Taylor Swift’s "The Life of a Showgirl" Is Finally Here

It’s showtime! Taylor Swift has finally released her highly anticipated album, "The Life of a Showgirl" after months of buildup, complete with 12 new songs.

Released on Friday and produced entirely by the pop star, Max Martin and Shellback, the album finds Swift looking back on her past two years of life — which she largely spent on the road on her global Eras Tour. 

On “Father Figure,” the singer interpolates George Michael’s 1987 hit of the same name, and on the title track “The Life of a Showgirl,” Sabrina Carpenter joins her for their first official duet since touring together last year.

“The Fate of Ophelia” serves as the LP’s lead single, with Swift premiering a music video for the track in her big-screen cinematic event, the Official Release Party of a Showgirl event that will run in US theaters all weekend.

The film will also contain “never before seen behind-the-scenes footage of how we made it, cut by cut explanations of what inspired this music, and the brand new lyric videos” from the new album.

“This album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during [The Eras Tour], which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant,” Swift revealed on a recent episode of New Heights, the podcast hosted by her fiancé Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce. “It just comes from like the most infectiously joyful, wild dramatic place I was in in my life, and so that effervescence has come through on this record and like as you said, bangers… This is the record I’ve been wanting to make for a very long time.”

"The Life of a Showgirl" arrives about 18 months after "The Tortured Poets Department," and almost feels like a complete 180 for her. 

Following the black-and-white aesthetics and melancholy lyricism of TTPD, the high saturation and sparkles associated with Showgirl — which is comprised of flashy pop bangers — feel even more vibrant.

Leading up to the release of Showgirl, the 14-time Grammy winner kept fans guessing about the project through a number of methods. 

Teaming up with Spotify, Swift dropped a handful of lyrics through a pop-up immersive experience in New York City, and with Apple Music, Swift revealed even more snippets by capitalizing “random” letters in her lyrics.

On Friday night, the singer will appear on The Graham Norton Show to promote the album, which will be followed by appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night With Seth Meyers in the coming days.

Stream "The Life of a Showgirl" below.