Taylor Swift to release new album 'The Life of a Showgirl'

Taylor Swift to release new album 'The Life of a Showgirl' Nicole Powell breaks down the biggest announcement in music right now - Taylor Swift's new album. 22 August 2025 Taylor Swift has announced that she will be releasing a new album, The Life of a Showgirl. Taylor Swift It will be her first album since concluding the Eras Tour in December, and her first since The Tortured Poets Department, which she released during the tour. Dramatic Countdown The announcement came in dramatic fashion, as a countdown clock on her website ticked down to 12:12 am. Eastern. Appearing on her boyfriend, Travis Kelce's New Heights podcast, Swift announced the new album. It will be the Grammy winner's 12th studio album and will feature 12 tracks. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Julia Roberts, Alicia Silverstone and Angela Bassett - Meet the Queens of the 1990s film industry What fans can expect The album is set to come out on October 3, 2025, and will include a collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter. It will also include a cover of George Michael's song "Father Figure" which came out in 1987. Swift told the Kelce brothers that she recorded the album while on the Eras Tour in Europe, mentioning that the project is inspired by her life while spending two years on the road. "This album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during this tour, which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant," the Grammy winner said. "I'm so proud of it. And it comes from the most infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place I was in in my life, so that effervescence has come through on this record. So as you said, bangers." Swift also shared the tracklist: 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 MORE FROM NICOLE POWELL: Vicky Pattison and Dani Dyer confirmed for glittering Strictly 2025 line-up Tagged in Taylor Swift Music News