If every Taylor Swift song tells a story, then get ready for at least a few tales of women who've been through it when The Life of a Showgirl drops Oct. 3 .
"This album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during this tour, which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant,” Swift explained during her landmark appearance on Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce 's New Heights podcast Aug. 13. "I’m so proud of it. And it comes from the most infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place I was in in my life, so that effervescence has come through on this record."
Moreover, 12 and only 12 songs made the cut for what will be her 12th studio album, Swift calling 2024's 31-track Tortured Poets Department a "data dump" of everything that had been on her mind