The brand new Taylor Swift album is out. Swift introduced The Life Of A Showgirl, her twelfth LP, again in August on Travis and Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast (proper across the time the previous proposed to her). No music from The Life Of A Showgirl had been launched till now.
Final 12 months’s The Tortured Poets Division was a 16-song sprawl even earlier than Swift dropped a complete shock second disc on us hours later, bringing the whole to 31 tracks. The Life Of A Showgirl, in the meantime, is a relatively tight 12 tracks lengthy. It finds Swift biking out Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, her essential co-producers and co-writers over the previous half-decade, and returning to Swedish pop grasp craftsmen Max Martin and Shellback, with whom she labored intently all through a lot of the 2010s. Sabrina Carpenter company on the title observe, which closes the album, and “Father Determine” interpolates the George Michael music of the identical identify.
The music many individuals might be discussing at present is “Truly Romantic,” a pop-rock diss observe apparently geared toward Charli XCX. The opening line: “I hear you name me Boring Barbie when the coke’s obtained you courageous.” The music is Swift’s response to Charli’s Brat observe “Sympathy Is A Knife,” which was clearly about Swift however is just not actually a diss observe. It’s extra like a diary of Charli’s strained relationship with Swift and the nervousness she feels when Swift is round. Based mostly on the “Truly Romantic” lyrics, Swift could also be reacting to personal insults we’re not aware about, not simply the textual content of “Sympathy Is A Knife.” Or perhaps she was simply actually offended by the music. Or perhaps she simply noticed a possibility to promote some drama and couldn’t resist. A lot for working it out on the remix.
There are additionally songs known as “Wi$h Li$t” and “Cancelled!” Opening observe “The Destiny Of Ophelia” doubles because the lead single, so don’t be shocked to see that one debut atop the Scorching 100 subsequent week. Whereas the press tour has been non-existent past her fiancé’s podcast, issues will ramp with appearances on Graham Norton, The Tonight Present, and Late Night time within the coming days. Swift can also be screening an 89-minute “movie occasion” known as Taylor Swift: The Official Launch Get together Of A Showgirl at film theaters worldwide.
Marking this album launch on social media, she writes:
Tonight all these lives converge right here
The mosaics of laughter and cocktails of tears
The place fraternal souls sing equivalent issues
And it’s stunning
It’s rapturous.
It’s horrifying.
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I can’t inform you how proud I’m to share this with you, an album that simply feels so proper. A ceaselessly thanks goes out to my mentors and pals Max and Shellback for serving to me paint this self portrait.If you happen to thought the massive present was wild, maybe it’s best to come and have a look backstage…
The Lifetime of a Showgirl is out now.
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The Life Of A Showgirl is out now through Republic.
Tonight all these lives converge right here
The mosaics of laughter and cocktails of tears
The place fraternal souls sing equivalent issues
And it’s stunning
It’s rapturous.
It’s horrifying.
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I can’t inform you how proud I’m to share this with you, an album that simply feels so proper. A… pic.twitter.com/jIEG65ptR6— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) October 3, 2025
