Look what you made her do – Taylor Swift has introduced her twelfth studio album, “The Lifetime of a Showgirl.”
Swift put out the phrase on her web site shortly after a countdown timer expired at 12:12 a.m. Tuesday. No launch date was introduced, however her website mentioned vinyl editions of the album would ship earlier than Oct. 13.
Followers have lengthy theorized that Swift’s twelfth album could be launched quickly.
On Monday, Taylor Nation – an official department of the pop celebrity’s advertising and marketing group – posted a TikTok slide present of 12 pictures with the caption “Interested by when she mentioned ‘See you subsequent period…'” Swift is seen sporting orange in each picture.
A particular restricted vinyl version of the album might be launched in “portofino orange glitter,” in keeping with a pre-order web page on her website.
The vinyl model of the album is offered for pre-order on the positioning for $29.99. The cassette model goes for $19.99 and a CD with a poster of Swift is priced at $12.99.
Sensing a sample, eagle-eyed followers observed that 12 minutes earlier, the favored “New Heights” podcast posted a tease for Wednesday. The present, hosted by Swift’s boyfriend and Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce alongside his brother, former Eagles heart Jason Kelce, posted an orange picture on social media with a mysterious silhouette, many believing to be Swift.
Swift additionally introduced early Tuesday that she would seem on the podcast and a teaser video posted about her look confirmed her pulling the album from a briefcase. The precise album paintings, simply as it’s on her web site, is blurred.
“The Lifetime of a Showgirl” follows final yr’s “The Tortured Poets Division,” introduced throughout the 2024 Grammys and launched throughout her record-breaking tour, which raked in over $2.2 billion throughout two years and 5 continents, making it the highest-grossing tour of all time. She’s taken house 14 Grammys together with an unheard of 4 for album of the yr.
The album can be her first launch since Swift regained management over her whole physique of labor. In Might, that pop star mentioned she bought her catalog of recordings – initially launched by means of Large Machine Data – from their most up-to-date proprietor, the non-public fairness agency Shamrock Capital. She did not disclose the acquisition value.
Lately, Swift has been rerecording and releasing her first six albums in an try to regain management of her music. The venture was instigated by Hybe America CEO Scooter Braun’s buy and sale of her early catalog and represents Swift’s effort to manage her personal songs and the way they’re used.
Earlier “Taylor’s Model” releases have been greater than typical re-recordings, arriving with new “from the vault” music, Easter eggs and visuals that deepen understanding of her work.
To date, there have been 4 rerecorded albums, starting with “Fearless (Taylor’s Model)” and “Pink (Taylor’s Model)” in 2021. All 4 have been large industrial and cultural successes, with every debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Swift’s final rerecording, “1989 (Taylor’s Model),” arrived in October 2023, simply 4 months after the discharge of “Converse Now (Taylor’s Model).” That was the identical yr Swift claimed the file for the lady with essentially the most No. 1 albums in historical past.
