Superstar Taylor Swift's latest studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, arrives Friday with a promotional blitz that includes midnight sales at Target stores, a release party at movie theaters around the globe and pop-up experiences in New York and Los Angeles. The release follows The Tortured Poets Department, Swift's 11th studio album, which debuted at No. So, it would surprise me a lot if the new release did not reach her usual level of success," she said. ET on August 12, when she revealed the name of her 12th album The Life of a Showgirl. On Friday, TikTok opened its own Life of a Showgirl installation in Los Angeles.