Taylor Swift announces new album, ‘Life of a Showgirl,’ in ‘New Heights’ podcast preview
New era alert!
Taylor Swift announced the title of her 12th studio album during her soon-to-be-released appearance on her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast.
“So I wanted to show you something,” the 14-time Grammy winner, 35, said in a preview clip on X before breaking out a mint green briefcase with the letters ‘T.S.’”
“This is my brand new album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’” she added, which was met with a scream from her boyfriend’s brother, Jason Kelce.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end couldn’t contain his excitement at the news.New Heights Podcast/YouTube
Early Tuesday morning, Swift’s team released a countdown clock to 12:12 a.m. on Aug. 12 on the singer’s website — the exact date and time she announced the title of her 12th studio album.
The exciting news prompted cheers from both Travis and Jason, though Swift made sure to blur out the album cover from the announcement.
“TS 12!” the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 35, chimed in.
Swift’s jaw-dropping announcement comes after she purchased back her masters to her first six studio albums, “Taylor Swift,” “Fearless,” “Speak Now,” “Red,” “1989” and “Reputation,” in May.
“I’ve been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals ever since I found that this is really happening. I really get to say those words,” the “Lover” songstress, 35, wrote in a handwritten letter shared via Instagram.
“All of the music I’ve ever made … now belongs… to me.”
Swift emphasized that she now owned “the memories, the magic, the madness, every single era, [and her] entire life’s work,” including her concert films, music videos, photography, album art and unreleased songs.
At the time, she told fans she would eventually release the vault tracks and admitted that she re-recorded her debut 2006 album, “Taylor Swift,” and loves “how it sounds now.”
However, the “Love Story” singer shared she had yet to finish re-recording her 2017 album, “Reputation,” despite fan speculation that she would be releasing it soon.
“Those 2 albums can still have their moments to re-emerge when the time is right, if that would be something you guys would be excited about,” she wrote.
“But if it happens, it won’t be from a place of sadness and longing for what I wish I could have. It will just be a celebration now,” Swift added.
Scooter Braun notoriously purchased the rights to the pop star’s first six albums for $300 million in 2019 before Shamrock Capital acquired them a year later.
The former record executive allegedly made the slick move without Swift’s approval.
The “Cruel Summer” singer, however, signed onto a new deal with Republic Records and Universal Music Group in 2019 and recorded her later albums — “Lover,” “Folklore,” “Evermore,” “Midnights” and “The Tortured Poets Department.”
