Another countdown, another Taylor Swift vinyl variant — that’s just the life of a showgirl.
On Thursday (Aug. 21), a shimmery blue countdown on the pop star’s website ticked down to a 2 p.m. ET unveiling of a second alternate vinyl version of The Life of a Showgirl LP, Swift’s 12th studio album thats set to arrive on Oct. 3. Packaged with exclusive photos and poetry penned by the 14-time Grammy winner, the new “Baby, That’s Show Business” edition comes in two disc colors — lovely bouquet orange and lakeside beach blue — and features Swift in a yellow feather headdress and bedazzled lingerie, performing on a stage with a pack of other showgirls, on the cover.
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Fans should also take note that they have just two days to get their hands on the new variant, with a disclaimer on Swift’s website emphasizing that it’s only available — while supplies last — for the next 48 hours.
The announcement comes just a couple of days after Swift dropped the first vinyl Showgirl variant, which was also available for just two days after a purple countdown heralded its arrival hours prior. Titled the “Shiny Bug Edition,” its exclusive cover featured the musician leaning against a wall, wearing a spiky, sparkly leotard and staring at the camera.
Clearly, countdowns are already becoming a quintessential part of the Life of a Showgirl rollout. The first one went live with an orange background on Swift’s site the day prior to the album announcement; in the final hours before the performer announced via a New Heights podcast teaser clip that her 12th LP was imminent, the timer changed to display a series of doors that matched some of the visuals on Swift’s global Eras Tour.
Also on New Heights — the full episode featuring Swift arrived Aug. 13 — the songwriter shared more details about Showgirl, including its main cover art and tracklist. Featuring production fro Max Martin and Shellback and a collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter on the title track, the full-length is full of back-to-back “bangers,” according to Swift.
“[The album is] a lot more upbeat, and it’s a lot more fun pop excitement,” she said on the podcast. “My main goals were melodies that were so infectious, you’re almost angry at it.”
