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9 things Taylor Swift revealed about “The Life of a Showgirl” on “New Heights” podcast with Travis and Jason Kelce
Taylor Swift gave fans a lot to look forward to after she appeared on “New Heights,” the podcast hosted by her boyfriend and Kansas City Chiefs star, Travis Kelce, and his brother, former Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Kelce, Wednesday night.
Swift used the podcast episode to announce her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” which she was working on during the European leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour in 2024.
“This is the record I’ve been wanting to make for a very long time,” Swift said.
Here are more details Swift shared about the upcoming album:
“The Life of a Showgirl” release date
The album will be released on Friday, Oct. 3. Fans of Swift know the dates she chooses to announce and release music almost always have meaning and often have a 13, her lucky number, somewhere.
“Never not annoying,” she said about herself on the podcast. “Always going to try to force a 13 into the situation and this one was right there.”
Swift, Max Martin and Shellback produced the album
Swift made “The Life of a Showgirl” with Max Martin and Shellback, producers she has worked with in the past but never for the entirety of an album.
“The three of us have made some of my favorite songs that I’ve ever done before,” Swift said. Those songs include “22,” “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” “Blank Space,” “Style,” “Shake It Off,” “…Ready For It?” and “Delicate.”
The three hadn’t produced music together in seven or eight years, but returning to work with them “felt like catching lightning in a bottle,” Swift said.
“By the time we came back together, I feel like we had so much more dexterity to what we do,” she said. “This was the time where it felt like all three of us in the room were carrying the same weight as creators and it was really special.”
Martin and Shellback have also worked with pop artists like Britney Spears, Ariana Grande, P!nk and more.
“The best ideas we’ve ever had”
Swift said she approached Martin, who she described as her mentor, about doing an album at her Eras Tour show in Stockholm in May 2024.
“I essentially said to him, ‘I want to be as proud of an album as I am of the Eras Tour and for the same reasons,’ and he was like, ‘Do you understand what kind of pressure that is?'” Swift said.
But Swift is confident in the outcome.
“We knew that we had to bring the best ideas we’ve ever had, and I also know the pressure I’m putting on this record by saying that, but I don’t care because I love it that much, and I’m so proud of it, and it just comes from like the most infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place I was in in my life, and so that effervescence has come through on this record,” she said.
“The Life of a Showgirl” theme
Swift described the theme of “The Life of a Showgirl” as “everything that was going on behind the curtain” during the Eras Tour.
Asked by Jason Kelce why she chose orange for the color scheme of the album, Swift said, “I’ve just always liked it, Jason.”
“It feels like kind of energetically how my life has felt, and this album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during this tour, which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant,” she said.
There are 12 songs on the album
Swift shared the titles of the 12 tracks on the album: “The Fate of Ophelia,” “Elizabeth Taylor,” “Opalite,” “Father Figure,” “Eldest Daughter,” “Ruin The Friendship,” “Actually Romantic,” “Wi$h Li$t,” “Wood,” “Cancelled!,” “Honey” and “The Life of a Showgirl (Feat. Sabrina Carpenter).”
The pop star added that there are no additional songs, a departure from past albums. Her most recent release, “The Tortured Poets Department,” had 31 songs.
“Every single song is on this album for hundreds of reasons. … It’s just right,” she said. “That focus and that kind of discipline with creating an album and keeping the bar really high is something I’ve been wanting to do for a very long time.
“I tend to love to write lots and lots of music, so it’s a temptation to release lots of music. I wanted to do an album that was so focused on quality and on the theme and everything fitting together like a perfect puzzle.”
Melodies and lyrics were key goals
Swift opened up about the primary objectives she had making “The Life of a Showgirl.”
“My main goals were melodies that were so infectious that you’re almost angry at it and lyrics that are just as vivid but crisp and focused and completely intentional,” she said
Martin had made a point to tell Swift he didn’t want her to leave behind the type of writing and storytelling she did on “folklore” (released in July 2020) even if the sound of this album was different. Swift said she replied, “I couldn’t if I tried.”
“So it was really amazing that we were able to, without doing too much overthinking, we were able to get in there and it was just ideas flying and all of these ideas were like, we’ve been waiting years to come back together and make this project.”
The album art
The cover of “The Life of a Showgirl” is a layered picture of Swift submerged in water.
“This represents the end of my night,” she explained. “When I’m on tour, I have the same day every single day … and my day ends with me in a bathtub.”
Swift wanted the cover to show something offstage to represent the theme of the album.
“This album isn’t really about what happened to me on stage, it’s about what I was going through offstage,” she said. “It’s the life beyond the show.”
The images were captured by photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, who Swift previously worked with for the album art for her sixth studio album, “reputation,” released in 2017.
“I loved what they did with those photos, so I called them up for this one, and I’m so happy with the way that the photos came out for this one,” she said.
The album was recorded in Sweden during the Eras Tour
Swift traveled to Sweden on her off days while touring Europe during the Eras Tour to work on the album.
