Taylor Swift’s album RELEASED! Fans go wild as The Life of a Showgirl lastly drops and singer shares attractive new pictures

On Oct 3, 2025

Published: 05:00, 3 October 2025 | Updated: 09:13, 3 October 2025

Taylor Swift‘s album, The Life of a Showgirl, is now officially out – and the singer herself shared an assortment of sexy new photos in celebration.

Fans rejoiced as the songbird’s 12th studio album dropped on October 3 across various streaming platforms and in store.

The album — which features her raunchiest song to date — was released just over a month after Swift, 35, first announced it.

In keeping with her pattern of number sequencing, Swift announced the 12-track album at 12.12AM on August 12 before making an unprecedented podcast appearance on her fiance Travis Kelce‘s New Heights to share the album’s cover art, rhinestones and all.

The Life of a Showgirl marks a departure from her previous projects both visually and behind-the-scenes in the recording booth, with the album artwork unveiling a particularly steamier side of Swift, dressed as a sexy Vegas showgirl.

It is also her first album in over a decade that will not feature production by her go-to collaborator and co-songwriter, Jack Antonoff.

Swifties flocked over to X to share their thoughts on the album, with one simply gushing, ‘ALBUM OF THE YEAR.’

Taylor Swift’s album, The Life of a Showgirl, is now officially out – and the singer herself dropped an assortment of new sexy photos for fans

The album was released just over a month after Swift, 35, first announced it

The songstress gushed how ‘proud’ she is of the new music in the caption and wrote that the album ‘just feels so right’

Swifties flocked over to X to share their thoughts on the album, with one simply gushing, ‘ALBUM OF THE YEAR’

‘Taylor didn’t drop an album. she dropped civilization 2.0,’ another wrote, and a fan added, ‘Girl first song in and I’m already loving it! What did you put on this album?’

An X user also commented on one of the tracks and penned, ‘yeah eldest daughter by Taylor Swift is definitely my favorite out of the life of a showgirl.’

‘Oh the Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter collab did not disappoint huhu,’ another said, referencing to the final track on the album called The Life Of A Showgirl.

One fan said, ‘Set my alarm for 5am so I could get up and listen to the new Taylor Swift album the moment it was released.

‘Was it worth it? ABSOLUTELY YES! What an absolute bop. Only as far as Wi$h Li$t but every song so far is 10/10. Love love love,’ they added.

One social media user commented, ‘taylor swift youve done it again.’

‘JUST FINISH THE WHOLE ALBUM. AND MAN I LOVE TAYLOR SWIFT. LIKE BRO I LOVE EVERY SONG LIKE BROOOOOOOOO NO SKIPS,’ another typed.

One fan said, ‘this album is quite literally what it sounds like when taylor swift remembers she’s Taylor Swift you know what i mean,’ and a Swiftie added, ‘TAYLOR SWIFT OMG WHAT AN ALBUM AH.’

‘Taylor didn’t drop an album. she dropped civilization 2.0,’ another wrote, and a fan added, ‘Girl first song in and I’m already loving it! What did you put on this album?’

Swift seemingly made references to her fiancé Travis Kelce, 35, in some of the tracks, including her raunchiest song to date, titled ‘Wood’ where she sings about his ‘manhood’

And on ‘Wi$h Li$t’ the star sang about wanting to have ‘a couple kids’ with Kelce

There are several clues that Blake Lively (L, pictured in 2023) was the inspiration behind Swift’s (R) new song Cancelled! amid the ongoing It Ends With Us drama

In the chorus, the pop star sings about toxic friends who are more alike than not: ‘Good thing I like my friends cancelled / I like ’em cloaked in Gucci and in scandal / Like my whiskey sour / And poison thorny flowers’

‘Did you girl-boss too close to the sun?’ the 14-time Grammy winner asked at another point in the song (pictured in 2024)

Swift seemingly made references to her fiance Travis Kelce in some of the songs on the album such as Opalite.

‘You were dancing through the lightening strikes/Sleepless in the onyx night,’ she sang. Kelce’s October birthstone is opal and appears to be referenced in the title of the song.

