Taylor Swift is so back. Just after midnight on Aug. 12, the pop star announced her next studio album is on its way (her 12th, for those keeping count). Introducing "The Life of a Showgirl." She released the news just after midnight Tuesday morning when a clip of her upcoming "New Heights" episode was posted to her social accounts.

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,

Swift announced her 12th original studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, opening preorders but keeping many other details to be revealed two days later during an appearance on the podcast “New Heights,

Taylor Swift is merging the marketing campaign for her new album, "The Life of a Showgirl," with the business ventures of her boyfriend, Travis Kelce.