“I would be playing shows, I’d do like three shows in a row. I’d have like three days off, I’d fly to Sweden,” she said. “I was physically exhausted at this point in the tour but I was so mentally stimulated and so excited to be creating.”
“This album is going to make you dance”
Some additional details about “The Life of a Showgirl” came from Travis Kelce, who revealed he has heard the whole album.
“I know they’re all 12 bangers,” he said. “It’s a lot more upbeat, and it’s a lot more like fun pop like excitement. … I think it’s a complete 180 from a lot of the songs on ‘Tortured Poets’ for sure.”
Swift confirmed that was a good way to describe the album, adding, “Life is more upbeat.”
Travis later told Jason, “you are going to move.”
“This album is going to make you dance,” he said.
Offset has no plans to remarry following his divorce from Carbi B.
During an appearance on the latest episode of the Full Send podcast, the 33-year-old rapper made it clear that he is done with marriage.
When he asked if he would ever consider tying the knot again, Offset replied, “No. It’s not for me.”
“I’ve done it. Had three kids with it. It’s like a mission that’s been complete,” he added.
The Open It Up hitmaker further shared that marriage requires sacrifices he no longer feels willing to make.
“You see, I experienced it so I’ve already done it,” he reiterated.
When asked if he would recommend others get married, the rapper replied, “No.”
“I would tell you don’t get married,” said Offset. “I would say, unless you’re cool with changing your life entirely.”
“You got a partner that’s different. Especially when it’s written and it’s a real thing. Like is this partner’s different?” he added.
For those unversed, Cardi B filed for divorce from Offset in July 2024, after seven years of marriage.
The exes welcomed three children during their romance.
- Water discharge worst example of India’s water aggression: minister.
- Ahsan Iqbal says India stores water and suddenly releases it.
- Decries India’s failure to timely share information with Pakistan.
Pakistan has assailed India for essentially “weaponising water”, with Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal saying that New Delhi abruptly and intentionally discharged the torrents from its dams.
“India has started using water as a weapon,” Iqbal said while speaking on Geo News‘ programme “Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath” as he reflected on the wide-scale flooding in Punjab, which has left vast swathes of land inundated due to the overflowing of Ravi, Sutlej and Chenab rivers.
With at least seven people losing their lives in Punjab’s Gujranwala Division due to flooding, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has advised Sindh’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Sindh to initiate the evacuation of vulnerable communities residing along the katcha (riverine) areas and low-lying belts of the Indus River and its tributaries.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday issued a series of directives to provincial and district authorities to accelerate relief and rehabilitation efforts in flood-affected areas.
The chief minister has ordered the field presence of commissioners and deputy commissioners, along with immediate documentation of damage caused to homes and crops.
She directed the district administrations to restrict people from entering flood zones.
Separately, speaking in a video statement while supervising rescue and relief efforts in Kartarpur, Iqbal termed the water discharge as a “worst example” of water aggression by India.
“India stores water on rivers and suddenly releases it,” the minister remarked, adding that New Delhi’s water aggression posed a threat to lives and properties.
“Some issues are beyond national disputes and political differences. Countries should put all differences aside and ensure cooperation on the issue of water resources.
India has also made natural disasters a source of politics. India did not share information with Pakistan in a timely manner,” he remarked, adding that New Delhi’s failure to do so was “extremely regrettable and inhumane”.
The minister’s remarks refer to the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) which binds both countries to share information with each other on water discharge. However, the treaty has been put in abeyance by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) in April.
However, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in June, in a unanimous judgment binding on both countries, issued a Supplemental Award in the IWT case and stated that New Delhi could not unilaterally suspend the accord.
The arbitration court’s ruling confirmed that India’s unilateral actions could not undermine the jurisdiction of either the court of arbitration or the Neutral Expert in proceedings under the IWT.
Although India reached out to Pakistan to warn about a potential flood situation — due to water discharge — the move was carried out via diplomatic channels and not through the bilateral commission as required by the IWT.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding plans have been revealed.
On Wednesday, an insider revealed to Page Six that the pop sensation and the NFL star plan to have a “casual” and “private” ceremony with family and close friends when they eventually exchange vows.
“It will be more casual than people think,” the source told the outlet a day after the couple announced their engagement.
Taylor and Travis announced their engagement on Tuesday, August 26, via a joint Instagram post.
“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” the newly engaged couple penned alongside several photos showing Kansas City Chiefs star Travis proposing to Taylor.
Recently, Travis’ father, Ed, spilled shocking details about his son’s proposal to Taylor.
Speaking to News 5 Cleveland, Ed Kelce revealed that Travis’ proposal to the singer “didn’t go exactly as planned.”
He shared that the professional player wanted to make a proposal to Taylor a “big and special event.”
“He was going to put her off ’til this week, to, you know, make some grand thing, to make it a big special event,” said Ed.
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