And, baby, that’s show business for you: Everything we know about The Life of a Showgirl (so far)
by Lilli Newhouse | August 13th, 2025
Photo by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
On August 13th, 2025 Taylor Swift officially announced her 12th studio album "The Life of a Showgirl” while talking with Jason and Travis Kelce on their New Heights Podcast. Swift and the Kelce brothers briefly teased the album the day prior via clips of the podcast on their social media accounts, however they did not show us the tracklist, album cover, or any of the other promo photos until the podcast premiered on YouTube at 7:00pm EST. on August 13th.
New Heights is a podcast hosted by the two Kelce Brothers; Jason and Travis. The New Heights podcast, launched on September 8, 2022. It quickly gained popularity, becoming the #1 sports podcast on both Apple Podcasts and Spotify. In August 2024, the podcast signed a deal with Amazon for more than $100 million.During the podcast, the brothers discuss sports news and headlines as well as their personal lives. They also feature special guests periodically, including athletes and other celebrities.
Photo by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Throughout the podcast the trio talked about life after The Eras Tour, life on the road and how different it is compared to Taylors life outside of touring, what Taylor’s first impression of Jason Kelce was, how Taylor and Travis got together, and most importantly the album announcement! Taylor let us in on her current baking hyper-fixation: Sourdough bread making and how even travis now knows all the steps and helps her bake! “Sourdoughs taken over my life in a huge way. I’m really talking about bread 60% of the time now.” The podcast became the channels most-viewed episode with 10 Million views in under 24 hours and had 1.3 Million fans watching live which caused the episode to glitch, cutting the video short.
They also include a segment about Taylor buying her masters back where Taylor reveals that she sent her mother and brother to talk with Shamrock Holdings about buying her masters “A couple months after the Super Bowl in Kansas City, I get a call from my mom. She’s like, ‘You got your music.’ I very dramatically hit the floor for real. Bawling my eyes out, weeping, like ‘Really!?’ I said to myself ‘Go tell Travis in a normal way,’ he was playing video games, and he put his headset down. I was like ‘I got my music back!’ And I was heaving crying. This changed my life.” She also stated that she had been saving up since she was a teenager to buy her work back.
The Life of a Showgirl is set to be released on October 3rd, 2025 and fans cannot wait to hear the title track featuring Sabrina Carpenter! The album was entirely produced by Max Martin and Shellback alongside Taylor herself. Swift said “I wanted to do an album that was so focused on quality, and on a theme — and everything fitting together like a perfect puzzle.” Swift also said that she flew to Sweden to work on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ during her days off on the Eras Tour “I would do like three shows in a row. I’d have three days off. I’d fly to Sweden, go back to the tour, and was actually 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.”
she also let fans know that there will not be any additional tracks added. The Album has 3 alternative covers for the CD’s which come as boxsets. The boxsets include double sided photo cards, the album, and either a keychain, necklace, or bracelet depending on which you set you pre-ordered.
The Life of a Showgirl Tracklist:
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 Shwogirl feat. Sabrina Carpenter
Pre-order your copy of The Life of a Showgirl Here
