Taylor Swift shares details about upcoming album ‘The Life of a Showgirl
- Gorillla Music Group
- Aug 20
- 2 min read
Taylor Swift unveiled an October 3 release date for her 12th studio album — or as Swifties call it, TS12 — titled The Life of a Showgirl on Wednesday (August 13).
The popstar also revealed the full track list featuring a collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter on a track called The Life of a Showgirl.Carpenter opened for Swift during The Eras Tour.
Here’s the complete tracklist for The Life of a Showgirl, to be released via Republic on October 3.
The Fate of Ophelia
Elizabeth Taylor
Opalite
Father Figure
Eldest Daughter
Ruin the Friendship
Actually Romantic
Wi$h Li$t
Wood
Cancelled!
Honey
The Life of a Showgirl featuring Sabrina Carpenter
The announcement came through coordinated posts across Swift’s social media accounts at 7 pm ET yesterday, coinciding with her appearance on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast. The timing followed a countdown that appeared on her website.
Swift worked with Max Martin and Shellback on the 12-track record, the Swedish producers who also collaborated with Swift on hits from her Reputation and 1989 records.
Swift said during the podcast: “We’ve never actually made an album before where… it’s just the three of us. There’s no other collaborators. It’s just the three of us making a focused album where… it felt like catching lightning in a bottle.”
The new album marks a departure from Swift’s recent pattern of releasing expanded editions with additional tracks. Speaking to Travis Kelce and his brother, Jason Kelce, Swift said no bonus songs will follow, unlike The Tortured Poets Department, which had 31 tracks.
She added: “There’s no other songs coming. It’s not like with Tortured Poets Department when I was like, ‘Here’s a data dump of everything I’ve thought, felt or experienced in two or three years. Here’s 31 songs.’ This is 12. There’s not a 13th… There’s not other ones coming. This is the record I’ve been wanting to make for a very long time.
