Culture reporter
Taylor Swift has announced his 12th studio album The Life of a Short, after 24 -hour intensive speculation from fans.
Rumors started on Monday morning when the marketing team of the singer posted a carousel of 12 pictures with the caption, “When he said ‘See you in the next era …”
In the following hours, her lover Travis Kails Confirmed that she would be a guest on her podcast new heights And the official website of Swift started counting of 00:12 ET (05:12 BST).
Pop Star’s 11th album The Tortard Poetts Department released last year, broke the Spotify record for being the most strengthened album in one day.
CountryThe title of the album was announced on social media with a clip from the podcast of Kels, and at the same time was made available for pre-order on Swift’s official website.
The album received a message to the pre-order fans stating that it would go to the ship before October 13, but that “this is not the release date”.
The official release date for new music is yet to be confirmed.
A change in the approach?
Announcing your new album on the podcast of your current boyfriend is an interesting step for Swift, as his song writing and back catalogs have been about its previous relationships.
It was widely reported – although never confirmed – that his last album expanded his brake -up from 1975 singer Matty Heli. Other East twenty, including Harry Styles, Jake Gicinhal and John Mayor, have long been thought by fans in the themes of songs recently.
Guardian deputy music editor Laura Snaps on Tuesday told the BBC Radio 4 program that the subject of relationship could return to the agenda.
Snaps said, “Allegedly, there is a leaked picture inside the vinyl, where you can see something blurred, out of the focus song,” Snaps said. “And looks some items about love.
“Something about the situation with her former label can be something … it doesn’t seem that she sings about that.”
Star, he insisted, “Famous does not give any interview”. So all his fans listen to his “direct”, either through social media or through comments made on the stage inbetivin songs in his gigs.
A new album is therefore “an update on her life – what she is thinking, what she feels”, Snaps said, it is “really interesting” that Swift gave updates in this way.
“It seems quite loose – a way we don’t really find him to see him publicly,” the journalist said.
“And I wonder if it’s going to indicate a change in her media approach, or if it is just her lover’s podcast?”
Snaps said that when she falls full podcast on BST on Wednesday, she must be “looking with interest”.
Getty imagesAfter years of headlines during their record-breaking ERAS tour, Swift made a relatively quiet start by 2025.
In May this year, it was announced that he had Purchased the rights of six albums before thatTo end a long running and highly promoted battle over the ownership of your music.
After the sale of his original bosses, he vowed to recreate all six albums, known as the “version of the tailor”. To date, he has re -released four of the original six.
Swift announced the purchase of his original masters with a heartfelt letter to the fans, where he wrote that in the last two albums “there would be moments to emerge again when the time is correct.”
The singer wrapped the ERAS tour in December 2024 after playing 149 shows in 53 cities.
In Britain alone, he played around 1.2 million people, including eight nights at the Wambley Stadium. The tour produced an estimated £ 1BN for the country’s economy, and was officially a catalyst for Swift to claim billionaire positions.
The star also has a suit of awards for his name; He is named The Deads of the Decade by the American Music Awards, is the most respected artist ever at the MTV Video Music Awards and won 14 Grameies, including an unprecedented four album of the year awards.
How did she become so big?
The album folklore and evergreen of his epidemic era were a significant turn, According to BBC Culture Correspondent Mark SavageThe subtle, indies-Loka system with a winning system on critics and fans which were earlier unaffected by their country and pop hit.
The Rise of Ticketkok introduced him to a new audience, while the ongoing project to recover the first six albums brought her up to her old hits.
“He is one of the rare time -time artists who correct it every time,” said fellow pop star Ray last year. “He is an absolute power plant.”
“She is such a fantastic role model,” said Scottish singer-singer Katie Tunstal.
“He has found flexibility and pussy to own a huge machine, employs thousands of people. To be able to handle him and to handle what he is coming publicly, you have just closed one each.”
Lana del Re, who dowed with Swift on the 2022 song Snow Snow on the beach, had another theory about the star’s dominance.
“She wants,” the singer told BBC News last year.
“She has told me many times that she wants it more than someone. And how wonderful it is – she is getting what she wants.
“He is operated, and I think it is actually paid.”
