Step apart, tortured poets. It’s a showgirl period now.
On Tuesday morning, Taylor Swift introduced her new LP, “The Lifetime of a Showgirl,” and right here’s every little thing — a meager bounty, for now — that we learn about it.
When did she announce it?
Phrase arrived after a countdown clock to 12:12 a.m. — an apropos debut for information of her twelfth album. Swift made the announcement on “New Heights,” the favored podcast co-hosted by her boyfriend and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ tight finish Travis Kelce.
Who labored along with her on it?
Whereas there’s no data but a few tracklist or collaborators, shortly after the information, a string of billboards in New York and Nashville directed followers to a Spotify playlist titled “And, child, that’s present enterprise for you.” It’s filled with previously-released Swift hits produced by Max Martin and Shellback, suggesting the pop superproducers had outstanding roles on the brand new document.
If that idea holds, it’d imply a departure from her longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff, who helmed “Poets” and the Grammy-winning albums “Midnights” and “Folklore.”
When will it’s launched?
There’s no launch date, nevertheless it’s accessible for preorder on Swift’s web site now. The duvet artwork is — assuming this isn’t some misdirection — a cryptic minty inexperienced background and sparkly orange padlock.
Didn’t she simply launch a 31-track album final 12 months?
Swift has been relentless in releasing new music over the previous couple of years. In 2024, she launched “The Tortured Poets Division,” adopted by a large “Anthology” version of bonus tracks, which made “Poets” the bestselling album of the 12 months.
What’s up with the ultimate “Taylor’s Model” albums?
Swift re-purchased her again catalog of grasp recordings, first launched by way of Large Machine Data, from funding group Shamrock Capital for a rumored nine-figure sum. Swift’s rerecorded “Taylor’s Model” editions of these albums have been a well-liked rebuttal to her previous nemesis Scooter Braun’s buy of her catalog.
Whereas two of these “Taylor’s Model” LPs (her self-titled debut and “Repute”) stay unreleased or unfinished, she now plans to reissue the originals as nicely.
