{"id":251952,"date":"2025-09-24T20:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/251952\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:52:14","slug":"taylor-swift-announces-target-exclusive-vinyl-for-life-of-a-showgirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/251952\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Announces Target Exclusive Vinyl for ‘Life of a Showgirl’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSwifties were beginning to lose faith that Target<\/a>, Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2018s longtime retail partner, would get its own exclusive vinyl edition of \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl<\/a>,\u201d as earlier rumored, with only nine days to go until the album\u2019s Oct. 3 release date. But that stone is not going unturned after all. The singer announced Wednesday that Target will indeed carry a chain-exclusive LP variant \u2014 but that, unlike previous Swift\/Target releases, this one will be a limited edition, with only one pressing before it goes out of print.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Target edition has its own subtitle, as other variants she has been promising for this release have: It\u2019s called the \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl: The Crowd Is Your King\u201d edition, pressed in what is being officially billed as Summertime Spritz Pink Shimmer Vinyl. More specifically, it features an \u201copaque pink and pale-yellow pearlescent vinyl with gold shimmer,\u201d a custom gatefold sleeve, a large double-sided poster, a poem written by Swift, and previously unseen photos.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe words that may be most meaningful here are: \u201cLimited quantities available, while supplies last.\u201d The album is being sold through Target\u2019s website, and is expected to be a sellout there \u2014 for how long, few can guess, since the quantity being released is not being made public. <\/p>\n

\n\tFans who might miss out on it through the webstore \u2014 assuming it does sell out there \u2014 will get another shot at it when additional copies are released as the album goes on sale in brick-and-mortar locations at midnight next Thursday night. Target has issued a list of about 500 stores nationwide that will be remaining open past midnight local time to sell CDs and LPs at the stroke of 12.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cA showgirl knows to save some of her best tricks for the grand finale,\u201d Swift posted on her Instagram account. \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl: The Crowd is Your King Edition on Summertime Spritz Pink Shimmer Vinyl is available to pre-order now exclusively at\u00a0@target<\/a>\u00a0while supplies last.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAlong with news of the exclusive, Target has issued instructions on what Swifties should expect if they come for the late-night sales next Thursday.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTarget team members will distribute physical or digital tickets in the electronics section of the select Target stores Oct.\u00a02 beginning at 10\u00a0p.m.; that will reserve your product for purchase,\u201d the company said. \u201cOnce you have your ticket, you can continue shopping in the store and return to the designated queuing location at 11:45\u00a0p.m. to make your purchase at midnight. Limited stock is available. Ticketing will take place until all tickets are claimed or 10 minutes before midnight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 50-some stores participating in the midnight on-sale will stay open till 1 a.m.<\/p>\n

\n\tTarget previously announced that it would have three exclusive CD pressings of the album on sale. Those were not designated as limited editions, and the cover art repeated images that Swift had already used for limited editions in her webstore, which had quickly sold out. At the time of that announcement, Target\u2019s only reference to vinyl was the notice that it would carry the standard vinyl edition of the album.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis new LP release, though, besides being a limited run, includes front and back cover artwork that has not previously been used for any other edition, along with the promise of other heretofore unseen images inside the packaging.<\/p>\n

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\n\t(For what it\u2019s worth, the Target announcements also reveal that the standard edition of the \u201cLife of a Showgirl\u201d vinyl, the \u201cSweat and Vanilla Perfume\u201d edition, will only be sold on the chain\u2019s website and not in retail stores\u2026 though it\u2019s presumed that will change at some point after the \u201cCrowd Is Your King\u201d edition sells out.)<\/p>\n

\n\tFor this release, Swift has been adamant that all of the variants will include the exact same 12 songs, with no bonus tracks, unlike all of her other albums in recent years, so no one has to fret about missing any of her music, no matter which version(s) they get. But she is not stinting on the variables that are possible in vinyl, CD and cassette packaging. Variety is maintaining a log of all the other editions <\/a>and their attendant cover art; most were only available at Swift\u2019s webstore and sold out almost immediately upon being announced for sale.<\/p>\n