In Eldest Daughter, she sings about finding love with Kelce with some of the lyrics being, ‘When you found me I said I was busy/That was a lie’ – a reference to the very start of their romance.

‘When I said I don’t believe in marriage that was a lie/Every eldest daughter was the first lamb to the slaughter,’ Swift also sings, referencing herself as the ‘eldest daughter.’

Wi$h Li$t appears to be about the life she wants with the NFL star as she sings, ‘I just want you/Have a couple kids, got the whole block lookin’ like you.

‘I made wishes on all of the stars/Please, God, bring me a best friend/Who I think is hot.’

In the sexy track Wood, the Grammy winner could be heard singing, ‘Redwood tree, it ain’t hard to see/His love was the key to open my thighs.’

Other lyrics from the song appear to reference an engagement ring: ‘Girls I don’t need to catch the bouquet to know a hard rock is on the way.’

Swift also appeared to take aim at Scooter Braun’s purchase of her masters from Scott Borchetta six years ago on a track titled Father Figure; Scooter and Scott seen 2019

There are several clues that Blake Lively was the inspiration behind Swift’s new song Cancelled!.

In the chorus, the billionaire pop star sings about toxic friends who are more alike than not: ‘Good thing I like my friends cancelled / I like ’em cloaked in Gucci and in scandal / Like my whiskey sour / And poison thorny flowers.’

The 38-year-old Gossip Girl alum just so happened to serve as the brand ambassador for the Italian luxury fashion house’s fragrance, Gucci Première, back in 2012-2013.

Taylor’s reference to ‘whiskey sour’ could easily be about Blake’s liquor company Betty Booze, which manufactures three bourbon-infused canned cocktails including ‘Apple Ginger Sour Cherry.’

Swift’s lyric about ‘poison thorny flowers’ was likely a reference to Lively’s florist character, who owns a shop called Lily Bloom’s in her scandal-ridden movie It Ends with Us, which is at the center of her legal war against director-leading man Justin Baldoni.

Swift also appeared to take aim at Scooter Braun’s purchase of her masters from Scott Borchetta six years ago on a track titled Father Figure.

As the heavily-anticipated album was released Friday, a number of fans online appeared to think Swift was referring to Scott Borchetta – the owner of her ex-record label Big Machine – on the track.

The second track is titled Elizabeth Taylor and Swift appears to reference similarities she has with the late Hollywood starlet, including their love lives often being in the spotlight; late actress seen in 1950

The Life of a Showgirl marks a departure from her previous projects both visually and behind-the-scenes in the recording booth, with the album artwork unveiling a particularly steamier side of Swift, dressed as a sexy Vegas showgirl

Lyrics on the sharp track include: ‘You made a deal with this devil / Turns out my d***’s bigger… You pulled the wrong trigger / This empire belongs to me / Leave it with me.’

One user said, ‘Father figure being about scott borchetta makes so much sense and yet i never saw it coming,’ while others made clear their spirited support for Swift.

Braun bought the master recordings of Swift’s first six albums in June 2019 in a controversial deal worth an estimated $300 million. The controversial 2019 transaction, which Braun conducted through Ithaca Holdings, was for Swift’s first six albums.

Swift complained six years ago that she wasn’t given a proper opportunity to obtain the masters for herself. However, the singer announced that she finally bought the masters earlier this year.

Another track, titled Elizabeth Taylor, appears to reference similarities Swift has with the late Hollywood starlet, including their love lives often being in the spotlight.

Hours before The Life of a Showgirl officially dropped, all 12 tracks leaked online in low-quality audio across Discord and other platforms.

Within minutes, Swifties were dissecting every verse, from the scathing to the swoon-worthy, sparking feverish speculation about whether she was singing about her fiancé Travis, or rumored industry rivals like Charli XCX and Olivia Rodrigo.

The record marks a major milestone for Swift: her first as an engaged woman, following Kelce’s romantic, garden proposal in August 2025.

