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Indianapolis Star
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Indianapolis Star
Taylor Swift reminisces about The Eras Tour and announces new album \
Taylor Swift made headlines this week for making an appearance on her boyfriend, Travis Kelce's, podcast that he co-hosts with his brother Jason Kelce. On their show, "New Heights," Swift announced a new album coming on Oct. 3 called "The Life of a Show Girl" and spoke candidly about her career, The Eras Tour, reclaiming her masters and the early stages of her and Travis' relationship. Here's what to know. While Swift misses The Eras Tour, she admits it was a very physically taxing tour. "I do miss it, but it was perfect for what it was. Do you know what I mean? It was a lot of physical therapy and it was a lot of being in a state of perpetual physical discomfort, kind of like when you're in season," she said to Travis and Jason. Swift went on a world tour from 2023-2024 where she went to 52 cities and 21 countries, including a three night tour stop at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Indianapolis was the last U.S. stop on her world tour. "I miss it because I miss the fans and I miss that connection, but at the same time it was the most formative time of my life," Swift said. "I learned so much about how far I can push myself and if I set a goal... It's really just prioritizing fan's experience before anything else." Taylor Swift: Takeaways from final U.S. Eras Tour show in Indianapolis Swift also announced a brand new album titled "The Life of a Showgirl," which she wrote while on the road for The Eras Tour, she shared on the podcast. "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," Swift said. Unlike her previous album, "The Tortured Poets Department," that was initially 16 tracks that was a surprise double album with 15 additional songs, Swift says "The Life of a Showgirl" will be 12 tracks total, with no surprise songs. The album is set to release on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. 'Life of a Showgirl': Did Taylor Swift announce a new album? When's the release date? What we know Swift has had a long history of trying to obtain the master recordings of her first six albums in her career and she announced earlier this year that her dream of owning all her life's work finally came true in May. On "New Heights," she shared the story of how it finally happened. After The Eras Tour her team decided it might be worth approaching the owners of her masters, Shamrock Capital, again to see if they would be willing to sell. "Rather than send lawyers or management like in a big crew, I sent my mom and my brother, who I work with, to L.A. and they sat down with Shamrock Capital and they told them what this meant for me..." Swift's mom and brother left the meeting saying that they weren't sure what they would decide to do. Swift later got the call from her mom saying Shamrock Capital agreed to sell to her, which resulted in tears of joy for Swift. 'Taylor's Version': Swift finally acquires life's work Previously: John Green, James Dean and song lyrics: Taylor Swift songs have many Indiana connections
Indianapolis Star
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indianapolis Star
All Taylor Swift songs are now 'Taylor's Version.' Swift finally acquires life's work.
All Taylor Swift songs are now officially Taylor's Version. After a long and grueling feud with her previous record label and talent manager Scooter Braun, Swift now owns her masters. The superstar, who was in Indianapolis back in November on her record-breaking Eras Tour, posted a lengthy letter on her website detailing that every aspect of her career including videos, concert films, art, photography and unreleased materials is under her control. "All of the music I've ever made now belongs to me," Swift wrote. Swift credited Shamrock Capital, the private equity firm that purchased the master rights to Swift's first six albums from Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings in 2020, for giving her the opportunity to purchase every aspect of her career work. On her Instagram account, Swift posted a photo of herself sitting on the floor surrounded by her first six albums with the comment, 'You belong with me,' a nod to her hit from 2008's 'Fearless' album. Go back to November: Takeaways from Taylor Swift's final U.S. Eras Tour show in Indianapolis Swift gives a final shoutout to her fans for rallying behind her during this process. 'Thanks to you and your goodwill, teamwork, support and encouragement, the best things that have ever been mine … finally actually are," Swift wrote. Swift did confirm that she is still working on and plans to release "Reputation (Taylor's Version)" and her debut album, "Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version)." She teased fans in the letter by adding, "If you're into the idea." Swift explained she kept 'hitting a stopping point' while trying to remake "Reputation," adding, 'all that defiance, that longing to be understood while feeling purposely misunderstood, that desperate hope, that shame-born snarl and mischief. To be perfectly honest, it's the one album in those first six that I thought couldn't be improved upon by redoing it.' Swift did note that her self-titled country-rooted debut from 2006 – has been rerecorded and added 'I love how it sounds now.' Story continues after photo gallery. Swift has very publicly spoken about how important it is to her to own her own music, but for several years, she did not own the master recordings of her first six albums. Although they were for sale in 2019, Swift claimed she was not notified they were for sale until they had already been sold, USA TODAY reported. That is what led to her re-recording these albums. "Artists should own their own work for so many reasons, but the most screamingly obvious one is that the artist is the only one who really knows that body of work," Swift wrote on X, formerly Twitter when she announced her first re-recorded album, "Fearless (Taylor's Version)." More on Taylor Swift: Here's 13 things to know about Taylor Swift Since she has songwriting credits on every song in her discography, nothing prevented her from re-recording new versions of all her songs as long as enough time has passed since the original version's release. You can tell which version of her songs are hers because she has added "(Taylor's Version)" to each track and album title. She has re-released four so far: "Fearless (Taylor's Version)," "Red (Taylor's Version)," "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)" and, most recently, "1989 (Taylor's Version)." The only two albums Swift has yet to re-release are her debut, "Taylor Swift," and "Reputation," which fans theorize she did on purpose, leaving only her name and reputation left to reclaim.
