Pop superstar Taylor Swift recently announced her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl — but many of the details are still under wraps.

Scripps News sat down with Rachel DeSantis, a senior music writer for People magazine, to unpack the news.

"Nobody loves an Easter egg more than Taylor Swift. And of course, the Swifties have been scouring her social media posts from the last few months, looking for some kind of hint as to you know, when this was going to happen," DeSantis said. "In October 2024, she posted a video of her at a stadium and she really focused on A12. A year later now, we know, for August 12. This happened on the 12th. So she really thinks of everything."

"The past few albums, [Swift] announced at award shows. So the fact that she chose to do it on New Heights with

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