The news came during Swift’s appearance on the New Heights podcast, hosted by her NFL (National Football League) star boyfriend, Travis Kelce and his brother Jason, who formerly played for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Unveiling a copy of the new record, the singer said: “This is my new album, ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’. It’s something I was working on while I was in Europe on the Eras tour.”
Kelce said the fact that Swift recorded the album while simultaneously travelling the world for her sold-out tour was “still blowing my mind”.
Swift said, “I just love music. I would be playing shows three nights in a row, then I would have three days off.
“I would fly to Sweden. Working on this, I was physically exhausted at this point in the tour, but I was so mentally stimulated and so excited to be creating.”
In an Instagram post, the 35-year-old revealed the album’s artwork and 12-track listing – with Sabrina Carpenter featuring on the title song and only collaboration.
The “Life Of A Showgirl” is Swift’s first album since regaining control over her back catalogue and purchasing the rights to all of her concert films, music videos, album art and photography, as well as her unreleased songs.
The US popstar re-recorded her first six albums and released them as “Taylor’s Version”, following a dispute with retired talent manager Scooter Braun.
Braun acquired the back catalogue when he bought Swift’s former label.
Her master copies were then sold in a deal with Shamrock Capital, before Swift purchased them from the company in May.
Swift has released new versions of “Fearless” (2008), “Red” (2012), “Speak Now” (2010) and “1989” (2014).
Her 12th album follows 2024’s “The Tortured Poets Department”, and comes after Swift’s billion-dollar, record-breaking Eras Tour ended in December.
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