The cover for The Life of a Showgirl features Swift like we’ve never seen her before. Dressed in a crystal ensemble from Area, Taylor reclines in a pool of water, with only her face breaching the surface. The project’s title is emblazoned across the photograph in bold, sparkly orange.

Taylor Swift announced the upcoming release of her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, on her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast, which means news of a Life of a Showgirl Tour — or a tour-adjacent experience,

Well, Swifties, we weren't clowning this time. After months of theorizing we'd get a new album from Taylor Swift called Karma this year, and that the album color would be orange, Taylor broke the internet when a countdown took over her website — and then she announced her 12th album,