Taylor Swift Reveals ‘Life of a Showgirl’ Release Date, Album Cover & Track List Featuring Sabrina Carpenter
Taylor Swift has officially unveiled her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, set for release on October 3, 2025. The announcement was made during her guest appearance on the New Heights podcast, hosted by Travis Kelce and his brother Jason, where she also revealed the album cover and full track list .
The cover features Swift submerged in shimmering water, dressed in a bejeweled green showgirl ensemble, with the album’s title emblazoned in sparkling orange — a striking visual nod to the era’s aesthetic palette of orange and mint green .
The album includes 12 tracks:
The Fate of Ophelia
Elizabeth Taylor
Opalite
Father Figure (a cover of George Michael’s 1987 song)
Eldest Daughter
Ruin the Friendship
Actually Romantic
Wi$h Li$t
Wood
CANCELLED!
Honey
The Life of a Showgirl (featuring Sabrina Carpenter) .
The album was produced by Taylor Swift in collaboration with Max Martin and Shellback, reuniting with the hitmakers she worked with on Red, 1989, and Reputation .
Swift described the album as a distilled, cohesive project — a defined 12-track collection with no additional bonus songs or surprise drops, departing from the expansive, 31-song format of The Tortured Poets Department .
The creative inspiration for the album draws directly from Swift’s emotions and experiences during the European leg of her Eras Tour, which became the highest-grossing concert tour in history. She explained that these songs reflect the “exuberant and electric” inner life she had while performing on the road .
Promotion for the album included a teaser-filled lead-up: a countdown clock set to 12:12 a.m. ET on August 12, a brief website crash, the illumination of the Empire State Building in orange, themed Spotify playlists, and billboards that all played into the showgirl visual motif and color scheme .
The collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter on the title track has excited fans who have followed the duo’s growing creative and personal rapport—Carpenter previously opened for Swift during parts of the Eras Tour, and fans had picked up on subtle hints leading up to the confirmation of their duet .
