News - Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Is Officially Here

Skip to main content October 3, 2025 TAS Rights Management* It’s showtime: Taylor Swift‘s twelfth album The Life of a Showgirl is finally here and streaming everywhere. The album was produced by Swift alongside Max Martin and Shellback, who first worked with her on Red. Swift’s latest features 12 tracks, including the long-awaited single “The Fate of Ophelia.” The video for the track premieres at in-theater release parties this weekend and will begin streaming online this Sunday. Sabrina Carpenter is the only guest vocalist on the album, appearing on the title track. Swift announced her new album in August. She appeared on her partner Travis Kelce‘s podcast New Heights that same week, sharing the album cover, track list, and some details on the making of the album. “I would be playing shows. I would do like three shows in a row. I’d have three days off,” she explained of her reunion with Martin and Shellback. The duo produced massive hits of Swift’s Red, 1989, and Reputation but were noticeably absent from the re-recorded versions of those albums as well as every new album since. “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.” Trending Stories He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks Nicki Minaj and Cardi B Are Exchanging Incendiary Tweets — And It's Escalating Quickly Trump Adviser Says ICE Will Be at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Amid MAGA Meltdown Inside Critical Role’s New Animated Series ‘The Mighty Nein’ Swift wrapped her expansive Eras Tour in December 2024. She first announced the global trek in late 2022, soon after releasing her Midnights. As she prepared for the second year of Eras, she announced her The Tortured Poets Department, which came out April 2024. Swift has shied away from the public eye since the podcast was announced, the only exception being her and Kelce announcing their engagement on Instagram. Like TTPD, her rollout for this LP has largely consisted of revealing the various covers of exclusive vinyl editions of the album. In the coming week, however, she will be doing a press blitz, with planned appearances on The Graham Norton Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night With Seth Meyers, and several popular radio shows. Taylor Swift Conquers Her Biggest Stage Ever on 'The Life of a Showgirl' Album Review Maya Georgi Sean Combs Asks for Leniency in Letter to Judge: 'I Lost My Way' Courts and Crimes Jodi Guglielmi and Nancy Dillon One Direction's Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson Will Reunite for New Docuseries Together Again Hayley Williams Confirms Morgan Wallen Is the ‘Racist Country Singer’ She Sings About Ellie Goulding Honors Jane Goodall’s Legacy: There’s ‘No Prosperity on a Dead Planet’ Ellie Goulding Go to PMC.com Most Popular J.K. Rowling Slams 'Ignorant' Emma Watson as Their Rift Intensifies; Author Claims Watson Once Wrote Her a Note Expressing Sympathy Over Anti-Trans Backlash Bill Burr Defends Performing at Controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival: "They're Just Like Us" Steve McQueen's Granddaughter Sues Lawyer over $68 M. Jackson Pollock Painting Insider Claims Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban's Separation Is 'One-Sided' You might also like With ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’ Taylor Swift Has Made Such a Contagiously Joyful Record, Even Her Score-Settling Detours Sound Sunny: Album Review 4 hours ago 16 Vintage Comfort Food Recipes You'll Want to Make this Fall 2 hours ago EXCLUSIVE: Ami Taps Adam DiMarco for Fall Campaign How Did an X-Rated Movie Called ‘F*ck My Son!’ Become a Battleground for AI Misinformation? 4 hours ago Savannah Bananas Look for Their Own Mr. October 13 hours ago Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Rolling Stone, LLC. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.com VIP