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Taylor Swift announced her newest album, titled \u2018The Life Of A Showgirl\u2019 shortly after midnight on Tuesday, ahead of an appearance on boyfriend and NFL star Travis Kelce\u2019s \u2018New Heights\u2019 podcast, where she teases the unveiling of the album cover.<\/p>\n
Taylor Swift performs onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.<\/p>\n
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The album\u2019s name was announced on the superstar musician\u2019s website at 12:12 a.m. ET, as \u2018The Life Of A Showgirl\u2019 is her 12th studio album.<\/p>\n
The website mentions no release date, but the store page<\/a> notes pre-order copies of the album will ship \u201cbefore 10\/13\/2025.\u201d<\/p>\n The cover art of the album is blurred out in the various promotional photos\u2014which the website notes will be revealed at a later date.<\/p>\n On Instagram<\/a>, Swift shared a clip of her upcoming appearance on the \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast alongside the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 star, where shows off the new album to Kelce\u2019s brother and former Philadelphia Eagles player Jason Kelce.<\/p>\n This is swift\u2019s first album release since the end of her Eras Tour, which became the highest-grossing tour of all time.<\/p>\n Swift\u2019s social media team had teased the album launch on Monday with a post on the official Taylor Nation account on X, saying: \u201cThinking about when she said \u2018See you next era\u2026\u2019\u201dalong with photos of Swift wearing orange-colored costumes\u2014which appears to be the primary color of the new album.<\/p>\n What Else Do We Know About Swift\u2019s Podcast Appearance?<\/p>\n The next \u2018New Heights\u2019 podcast episode, where Swift will appear as a guest, is set to release on Wednesday. The podcast\u2019s official Instagram page has shared a clip of the upcoming episode<\/a> with the caption \u201cTaylor\u2019s about to do a f*cking podcast!\u201d <\/p>\n How Big Was Taylor Swift\u2019s Last Album?<\/p>\n Swift\u2019s eleventh album, \u201cThe Tortured Poets Department,\u201d released on April 19, 2024 amidst the \u201cEras Tour\u201d and quickly became a commercial smash hit. It broke streaming records on Spotify, becoming the first album to register<\/a> 300 million streams in a single day and 1 billion streams in the first week. In another first, the album\u2019s songs also took up all of the top 14 slots on Billboard Hot 100’s chart.<\/p>\n Forbes Valuation<\/p>\n According to Forbes estimates<\/a>, Swift is worth $1.6 billion, making her the wealthiest female musician in the world. The singer attained billionaire status in October 2023, in the middle of the Eras Tour, becoming the first musician to attain the status based purely on the value of her music and concert tours. When it ended in December last year, the Eras Tour had grossed<\/a> a record $2 billion in ticket sales.<\/p>\n Key Background<\/p>\n The new album announcement comes two and a half months after Swift bought<\/a> back the rights to her first six albums from the private equity firm Shamrock Capital\u2014which had acquired the master recordings in 2020 from music executive record executive Scooter Braun. Braun had purchased the rights from Swift\u2019s former label, Big Machine Label Group in 2019, in a transaction which the singer described as the \u201cworst case scenario\u201d for her. Swift\u2019s deal with Shamrock, announced on May 30, ended the years long dispute over the ownership of Swift\u2019s master recordings, which had prompted the singer to release re-recorded versions of her early albums with the moniker \u201cTaylor\u2019s Version.\u201d The superstar musician now has full ownership of her entire catalog, including the rights to the master recordings of her first six albums: \u201cTaylor Swift,\u201d \u201cFearless,\u201d \u201cSpeak Now,\u201d \u201cRed,\u201d \u201c1989\u201d and \u201cReputation.\u201d<\/p>\n Further Reading<\/p>\n Taylor Swift’s Team Teases Her ‘Next Era’\u2014All The New Music Rumors, Explained<\/a> (Forbes)<\/p>\n Taylor Swift Buys Back Rights To First Six Albums<\/a> (Forbes)<\/p>\n