"The Life of a Showgirl" will be Swift's 12th studio album. It follows Swift's 11th studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department," which was released on April 19, 2024. That album came with an extra surprise for fans when Swift dropped an additional 15 songs at 2 a.m. that same day.

On Tuesday morning at 12:12 a.m., pop superstar Taylor Swift officially announced her new album, The Life of a Showgirl. While most of the world will have to wait about two months before hearing the songs on the album,