NEW YORK -- Lights, camera, action.Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” arrives Friday.
Are you ready for it?Swift announced her latest era back in August, when she began teasing the release.Here's everything you need to know ahead of its drop date: how to stream, which variants exist, and of course, how the album came together.Enjoy the show!“The Life of a Showgirl” will be available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.Fans can pre-save the album ahead of its release on Oct.
3.Pre-saving ensures the new music automatically appears in a fan’s library the moment it is available.
It is also a way for an artist to promote streams ahead of the drop date.On Monday, Spotify announced that Swift's album surpassed five million pre-saves on their platform to become the most pre-saved album in its history.The previous title holder? Her 2024 album “The Tortured Poets Department.”In addition to the many streaming options, there will also be a digital-download variant of “The Life of a Showgirl” available via iTunes, featuring a new cover image and a nearly three-minute “exclusive video from Taylor herself detailing inspirations behind the album" labeled “A Look Behind the Curtain.”Target is once again a major partner with Swift.
Their stores will carry three CD variants, titled as "It’s Frightening," “It’s Rapturous” and “It’s Beautiful” editions.There is also an exclusive vinyl release, “The Crowd Is Your King” edition in “summertime spritz pink shimmer vinyl.” Many Target locations will remain open past midnight on the day of release for superfans to pick up in real time.There are a number of other vinyl variants as well: “The Tiny Bubble in Champagne Collection,” which features two vinyl variants described as “under bright lights pearlescent vinyl" and “red lipstick & lace transparent vinyl.”There is also “The Baby That’s Show Business Col...