Taylor Swift reveals details of forthcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl
Appearing on the Jason and Travis Kelce's podcast, New Heights podcast, Taylor Swift announced her forthcoming twelfth album, The Life of a Showgirl.
Yesterday evening, a countdown appeared on Taylor Swift's website, which was due to end at 12:12am on 12 August. Fans who know Swift's love for puzzles and cryptic ways of revealing news, were quick to speculate that she was going to announce her 12th album. After the countdown ended, fans were encouraged to pre-order the album.
Posted at 12:12 on the 12th. Tay’s 12th album is called…………
— New Heights (@newheightshow) August 12, 2025
pre pre-order now at https://t.co/oGYV230otf pic.twitter.com/gUAIEEDZmm
The New Heights podcast later shared a clip of Swift’s appearance, in which she opens a briefcase and takes out a blurred vinyl. “So I wanted to show you something...This is my brand new album, The Life of a Showgirl,” she said, as she held up what appeared to be the blurred out vinyl cover.
Taylor Swift also has a new Spotify playlist featuring 22 songs that have all been produced by Max Martin and Shellback.
There is currently no set release date for The Life of a Showgirl.
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