Pop icon Taylor Swift's "Life of a Showgirl" is the 12th record of her career, recorded with the same produces that collaborated with her on hits like "22" and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."

The 12-song album was released less than 24 hours ago at midnight and already has millions of downloads.

To learn more about the album and what it says about Swift as an artist, Scripps News speaks with Harvard University English professor Stephanie Burt, who teaches courses on Swift's work and has written the book "Taylor's Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift."

Swift "is much more interested at this point in her life on how to write different kinds of stories, on how to push back and how to find your people, and how to make the life for yourself that you need, and the

See Full Page