Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is almost here. Here’s what to know

NEW YORK AP Lights camera action Taylor Swift s th studio album The Life of a Showgirl arrives Friday Are you ready for it Swift publicized 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 unit how the album came together Enjoy the show How to listen to Swift s The Life of a Showgirl 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 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 broadcasted that Swift s album surpassed five million pre-saves on their platform to become the the greater part pre-saved album in its history The previous title holder Her album The Tortured Poets Department In addition to the a large number of 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 unique video from Taylor herself detailing inspirations behind the album labeled A Look Behind the Curtain What physical variants are there 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 specific vinyl release The Crowd Is Your King edition in summertime spritz pink shimmer vinyl A large number of 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 Collection in two colorways lovely bouquet golden vinyl and lakeside beach blue sparkle vinyl Then there s The Shiny Bug Collection in violet shimmer marbled vinyl and wintergreen and onyx marbled vinyl And of subject there is the standard LP and cassette in sweat and vanilla perfume Portofino orange vinyl Artwork varies throughout What do we know about the album so far Swift partially released her -track new album The Life of a Showgirl on the New Heights podcast hosted by Travis Kelce Swift s fiance and Kansas City Chiefs tight end and his brother Jason Kelce the former Philadelphia Eagles center In the full episode Swift revealed she worked on the album in Sweden while she was on the Eras Tour flying between dates to record truly embodying the album s title The Life of a Showgirl The entire album was completed with producers Max Martin and Shellback who Swift previously collaborated with on s Red s and s Reputation Her frequent producing partner Jack Antonoff was not mentioned She described the release as full of bangers I care about this record more than I can even overstate she explained agreeing with Travis Kelce when he described the release as a lot more upbeat than s The Tortured Poets Department Across the album there is only one feature listed the title track The Life of a Showgirl will include Sabrina Carpenter