Taylor teases new album on the New Heights podcast.
Taylor Swift has a new album coming and it will be called, The Life of a Showgirl, according to an early morning surprise reveal on social media.
@taylornation, an official instagram account run by Swift’s team posted 12 photos of various moments from her tour and in each photo of the slideshow she’s wearing orange.
“Thinking about when she said ‘See you next era…'” the caption read, sending fans into a frenzy.
Then came the New Heights podcast teaser, hosted by Swift’s boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs‘ tight end Travis Kelce and brother, Jason Kelce. Saying Wednesday’s upcoming episode will have a “VERY special guest” with a Swift shaped silhouette that sent fans into a frenzy.
On Monday night, Swift’s official website quietly put up a shimmering orange countdown clock set to expire at 12:12 a.m. on Tuesday. Swift has released 11 studio albums. The just after midnight on Tuesday morning, Swift made it official, in a clip posted by New Heights.
“So I wanted to show you something,” she tells the Kelce brothers, opening up a case with her initials in orange, and pulling out a record with the cover blurred out. “This is my brand new album, The Life of a Showgirl.”
The album’s cover art, track list and even release date are still unknown at this time. No doubt fans hope there will be more details in the New Heights episode to be released Wednesday night.
The The Life of a Showgirl vinyl, cassette, CD and poster are available for pre-sale on Swift’s website. It notes they will ship before October 13, but cautions “this is not the release date.”