Ever wonder if the stars are conspiring to deliver us a pop music miracle this October? Well, buckle up, because Taylor Swift might just be stirring up celestial magic with her rumored new album, The Life Of A Showgirl — and, spoiler alert, it might involve reuniting with pop’s legendary hitmaker Max Martin. Yup, that Max Martin: the Swedish wizard behind Britney’s “…Baby One More Time” and The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights.” Now, if Mercury isn’t in retrograde throwing us curveballs, this reunion could seriously shake up the soundwaves. Fans who’ve pre-ordered are buzzing about mid-October delivery, just in time for some cosy autumn bops. Considering Taylor just dropped The Tortured Poets Department earlier this year (double album surprise included), it’s like she’s on a creative streak the cosmos can’t ignore. So, is The Life Of A Showgirl the universe’s way of telling us to prepare for another chart-topping spectacle? Let’s dive in and see what’s spinning in Taylor’s musical orbit. LEARN MORE
Taylor has also hinted that The Life Of A Showgirl could mark a reunion between herself and one of her most famous collaborators.
Accompanying the album announcement, the chart-topping star unveiled a Spotify playlist titled “and baby, that’s show business for you…”, which exclusively featured songs of hers that had been co-written or produced by Max Martin.
Max is a Swedish pop powerhouse, who is responsible for some of the biggest hits of the last 30 years, including Britney Spears’ …Baby One More Time, The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights, Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream, Pink’s So What and Ariana Grande’s No Tears Left To Cry, among countless others.
He previously worked on some of Taylor’s signature songs, including I Knew You Were Trouble, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Shake It Off, Blank Space, Style, Bad Blood and …Ready For It?.
A release date for The Last Showgirl is yet to be announced, but some fans who have now pre-ordered the album have claimed it will be shipped around mid-October, suggesting it will be coming in less than two months.
Taylor’s last studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, was released in April 2024, and was quickly followed by a surprise special edition dubbed The Anthology, which contained an entire album’s worth of extra material.
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