Good news, Swifties — Taylor Swifts 12th studio album is out.
Initially revealed on New Heights, the podcast of her now-fiancé, Travis Kelce, The Life of a Showgirl is the swift follow-up to The Tortured Poet’s Department (2024).
The Life of a Showgirl was highly anticipated, to say the least, on Spotify: on Monday, the streaming service announced that the album surpassed five million pre-saves on the platform, surpassing the record held by Swift’s own The Tortured Poets Department.
Listen to the album in full below.
One track in particular is already stirring controversy on social media. A lot of fans seem to think that leaked song “Actually Romantic” is about Swift’s rumoured feud with fellow pop icon Charli XCX.
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The track, whose title bears similarity to Charli’s “Everything Is Romantic”, has the following line: “I heard you call me ‘Boring Barbie’ when the coke’s got you brave,” which many seem to think is aimed at Charli.
The fun doesn’t end with today’s album drop for Swifties.
Swift is inviting fans around the globe to step inside her world with Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, a cinematic event marking the arrival of her album.
The 89-minute feature offers an intimate, celebratory experience as Swift unveils her new era on the big screen. Fans can look forward to the music video debut for “The Fate of Ophelia”, behind-the-scenes footage, brand-new lyric videos, and never-before-seen personal reflections from Swift.
Released simultaneously in select theatres across more than 50 countries, Australian Swifties are among those eager to join in — and there’s no shortage of ways to experience it. Find out more here.
Swift continues to be unstoppable. Earlier this year, she celebrated a major feat when she bought back the master recordings for her first six albums and finally gained control of her entire music catalogue. “All of the music I’ve ever made now belongs to me,” the singer wrote in a letter on her website at the time.
The news was especially monumental given the six year battle over her masters, which led her to launch her highly successful re-recording endeavour and release Taylor’s Versions of Fearless, Red, Speak Now, and 1989.
Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl is out now.
