Taylor Swift Unveils 12th Album *The Life of a Showgirl*—Plans Candid Chat on Travis Kelce’s Podcast…See More

Taylor Swift Unveils 12th Album *The Life of a Showgirl*—Plans Candid Chat on Travis Kelce’s Podcast…See More

Taylor Swift announced her newest album, titled ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ shortly after midnight on Tuesday, ahead of an appearance on boyfriend and NFL star Travis Kelce’s ‘New Heights’ podcast, where she teases the unveiling of the album cover.

The next ‘New Heights’ podcast episode, where Swift will appear as a guest, is set to release on Wednesday. The podcast’s official Instagram page has shared a clip of the upcoming episode with the caption “Taylor’s about to do a f*cking podcast!”

Swift’s eleventh album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” released on April 19, 2024 amidst the “Eras Tour” and quickly became a commercial smash hit. It broke streaming records on Spotify, becoming the first album to register 300 million streams in a single day and 1 billion streams in the first week. In another first, the album’s songs also took up all of the top 14 slots on Billboard Hot 100’s chart.

According to Forbes estimates, Swift is worth $1.6 billion, making her the wealthiest female musician in the world. The singer attained billionaire status in October 2023, in the middle of the Eras Tour, becoming the first musician to attain the status based purely on the value of her music and concert tours. When it ended in December last year, the Eras Tour had grossed a record $2 billion in ticket sales.
The new album announcement comes two and a half months after Swift bought back the rights to her first six albums from the private equity firm Shamrock Capital—which had acquired the master recordings in 2020 from music executive record executive Scooter Braun. Braun had purchased the rights from Swift’s former label, Big Machine Label Group in 2019, in a transaction which the singer described as the “worst case scenario” for her. Swift’s deal with Shamrock, announced on May 30, ended the years long dispute over the ownership of Swift’s master recordings, which had prompted the singer to release re-recorded versions of her early albums with the moniker “Taylor’s Version.” The superstar