{"id":41428,"date":"2025-09-24T21:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/41428\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T21:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:39:08","slug":"taylor-swift-pens-poem-for-latest-life-of-a-showgirl-vinyl-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/41428\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Pens Poem for Latest &#8216;Life of a Showgirl&#8217; Vinyl Variant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tonedeaf.thebrag.com\/?s=taylor+swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a> has written a new poem exclusively for her latest vinyl variant of upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DO_pGo5jjoj\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Announced on social media<\/a>, the limited-edition release, titled The Life of a Showgirl: The Crowd is Your King, will feature the original poem alongside other exclusive content when it arrives at Target stores.<\/p>\n<p>The pop superstar announced the special edition on social media with characteristic flair, writing: \u201cA showgirl knows to save some of her best tricks for the grand finale\u2026\u201d The vinyl itself presents a striking visual, pressed on opaque pink and pale-yellow pearlescent material with gold accents, which Swift has dubbed \u201cSummertime Spritz Pink Shimmer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the exclusive poem, the Target-only release includes a custom gatefold sleeve, double-sided poster, complete album lyrics, and previously unreleased photographs. The packaging represents one of numerous variants Swift has announced for The Life of a Showgirl, though each version contains the same 12-track collection.<\/p>\n<p>The Life of a Showgirl marks Swift\u2019s 12th studio album and her first major release since 2024\u2019s The Tortured Poets Department.<\/p>\n<p>The project sees Swift reuniting with renowned producers Max Martin and Shellback, marking their first collaboration since 2017\u2019s Reputation. The timing proves particularly impressive, as Swift crafted the album during breaks from her \u2018Eras Tour\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The album features a notable guest appearance from Sabrina Carpenter on the title track, adding another layer of anticipation for pop fans.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the album\u2019s arrival, Swift has organised a limited theatrical experience running from October 3rd-5th. The special events will showcase the music video for \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d, expected to serve as the album\u2019s lead single, alongside lyric videos for additional tracks. Attendees will also access behind-the-scenes footage documenting the album\u2019s creation process and track-by-track commentary revealing Swift\u2019s creative inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>The Life of a Showgirl arrives on October 3rd, with the exclusive Target variant available alongside the theatrical events.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift has written a new poem exclusively for her latest vinyl variant of upcoming album, The Life&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,37236,111,139,69,4913,6456,37237,37238,37239,37240,37241],"class_list":["post-41428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-life-of-a-showgirl","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pop","tag-taylor-swift","tag-taylor-swift-poem","tag-taylor-swift-poetry","tag-taylor-swift-vinyl","tag-taylor-swift-vinyl-variant","tag-the-life-of-a-showgirl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}