Eras tour. In the video, dancers rehearsed using orange feather fans — a prop that was never used on stage. The Eras tour performance of 'I Can Do It With a Broken Heart' featured Swift at her most "showgirly" — and she even had Kelce join her onstage during her June 23, 2024, show in London for the song. Solve the daily Crossword
Geek Wire
24 minutes ago
- Geek Wire
AI Toolbox: PSL's Kevin Leneway on why he's loving Cursor and Midjourney
Kevin Leneway. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) The pace of innovation in AI is unprecedented, and it's difficult to keep up with the latest tools, models, and workflows. That's why we're excited to spotlight Seattle's leading technologists and their favorite AI tools to get a pulse on what's being used and how it's creating value. First up: Kevin Leneway, a principal software engineer at Pioneer Square Labs. Favorite tools: Cursor (AI-powered code editor) and Midjourney (AI image and video generator) How he uses Cursor: 'I spend most of my day in Cursor and I have a solid workflow that greatly accelerates my ability to build new products.' Why he likes Cursor: 'A lot of devs I know have been switching to Claude Code, but I like going deep on one tool that has the ability to switch between different model providers so I can always be using the right model for the job at hand.' How he uses Midjourney: 'For the recent Bolt Hackathon, I tried my hand at building a throwback choose-your-own-adventure style game and used Midjourney to create all of the assets.' Why he likes Midjourney: 'They recently added two very useful features: video generation and Omni Reference. Omni Reference allows you to use the same character for multiple images, so you can do things like create consistent characters in a longer story arc. The video generation feature is quite strong and overall I thought the quality was quite good.' Have a favorite tool or app that others should know about? Email us at tips@ to be considered for a future post.
Forbes
25 minutes ago
- Forbes
NYT ‘Connections' Hints For Friday, August 15: Today's Clues And Answers
Each day's game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. Before we get to today's Connections hints and answers, here are Thursday's: Hey there, Connectors! Happy Friday. The weekend is right around the corner. But first, let's make sure we keep those Connections streaks going, shall we? It's been a bit of a crummy week as I haven't been sleeping much because of a rotten cough that's kept me awake much more than I'd like. But hey, I don't really have any plans this weekend. I'm gonna try to rest up as much as I can. In large part because you all deserve much more enjoyable/interesting intros and this is about all I can manage right now. Sorry 🥲 Before we begin, we have a great little community on Discord, where we chat about NYT Connections, the rest of the NYT games and all kinds of other stuff. Everyone who has joined has been lovely. It's a fun hangout spot, and you're more than welcome to hang out with us. Discord is also the best way to give me any feedback about the column, especially on the rare (or not-so-rare) occasions that I mess something up. I don't look at the comments or Twitter much. You can also read my weekend editions of this column at my new newsletter, Pastimes. Today's NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, August 15 are coming right up. How To Play Connections Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the NYT's website or Games app. You're presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like items you can click, names for research study participants or words preceded by a body part. There's only one solution for each puzzle, and you'll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them. Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult one. The purple group often involves wordplay. Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you're incorrect, you'll lose a life. If you're close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you're one word away from getting it right, but you'll still need to figure out which one to swap. If you make four mistakes, it's game over. Let's make sure that doesn't happen with the help of some hints, and, if you're really struggling, today's Connections answers. As with Wordle and other similar games, it's easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the publication's Connections archive. This includes every previous game of Connections, so you can go back and play any of those that you have missed. Aside from the first 60 games or so, you should be able to find our hints Google if you need them! Just click here and add the date of the game for which you need clues or the answers to the search query. What Are Today's Connections Hints? Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today's Connections groups, I'll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them. Today's 16 words are... And the hints for today's Connections groups are: One Word For Each Connections Group Need some extra help? Be warned: we're starting to get into spoiler territory. Let's take a look at one word for each group. Today's Connections word hints are… What Are Today's Connections Groups? Today's Connections groups are... What Are Today's Connections Answers? Spoiler alert! Don't scroll any further down the page until you're ready to find out today's Connections answers. This is your final warning! Today's Connections answers are... Lots of money-related words on the grid this time. Hmm. TENDER was one of those, but it very clearly went with the rest of the yellows. I then clocked the greens after the grid pushed TAKE CARE OF and PAY next to each other, with SETTLE close by. FOOT made sense with those. BRILLIANT was then my entry point into the blues. GRAND was an easy inclusion there. I don't love that FINE can mean either "okay" or "excellent." It took me a minute to realize that CAPITAL was the fourth word. I've heard that used in this context before e.g. "that's a CAPITAL idea!" And thus we had the purples remaining. I figured from the jump that there was some kind of wordplay going on with MAC and PEC, but never quite figured it out. Seeing those on a line with CASH though made it clear. These refer to CASHew, HAZElnut, MACadamia and PECan. I achieved a regular rainbow with a perfect game this time, marking my 168th win in a row. Here's my grid for today: 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 That's all there is to it for today's Connections clues and answers. I'll be back with you all here on Monday. In the meantime, you can check out my weekend editions of this column in my newsletter, Pastimes. P.S. I have entirely too many rabbit holes to explore on the internet, and I recently discovered another one in the form of Wargirl. From Long Beach, California, this self-described "world music/garage disco/rock" band have a new album called Good Things coming out next week. The only song I've heard from them so far is "Lost Inside My Brain," and I'm now eager to explore more from them. This song is very relatable! Yes, words and thoughts keep getting lost inside my brain! It's a bop too: Actually, after re-listening to that, I wound up on the band's YouTube channel and heard this track too, so I'm doubling up on the recommendation today. Yep, I need to hear more from this group: Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love! Please follow my blog for more coverage of NYT Connections and other word games, and even some video game news, insights and analysis. It helps me out a lot! Sharing this column with other people who play Connections would be appreciated too. You can also read my weekend editions of this column at my new newsletter, Pastimes.
