Taylor Swift confirmed her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," in a teaser for her upcoming appearance on her boyfriend Travis Kelce's podcast. Swift did not disclose the release date of the album.

Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, titled 'The Life of a Showgirl'. The announcement was made in a teaser for her upcoming appearance on her boyfriend Travis Kelsey's podcast, 'New Heights'. Leading up to the reveal, Swift's website featured a countdown clock, and her social media team posted 12 photos with the caption 'see you next era', fueling speculation among fans.

Swift did not disclose the album's release date or details about its songs. However, her website states that pre-ordered vinyl copies will ship before a specific date in October, though this is not confirmed as the official release date. The announcement comes shortly after Swift took ownership of the master recordings from her first six albums.

Taylor Swift announces new album, 'The Life of a Showgirl'

The big breaking news. I know you heard about it. It's a new era in Swift Nation. Just after midnight, pop sensation is the word, Taylor Swift announced her 12th studio album. It's called, listen to this title, The Life of a Showgirl. I'm intrigued. And the announcement came with a little help from, you could say, a lover. Also a Taylor Swift song. Vlad Dutier has more on another Taylor Swift song, Good Karma. Are you ready for it? Taylor Swift fans have been ready for this all day. So I wanted to show you something. Okay, what do we got? We got a briefcase. Yep. Mint green with TS on it. Yep. What's in it? This is my brand new album, The Life of a Showgirl. TS12! The pop star confirmed her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, in a teaser for her upcoming appearance on her boyfriend, Travis Kelsey's podcast, New Heights. That came hours after posting this countdown clock set to expire at 12.12am eastern on her website. TS12. This is it. Swifties had been speculating about it all day, starting with an earlier post from the New Heights podcast that teased ahead to a very special episode with a very special guest. You cannot even tell me that this is not Taylor Silhouette. Eagle Eye fans spotted some striking similarities, hinting at what was to come. Her social media team also uploaded 12 photos to Instagram with the caption, see you next era. Then the Kelsey brothers later revealed Swift is indeed their mystery guest. We're about to do a podcast. Brian West is a Taylor Swift reporter for USA Today. It seems that Travis Kelsey has become a conduit when it comes to Taylor Swift news. He's listened to her music before it's been released to the world, and I think she went to him because she trusts him. The announcement comes nearly three months after Swift took ownership of the master recordings from her first six albums. A lot of fans are wondering if she's going to peel back the curtain into her mind and thoughts of reclaiming her entire life's work. Swift did not disclose the release date of the album or any other information about its songs. On her website, those who pre-ordered the vinyl are told it will ship before October 13th, but they also know this is not the release date. So we don't know when it's coming. Something's happening in October, right? It's going down. We don't, it's not. I don't care whenever it is. Exactly. I want to get, I'm so excited. I'm so excited for this too. And I love the way they did it too on that show. I love that. On the podcast, and all these little Easter eggs, like the colors. I know Gail's like, wait, what does it mean? The orange and the green, the mint green. She on the podcast is opening up a box. It's got like on her. So we can't even see the cut. We can't even. She holds it up, but it's in mint green. It's blurred. I feel like AI is going to be able to de-blur that for us, right? Someone's on that. I think 50s hope that that is, if the power of AI can de-blur that album cover so that they can see it, everybody's going to be into it. All I say is thank you, Taylor. And I may even listen to my very first New Heights podcast. Listeners will go up, that's for sure.

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