On New Heights, Taylor Swift reveals Life of a

Taylor Swift will enter her latest period in a matter of months.

The ubiquitous “Shake It Off” pop star announced that her upcoming album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” would drop Oct. 3 as she made her podcasting debut Wednesday on “New Heights,” co-hosted by her NFL star boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his retired soccer professional brother, Jason Kelce. The Grammy winner also unveiled the album’s tracklist, which touts a finale that includes Sabrina Carpenter.

“It was something I was working on while I was in Europe on the Eras tour,” she explained to the Kelce brothers. “I was physically exhausted at this point on the tour, but I was so mentally stimulated and so excited to be creating.”

Swift revealed her twelfth album was imminent earlier this week in a teaser selling the latest “New Heights” episode. In the clip, she pulls a blurred-out file out of a briefcase adorned merely with her initials.

“The Life of a Showgirl” might be her second file in two years — following last yr’s “The Tortured Poets Department” — and her first release since reacquiring the rights to her early recordings in May.

That was a transfer that “changed my life,” she said Wednesday.

Swift appeared on “New Heights” just over two years after she and Kelce sparked a connection. Though they formally turned an merchandise in the autumn of 2023, their relationship might be traced back months earlier, when Kelce — a self-proclaimed Swiftie — managed to get a friendship bracelet with his cellphone quantity to Swift’s camp, and the 2 finally bought in contact.

Swift joked that her boyfriend used his podcast as a “personal dating app” and called his strategy a “wild and romantic gesture.”

She added: “This is sort of what I’ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.”

“Trayvis” — or “Traylor,” if you favor — dominated headlines and social media timelines, and to some sports activities followers’ chagrin, the couple was even among the overarching narratives of Super Bowl LVIII, where the Chiefs confronted the San Francisco 49ers. On “New Heights,” Swift provided a cheeky remark.

“As we all know, you guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast,” she told the Kelce brothers in a teaser for the two-hour episode. “I think we all know that if there’s one thing that male sports fans wanna see in their space and on their screens, it’s more of me.”

During their time together on “New Heights,” Swift and Kelce traded compliments. She praised his loyalty to longtime buddies, and he said it was a “green flag” that she went through basic admission with Kelce’s household and buddies at her first Chiefs recreation.

“I was like, ‘Oh, she’s just in it. She’s down for the ride. She’s here for the fun,’” joked Kelce, who lately appeared in “Happy Gilmore 2.”

Swift and the Kelce brothers also spoke extensively about her expertise on her expansive Eras tour, her current fascination with bread-making, Chiefs coach Andy Reid taking part in matchmaker, fielding criticism on social media, and her mother and father’ health. The singer concluded her podcast look reveling in the chance to pursue her craft.

“I’m so grateful for the ability to create,” she said. “That’s still what drives all of it.”

Though “Life of a Showgirl” received’t arrive until October, the album is out there for preorder on Swift’s web site.