Hours before The Life of a Showgirl officially dropped, all 12 tracks leaked online in low-quality audio across Discord and other platforms

Within minutes, Swifties were dissecting every verse, from the scathing to the swoon-worthy, to decode if she was singing about her fiancé or rumored industry rivals like Charli XCX (seen in 2014)

The Life of a Showgirl follows Swift’s 2024 record, The Tortured Poets Department, which shattered records before it was even released

It also ushers in a bold new era for the 14-time Grammy winner, who ditched her longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff for the first time in over a decade.

Instead, she co-produced the album with pop powerhouses Max Martin and Shellback, pairing her sharpest storytelling with their high-gloss, hit-making touch.

Alongside the music, Swift unveiled a daring new visual aesthetic, embodying a sultry Vegas showgirl for the album’s imagery.

The title itself, she revealed, was inspired by her days juggling her record-breaking Eras Tour, which spanned 21 months, and late-night studio sessions in Sweden.

‘I would do like three shows in a row, have three days off, fly to Sweden, go back to tour — I was physically exhausted but so mentally stimulated,’ Swift recalled on her husband-to-be’s New Heights Podcast over the summer. ‘I was just so excited to be creating.’

In August, Kelce teased to his listeners that he couldn’t stop ‘listening to this album’ and had ‘been dancing throughout the house’ to it.

‘I know she mentioned that it’s gonna be a lot more pop beats, but it’s just still so poetic in her melodies and her references and stuff,’ he assured Swifties. ‘It’s just so much fun to listen to.’

He also gushed his favorite track was Opalite.

Kelce was reportedly only one of five people who have been granted access to the new album which has been kept under wraps in an encrypted folder.

Swift revealed the album’s cover art on Kelce’s podcast New Heights

Taylor Swift: The Life Of A Showgirl tracklist

1. The Fate Of Ophelia (3:46) 7. Actually Romantic (2:43)

2. Elizabeth Taylor (3:28) 8. Wi$h Li$t (3:27)

3. Opalite (3:55) 9. Wood (2:30)

4. Father Figure (3:32) 10. CANCELLED! (3:31)

5. Eldest Daughter (4:06) 11. Honey (3:01)

6. Ruin The Friendship (3:40) 12. The Life Of A Showgirl (4:01)

Others include Swift’s formidable publicist Tree Paine, an unidentified studio engineer, and Max Martin and Shellback who both helped to produce the music.

The Life of a Showgirl follows Swift’s 2024 record, The Tortured Poets Department, which shattered records before it was even released.

Last month, Swift announced she was having a theatrical release party to celebrate her record, which will play across 540 AMC theaters this weekend.

Fans will see the exclusive world premiere of the Fate of Ophelia music video, plus behind-the-scenes footage, lyric videos and personal insights from Swift herself.

The special theatrical release is slated to be 89 minutes long.

It is expected to rake in around $30-$50million, per Deadline – and presale tickets reached $15 million over the span of 24 hours since the event’s announcement.

Ticket prices sit at $12 – which was decided by the award-winning performer herself.

The Life Of A Showgirl also marks Swift’s first album in more than a decade that doesn’t implement production by frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff.

Instead, Swift confirmed she co-produced her new album with pop music heavyweights, Max Martin and Shellback.

Shortly before Martin’s involvement was confirmed, Swift’s eagle-eyed fans noticed that every song on the star’s latest Spotify playlist, which included choice cuts from 1989, Reputation and Red, had been produced by Martin.

Martin used to be a major collaborator with Swift, but the two haven’t worked together since recording music for Reputation, and Martin was notably absent from the sessions to rerecord songs he had previously worked on with Swift.

During her appearance on the New Heights podcast on Wednesday, Swift revealed that she recorded the new album while on her record-breaking Eras Tour, which ran from March 2023 to December 2025.

The superstar said she made frequent trips to Sweden to work with producer Martin during her rare days off from performing around the globe.

It comes just over a year after Swift released The Tortured Poets Department

‘I would do like three shows in a row. I’d have three days off. I’d fly to Sweden, go back to the tour, and was actually working on this.

‘I was physically exhausted at this point in the tour, but I was so mentally stimulated and so excited to be creating,’ she explained.

