The brand new Taylor Swift album is out. Swift introduced The Life Of A Showgirl, her twelfth LP, again in August on Travis and Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast (proper across the time the previous proposed to her). No music from The Life Of A Showgirl had been launched till now.
Final 12 months’s The Tortured Poets Division was a 16-song sprawl even earlier than Swift dropped a complete shock second disc on us hours later, bringing the whole to 31 tracks. The Life Of A Showgirl, in the meantime, is a relatively tight 12 tracks lengthy. It finds Swift biking out Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, her fundamental co-producers and co-writers over the previous half-decade, and returning to Swedish pop grasp craftsmen Max Martin and Shellback, with whom she labored intently all through a lot of the 2010s. Sabrina Carpenter friends on the title monitor, which closes the album, and “Father Determine” interpolates the George Michael music of the identical title.
The music many individuals will probably be discussing right now is “Really Romantic,” a pop-rock diss monitor apparently geared toward Charli XCX. The opening line: “I hear you name me Boring Barbie when the coke’s obtained you courageous.” The music is Swift’s response to Charli’s Brat monitor “Sympathy Is A Knife,” which was clearly about Swift however is just not actually a diss monitor. It’s extra like a diary of Charli’s strained relationship with Swift and the anxiousness she feels when Swift is round. Primarily based on the “Really Romantic” lyrics, Swift could also be reacting to non-public insults we’re not aware about, not simply the textual content of “Sympathy Is A Knife.” Or possibly she was simply actually offended by the music. Or possibly she simply noticed a possibility to promote some drama and couldn’t resist. A lot for working it out on the remix.
There are additionally songs known as “Wi$h Li$t” and “Cancelled!” Opening monitor “The Destiny Of Ophelia” doubles because the lead single, so don’t be stunned to see that one debut atop the Scorching 100 subsequent week. Whereas the press tour has been non-existent past her fiancé’s podcast, issues will ramp with appearances on Graham Norton, The Tonight Present, and Late Night time within the coming days. Swift can also be screening an 89-minute “movie occasion” known as Taylor Swift: The Official Launch Occasion Of A Showgirl at film theaters worldwide.
Marking this album launch on social media, she writes:
Tonight all these lives converge right here
The mosaics of laughter and cocktails of tears
The place fraternal souls sing similar issues
And it’s stunning
It’s rapturous.
It’s horrifying.
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I can’t let you know how proud I’m to share this with you, an album that simply feels so proper. A eternally thanks goes out to my mentors and mates Max and Shellback for serving to me paint this self portrait.For those who thought the massive present was wild, maybe it is best to come and have a look backstage…
The Lifetime of a Showgirl is out now.
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The Life Of A Showgirl is out now through Republic.
Tonight all these lives converge right here
The mosaics of laughter and cocktails of tears
The place fraternal souls sing similar issues
And it’s stunning
It’s rapturous.
It’s horrifying.
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I can’t let you know how proud I’m to share this with you, an album that simply feels so proper. A… pic.twitter.com/jIEG65ptR6— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) October 3, 2025
