Taylor Swift‘s mysterious countdown timer has come to an finish, with the pop icon sharing the announcement of her new album, The Lifetime of a Showgirl.
Hypothesis of a brand new period from Swift started on Monday (Aug. 11) when rumors of her twelfth studio album have been stoked because of the looks of a countdown clock on her official website.
The countdown formally ended at 12:12 a.m. ET, on Aug. 12, with Swift’s retailer going dwell with pre-orders for a brand new mission titled The Lifetime of a Showgirl.
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At the moment, specifics of the forthcoming album are sparse. The webstore gives pre-orders for vinyl, CD and cassette editions, whereas noting that its official launch date remains to be to be introduced, with bodily gadgets set to ship forward of Oct. 13.
Moreover, the paintings utilized within the on-line mock-ups (a mint inexperienced background with a glittery, burnt-orange padlock) is described as being “a blurred digital rendering for pre-order functions solely,” with full paintings and specs to be introduced later.
On Monday morning, New Heights — the podcast hosted by Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother, fellow NFL star Jason Kelce — teased “a VERY particular visitor” for his or her new episode on Wednesday, with a social teaser suggesting that Swift can be making an look on the present.
Swift’s upcoming presence was later confirmed, together with her cameo on New Heights set to premiere at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday (Aug. 13).
In a clip shared to each Swift and New Heights‘ Instagram accounts alongside the announcement, the pop icon provides followers affirmation that the brand new mission is certainly the #TS12 information they’ve been ready for.
“So I needed to indicate you one thing,” Swift says, earlier than presenting a blurred-out copy of her new report. “That is my model new album, The Lifetime of a Showgirl.” The album’s full paintings is anticipated to reach in the course of the New Heights podcast on Wednesday.
Swift’s eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Division, was launched final yr and scored the largest Billboard 200 debut of her profession, together with one other album of the yr Grammy nod.
The famous person has been comparatively quiet since her record-breaking Eras tour wrapped up final December, though the Might news that she efficiently purchased again the grasp recordings of her first six studio albums did immediate a streaming resurgence for these tasks, in addition to her whole catalog.