Kelce, who was seated beside Swift during the interview with his co-host and brother Jason Kelce, added: ‘She was literally living the life of a showgirl.’

‘That’s why I called [the album] that. Nailed it,’ Swift quipped as she playfully patted her boyfriend on the shoulder.

This new album follows Taylor’s previous release, The Tortured Poets Department, which came out in April 2024.

Even before it’s release, the album has already broken a record – Spotify confirmed on August 31 that it had become the most pre-saved album in the history of its Countdown Page.

In the days leading up to The Life Of The Showgirl dropping, fans prepared for the album

The celebrations will continue even in the days after the release, with Swift announcing she will be having a theatrical release party to celebrate her new album.

‘I hereby invite you to a *dazzling* soirée, The Official Release Party of a Showgirl: Oct 3 – Oct 5 only in cinemas!’ she shared via an Instagram post on Friday.

‘You’ll get to see the exclusive world premiere of the music video for my new single “The Fate of Ophelia”, along with never before seen behind-the-scenes footage of how we made it, cut by cut explanations of what inspired this music, and the brand new lyric videos from my new album The Life of a Showgirl.’

‘Looks like it’s time to brush off that Eras Tour outfit or orange cardigan… Tickets are on sale now. Dancing is optional but very much encouraged,’ the star added.

She wrapped up the post writing: ‘Showtimes may vary, so check your local listings. Tickets are limited and available at releasepartyofashowgirl.com.’

Taylor Swift’s biggest feuds from Katy Perry to Scooter Braun

As Taylor Swift releases her 12th studio album The Life Of A Showgirl and a fresh feud with Charli XCX, the Daily Mail takes a look at some of her biggest beefs.

Taylor Swift’s falling-out with Blake comes after DailyMail.com exclusively reported that the Gossip Girl star, 37, threatened to leak embarrassing private text messages unless the singer publicly backed her in her fight against Justin Baldoni; pictured together in February 2024 in Las Vegas

Former BFF Blake Lively

Taylor Swift‘s squad took one of its biggest hits to date as after she allegedly ended her longtime friendship with Blake Lively in the wake of her escalating legal drama with Justin Baldoni.

But the 35-year-old pop superstar has seemingly grown apart over the years from multiple friends from whom she once seemed inseparable.

Taylor’s latest alleged falling-out with Blake comes after Daily Mail exclusively reported that the 37-year-old Gossip Girl star had threatened to leak embarrassing private text messages from her former bestie unless the songstress agreed to publicly back the her in her ongoing feud with her It Ends With Us costar and director, Justin Baldoni.

Back in May, a representative for the hitmaker issued a blistering statement denying any involvement in Blake’s on-set drama with Justin after his legal team subpoenaed her text messages to use as potential evidence in his $400 million defamation suit against Blake, her husband Ryan Reynolds and her publicist in response to the sexual harassment lawsuit she previously filed against him.

‘It’s been literally years,’ the source emphasized. The feud goes back to 2016, when Kim’s ex Kanye West called Taylor a ‘b****’ and mused about the two having sex in his song Famous, from The Life Of Pablo; seen in 2016

Taylor denied giving permission for the line. Kim later leaked a version of the call in which she appeared to give permission, but a full version showed that the ‘b***’ line was never mentioned to Taylor; seen in 2015 in LA

Former power couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West

The feud between Taylor and former power couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West appears to trace back to the 2016 release of West’s The Life Of Pablo.

In that album’s song Famous, Kim’s ex-husband raps: ‘I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that b**** famous.’

The line, which alludes to when the 46-year-old rapper interrupted Taylor’s win at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, was supposedly passed on to the songstress for approval, but she denies ever giving it the OK.

Taylor said she had been contact about the song, but she was ‘never made aware of the actual lyric, “I made that b**** famous.”‘

In an effort to prove Kanye’s version, Kim shared an edited clip from the studio of him calling up Taylor and seemingly getting her approval.

However, the clip shows him conveying the idea, more than the specific lyrics, and when the complete call later leaked it made it clear that the use of ‘b****,’ which seemed to be a major issue for Taylor, was left out completely.

