Taylor Swift Teases Surprise Album ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’

Swift has been a rare appearance on the New Heights podcast, but her relationship with the Kansas City Chiefs football star has helped drive traffic to what was already a hit podcast. The show was the tenth most popular podcast in the US in the second quarter, according to Edison Research. 

The release comes more than a year after her 11th album, which topped global charts and is expected to drive revenue for Republic Records, one of Universal’s key labels. The world’s largest music company is counting on blockbuster artists to offset recent headwinds, after second-quarter earnings fell short of estimates as merchandise revenue came under pressure.

Swift ended a long dispute against former record label Big Machine Label Group in May by re-acquiring the rights to her first six albums. Her campaign to regain control of music rights took years, during which re-recordings dubbed Taylor’s Version drew massive support from fans and reinforced her leverage within the industry.

Republic Records is also a distributor of Netflix’s hit animation film Kpop Demon Hunters, which was produced by Sony Pictures Animation. The title song Golden topped Billboard Hot 100 this week