Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl will be released on Friday 3 October, the star has revealed, as she showcased cover art and a tracklist for what is expected to be one of the biggest albums of the year.
The news came during Wednesday's episode of the New Heights Show, a podcast fronted by her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce, and his brother Jason.
"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," the singer said.
"I just love music. I would be playing shows three nights in a row, then I would have three days off," Swift continued.
"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."
The album's release was also confirmed on Swift's own social media accounts.
"And, baby, that's show business for you. New album The Life of a Showgirl. Out October 3," she wrote on social media.
And, baby, that's show business for you. New album The Life of a Showgirl. Out October 3 ❤️🔥https://t.co/rIaG2Ezo7Z
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) August 13, 2025
Album Producers: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift
📸: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott pic.twitter.com/QRzLbLpnUS
Swift's official website shows four different CD versions, with a "sweat and vanilla perfume edition" also available on cassette and vinyl.
The album cover for that version shows the 14-time Grammy winner partially submerged in slightly grubby-looking water, wearing what appears to be a rhinestone-studded top.
The tracklist, which was also unveiled on Wednesday, shows 12 entries, including the title track, which, it says, features Sabrina Carpenter.
The Life of a Showgirl is Swift's first album since regaining control of 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.
Swift teased the upcoming record was "a lot more upbeat" than 2024's The Tortured Poets Department. The Life of a Showgirl will also mark her reunion with producers Max Martin and Shellback.
"It feels kind of, energetically, how my life has felt," she said about this new album.
Its release comes after Swift's billion-dollar, record-breaking Eras Tour ended in December.
She made history last summer when the tour became the highest-grossing of all time.
The album tracklist is:
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
Source: AFP, Press Association