Taylor and Karlie Kloss, 32, seemingly became the closest of friends beginning sometime around early 2012, the year that Taylor released her blockbuster album Red; Taylor and former bestie Karlie Kloss are pictured in 2014 in NYC

The two even walked together at the 2014 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, though that led Taylor’s most parasocial fans spread unfounded rumors that the two had had a romantic relationship, which she denied

Taylor’s towering model friend Karlie Kloss

Taylor and Karlie Kloss, 32, seemingly became the closest of friends beginning sometime around early 2012, the year that Taylor released her blockbuster album Red.

The two towering blondes showed off their strong connection later the following year when Taylor performed at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, and she made a repeat appearance in 2014 that culminated with her and Karlie holding hands as they walked the runway in black lace.

But Taylor’s most overzealous fans began to wonder if the friends were growing apart beginning around 2017, when Karlie was seen spending time with Kendall Jenner on the fourth of July, instead of hanging out with Taylor like she did the year before.

Some fans viewed Karlie spending time with her fellow catwalk fixture as a personal affront, as Kendall is the half-sister of Kim Kardashian, who was at the time married to Taylor’s longtime nemesis Kanye West and had joined in on his feuding with Taylor over the years.

Although Karlie continued to drop stray social media posts to celebrate Taylor’s birthdays and claimed they were still friends in interviews in subsequent years, the two were rarely pictured together aside from a 2018 Instagram photo Karlie shared of the two posing backstage at one of Taylor’s Reputation World Tour stops.

Many fans took her connections to people Taylor has feuded with or had falling-outs with to be evidence that their friendship had fizzled out.

In early 2018, Karlie was spotted spending time with Taylor’s former friend Katy Perry as the two were in the midst of a since-quashed feud, and in 2019 she was spotted grinning ear-to-ear in a photo with former music manager Scooter Braun, who had become infamous for being part of a deal to buy up Taylor’s early master recordings.

Taylor and Katy Perry’s friendship has taken a circuitous route, as they went from good friends to feuding ex-pals before patching up their tattered relationship; pictured in 2010 in Beverly Hills

Taylor hinted that a woman in the industry had ‘sabotage[d]’ her tour around the time of 1989, and Katy later admitted in 2017 that they were feuding over backup dancers; pictured in 2011 in LA

Taylor’s fellow pop star Katy Perry

Taylor and Katy Perry’s friendship has taken a circuitous route, as they went from good friends to feuding ex-pals before patching up their tattered relationship.

Although the two never appeared to be as close as some of Taylor’s other friends, she and the I Kissed A Girl singer were spotted hanging out several times beginning in 2009, and they periodically shared friendly posts about each other on social media.

But the first cryptic hints that things had soured between the friendly acquaintances came about in 2014 as Taylor promoted her 1989 single Bad Blood.

In an interview with Rolling Stone at the time, Taylor admitted the song was inspired by another female performer.

‘For years, I was never sure if we were friends or not,’ Swift said in the interview. ‘She would come up to me at awards shows and say something and walk away, and I would think, “Are we friends, or did she just give me the harshest insult of my life?”‘

She added that the person ‘did something horrible’ that made them ‘straight-up enemies.’

Surprisingly, Taylor clarified that it didn’t involve cheating or romances, but instead was purely business-based.

‘She basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour. She tried to hire a bunch of people out from under me,’ she explained. ‘And I’m surprisingly non-confrontational — you would not believe how much I hate conflict. So, now I have to avoid her. It’s awkward, and I don’t like it.’

The interview alone might not have made it obvious that Taylor was referring to Katy, but the day after it was published, the California Gurls singer tweeted, ‘Watch out for the Regina George in sheep’s clothing…,’ referring to the Mean Girls character played by Rachel McAdams.

Katy left little doubt about what she was referring to when she later added, ‘If somebody is trying to defame my character, you’re going to hear about it.’

Then, in a 2015 Telegraph profile, Taylor confirmed bluntly that she was feuding with Katy when she said she was ‘never going to talk about her’ in her interviews.

‘I have my friends. I have my enemies,’ she added.

