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Background
The Life of a Showgirl is the upcoming twelfth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The album is set to be released on October 3, 2025 by Republic Records. The entire album is produced by Max Martin, Shellback and Swift, Martin and Shellback first worked with Swift on several songs on Red, Red (Taylor’s Version), 1989, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) and reputation. Seven versions of the album with different covers were released to Swift’s store for a limited time. An eighth version was released exclusively to Apple Music. A ninth version was released as a vinyl exclusively to Target. A track by track version was released exclusively to Amazon Music on the day the album’s release and to wider retail on October 7th. Four more versions with acoustics tracks and a voice memo was released to Taylor’s official store on October 5, 2025. From October 6 to October 8 Swift released the “Alone in My Tower Acoustic Version”, “Dress Room Rehearsal Version”, “Life is a Song Acoustic Version” and “Glamorous Cabaret Version” as deluxe editions each containing two extra bonus voice memos. On October 9, 2025 released the “So Punk on the Internet Version” containing six previously released voice memos along with a voice memo for “Eldest Daughter”.
Singles
“The Fate of Ophelia” was released as the album’s first single on October 3, 2025.
Track listing
Note: All tracks written and produced by Swift, Martin & Shellback. George Michael is additionally credited as a writer on “Father Figure”.
The Life of a Showgirl – Standard track listing
Tracks | Length |
1. The Fate of Ophelia | 3:46 |
2. Elizabeth Taylor | 3:28 |
3. Opalite | 3:55 |
4. Father Figure | 3:32 |
5. Eldest Daughter | 4:06 |
6. Ruin the Friendship | 3:40 |
7. Actually Romantic | 2:43 |
8. Wi$h Li$t | 3:27 |
9. Wood | 2:30 |
10. CANCELLED! | 3:31 |
11. Honey | 3:01 |
12. The Life of a Showgirl (feat. Sabrina Carpenter) | 4:01 |
The Life of a Showgirl – “A Look Behind the Curtains” Edition
13. A Look Behind the Curtains | 2:41 |
The Life of a Showgirl – Alone in My Tower Acoustic Version
13. The Fate of Ophelia (Alone in My Tower Acoustic Version) | 3:46 |
14. Eldest Daughter (Now You’re Home Acoustic Version) | 4:04 |
The Life of a Showgirl – Deluxe Alone in My Tower Acoustic Version
15. The Life of a Showgirl (Original Songwriting Voice Memo / Act 1) | 3:48 |
16. The Life of a Showgirl (Original Songwriting Voice Memo / Act 2) | 1:04 |
The Life of a Showgirl – Dress Room Rehearsal Version
13. Wi$h Li$t (Settled Down Acoustic Version) | 3:31 |
14. The Life of a Showgirl (feat. Sabrina Carpenter) (Dressing Room Rehearsal Version) | 4:00 |
The Life of a Showgirl – Dress Room Rehearsal Version
15. The Fate of Ophelia (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) | 3:00 |
16. Father Figure (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) | 2:58 |
The Life of a Showgirl – Life is a Song Acoustic Version
13. Opalite (Life is a Song acoustic version) | 4:03 |
14. Ruin the Friendship (My Advice version) | 3:42 |
The Life of a Showgirl – Deluxe Life is a Song Acoustic Version
15. Honey (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) | 3:41 |
16. CANCELLED! (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) | 3:32 |
The Life of a Showgirl – So Glamorous Cabaret Version
13. Elizabeth Taylor (So Glamorous Cabaret version) | 4:07 |
14. Elizabeth Taylor (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) | 1:50 |
The Life of a Showgirl – Deluxe So Glamorous Cabaret Version
15. Wood (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) | 2:55 |
16. Ruin the Friendship (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) | 2:45 |
The Life of a Showgirl – So Punk on the Internet Version
13. The Life of a Showgirl (Original Songwriting Voice Memo / Act 1) | 3:46 |
14. The Life of a Showgirl (Original Songwriting Voice Memo / Act 2) | 4:04 |
15. The Fate of Ophelia (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) | 3:00 |
16. Father Figure (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) | 2:58 |
17. Honey (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) | 3:41 |
18. CANCELLED! (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) | 3:32 |
19. Eldest Daughter (Original Songwriting Voice Memo) | 3:01 |
Notes
- “Father Figure” contains an interpolation of “Father Figure” (1987), written and performed by George Michael.
- The Track by Track Version includes a spoken word introduction of each song preceding it in tracklist order, as well as an album introduction as the first track, and an album outro as the final track.