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Taylor Swift<\/a> has released her new album, The Life of a Showgirl<\/em><\/a>. The follow-up to last year\u2019s The Tortured Poets Department<\/em><\/a> and its extended edition, The Anthology<\/em>, features Sabrina Carpenter<\/a> on the title track, as well as a sample of George Michael<\/a>\u2019s \u201cFather Figure\u201d on the song of the same name. Swift worked on her new album with Max Martin and Shellback, the Swedish production duo who co-helmed much of 2012\u2019s Red<\/em><\/a>, 2014\u2019s 1989<\/em><\/a>, and 2017\u2019s Reputation<\/em><\/a>. Listen to The Life of a Showgirl<\/em> below.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were delighted when Taylor Swift and her team approached us earlier this year about incorporating an interpolation of George Michael\u2019s classic song \u2018Father Figure\u2019 into a brand new song of the same title to be featured on her forthcoming album,\u201d the George Michael estate wrote in a statement<\/a> posted to the late singer\u2019s social media accounts. \u201cWhen we heard the track we had no hesitation in agreeing to this association between two great artists and we know George would have felt the same. George Michael Entertainment wishes Taylor every success with The Life of a Showgirl and Father Figure.\u201d<\/p>\n After announcing The Life of a Showgirl<\/em> almost two months ago, Swift revealed<\/a> the album’s cover art and tracklist on an episode of New Heights<\/em>, the podcast hosted by her now-fianc\u00e9e<\/a>, Travis Kelce, and his brother, Jason Kelce. Since releasing The Tortured Poets Department<\/em> in 2024, she concluded her record-breaking, 149-date Eras Tour<\/a>, which reportedly grossed over $2 billion<\/a> in ticket sales and spawned both a companion book<\/a> and a three-hour concert film<\/a>.<\/p>\n In May, Swift announced that had bought back<\/a> the master recordings for her first six studio albums, which she\u2019d been steadily re-recording as the Taylor\u2019s Version<\/em> series. She ended up releasing new versions of Fearless<\/em><\/a>, Red<\/em><\/a>, Speak Now<\/em><\/a>, and 1989<\/em><\/a> between 2021 and 2023. According to Swift, a re-recorded version of her self-titled debut album<\/a> is in the can, but Reputation (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em> was never completed.<\/p>\n