Topline
Taylor Swift terminated her latest album entitled 'The Life of a Showgirl' shortly after midnight on Tuesday before an appearance on the “New Heights” podcast from NFL and NFL star Travis Kelces' Podcast, where she teases the unveiling of the album cover.
Taylor Swift appears on stage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Key facts
The name of the album was announced on the website of the Superstar musician at 12:12 p.m. ET because “The Life of a Showgirl” is her 12th studio album.
The website does not mention the date of publication, but the Save page Pre -order notes copies of the album will be sent “before October 13, 2025”.
The cover art of the album is blurred in the various advertising photos – which will be unveiled at a later date.
To InstagramSwift shared a clip about her upcoming appearance in the Podcast “New Heights” together with the star of the Kansas City Chiefs, where the new album shows the new album of Kelces Bruder and former player of Philadelphia Eagles, Jason Kelce.
This is Swift's first album publication since the end of her ERAS tour, which became the highest tour ever.
The Swift social media team had annoyed the start of the album on Monday with a post on the official Taylor Nation account on X and said: “Think about when you said, 'See you in the next era …'” Together with photos of Swift, the orange costumes that seem to be the main color of the new album.
What else do we know about Swift's podcast picture?
The next “New Heights” podcast episode, in which Swift will appear as a guest, is to be released on Wednesday. The official Instagram page of the podcast shared a clip of the upcoming episode With the caption “Taylor is about to make a podcast!”
How big was Taylor Swift's last album?
Swift's eleventh album “The Turtured Poets Department”, published on April 19, 2024 in the middle of the “Eras Tour” and quickly became a commercial hit. It broke streaming records on Spotify and became the first album register 300 million streams in one day and 1 billion currents in the first week. In another first, the songs of the album also recorded all top -14 slots in the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
Forbes evaluation
According to Forbes, SWIFT is 1.6 billion US dollars worth it, which makes it the richest female musician in the world. The singer achieved in October 2023 in the middle of the Eras tour and was the first musician to only achieve the status on the value of her music and concert tours. When it ended in December last year, the Eras tour had a ticket sale of 2 billion US dollars.
Key background
The new album announcement takes place two and a half months after Swift bought back the rights to its first six albums from the private equity company Shamrock Capital -which the Master recordings had acquired from Music Executive Executive Executive Scooter Braun in 2020. Braun bought the rights of Swift's former label Big Machine Label Group in 2019, in a transaction that the singer described as the “worst scenario” for her. Swift's contract with Shamrock, which was announced on May 30, ended the years of dispute over the possession of Swift's Master recordings that the singer had prompted to publish newly recorded versions of her early albums with the Moniker “Taylor's version”. The superstar musician now has the full possession of her entire catalog, including the rights to the master recordings of her first six albums: “Taylor Swift”, “Fearless”, “Speak Now”, “Red”, “1989” and “Reputation”.
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