Scooter Braun had a surprising response to Taylor Swift buying back her albums after the pair’s infamous feud rocked the world of music – pictured 2024

Swift made the announcement is that she now owns all the music she has ever made on Friday

Justin Bieber’s former manager Scooter Braun

Scooter Braun and Swift had a huge public fallout in 2019 after he shelled out $300m on the rights to her first six studio albums.

At the time, Scooter was the new owner of Taylor’s record label, Big Machine Records – and a heartbroken Swift then re-recorded five of those albums in response, re-marketing them as ‘Taylor’s Version.’

Justin Bieber’s old manager Braun’s company Ithaca Holdings bought the catalog in 2019 before Shamrock acquired it from him a year later.

Taylor eventually bought back her music catalog from Shamrock in May of this year

Taylor reportedly became friends with Jaime King, 46, after a Golden Globes after-party in 2014, and a year later she agreed to be the godmother to Jaime’s son Leo; seen in 2014 in Beverly Hills

But the two have not been spotted together in years, and a source told The Sun in March that they no longer speak regularly, even though there is ‘still love’ from Taylor; pictured in 2014 in West Hollywood

Taylor’s actress friend Jaime King

Once of Taylor’s lower-profile friendships has been with the Sin City actress Jaime King, 46.

The two reportedly struck up a friendship after meeting at a post-Golden Globes party in 2014, and Jaime subsequently became a regular fixture in Taylor’s squad from then on despite being a decade older than the pop genius.

Their connection was apparently strengthened, as Jaime’s then-husband Kyle Newman went on to direct Taylor’s Style music video the following year.

They were reportedly so close after just a year that the Hart Of Dixie actress asked Taylor to be her son Leo’s godmother in 2015.

But shortly afterward, Jaime’s public appearances with Taylor began to dry up, and the two haven’t not been pictured together in recent years.

In March of this year, a source told The Sun that Taylor and Jaime ‘do not speak’ regularly anymore and are no longer ‘close,’ though what caused them to allegedly drift apart is unclear.

Taylor and Dianna Agron became friends a year before the 2012 release of Red, which fans believed had multiple references to the Glee star. But they were last pictured together in 2014 at the American Music Awards (pictured)

Agron was seemingly out of the picture when Taylor made her Bad Blood music video in 2015, but Sinners star Hailee Steinfeld was featured after they got close at the same Golden Globes after-party where Taylor met Jaime King in 2014; seen in 2013 in Hollywood

Brief friendship flings with Dianna Agron and Hailee Steinfeld

Taylor has also had friendships that burned brightly for only a short time.

Beginning in 2011, she and the Glee star Dianna Agron were seen hanging out, and she became a regular part of Taylor’s squad by 2012.

That was the year Taylor released her massively successful album Red, and fans detected multiple hints in the song lyrics and packaging that seemed to allude to her friendship with the actress.

But in 2013, unfounded rumors of a romantic relationship between the began to spread in response to a fake article that spread on social media.

The two were still seen together in public a few times afterward, but the last time they were photographed interacting was at the 2014 American Music Awards.

That year, Taylor also released the Alice In Wonderland–themed breakup song Wonderland on a deluxe edition of her hit 1989 album, which led to fan chatter that the song may have been inspired by Dianna, as she had previously spoken about her love for Lewis Carroll’s absurdist children’s novels.

By the time Taylor filmed her video for the 1989 single Bad Blood in 2015, the actress was not included among the squad members featured or named in the video.

But Sinners star Hailee Steinfeld was, after they got close at the same Golden Globes after-party where Taylor met Jaime King in 2014.

Hailee was regularly pictured with Taylor throughout 2015, as she made a habit of bring her evolving squad with her to awards shows and even to her own concerts.

But the True Grit actress seemingly disappeared from the pop star’s entourage almost as quickly as she joined it.

Despite that, there don’t appear to have been indications of a falling out, and Taylor reportedly made a point to ‘like’ a 2024 Instagram post in which Hailee announced her engagement to Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen.

The move stood out to fans, as she is selective about what she offers a ‘like’ to on social media.