Exclusive | Taylor Swift fans celebrate The Life of a Showgirl album drop across NYC: A phenomenon, like the Beatles

Taylor Swift is giving “Life.”The 14-time Grammy winner released her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” early Friday — and Swifties decked out in glittery finery celebrated all week across NYC in anticipation of it.And it culminated in a string of rocking, late-night release parties that brought out throngs of Taylor worshipers.“Welcome to New York, bitches!” 24-year-old Mariam Torres screamed at Slattery’s Midtown Pub, where she and her squad were waiting for the midnight album drop as friend and fellow fan Jose Luis Alejo Gonzalez turned 23 years old.The birthday boy dyed his hair a vibrant orange to match the new album — which he said empowered him to leave a “situationship” of four years.“I was living with my ex-boyfriend and when Taylor announced ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ – that’s when I knew I needed to leave.

Something changed inside of me,” he told the Post, opening his orange shirt to reveal his “Reputation” album-themed snake tattoo across his chest.“She was changing her era, and I knew my life was going to change because we’re connected,” he enthused.It was a cathartic night of bonding for the fandom.

They doled out hugs as anticipation built in support of the big moment. Just as the clock struck midnight, the crowd of hundreds went wild as the 12-song, 26-track album — its title bop featuring another Grammy-winning goddess, Sabrina Carpenter — blasted at venues including Midtown mainstays Ainsworth Midtown and Slattery’s Pub.They shrieked, jumped up and down, and sang the brand-new lyrics into each other’s faces with gusto as the singer’s 12th album saturated the spaces.“This might be my favorite album she’s ever written, I’m not gonna lie,” 18-year-old Talia Barnes of Chelsea told The Post, referencing Swift’s past work while in awe of the new direction.

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