Taylor Swift Announces Oct. 3 Album, Cinema Parties

Taylor Swift unveiled a limited-edition vinyl variant for her upcoming album The Life of a Showgirl, which is due Oct. 3, revealing a “The Crowd Is Your King” version photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott that channels Vegas glamour and Old Hollywood sparkle. Promotional images show showgirl-ready pieces including a Blonds peplum corset reworked with a Bob Mackie headdress and a Kallati 35‑carat pink sapphire ring listed at $27,120, amid reports of Swift’s separately revealed engagement ring valued at roughly $750,000. Swift is staging theatrical release parties titled 'Taylor Swift: The Release Party of a Showgirl' that will bring an 89‑minute film project and music/video premieres to movie theaters rather than only uploading them online. The campaign explicitly nods to Elizabeth Taylor and has renewed interest in the showgirl aesthetic, with critics and fashion writers marking the 30th anniversary of Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls and tracing its maximalist costume legacy into today’s rhinestone-heavy pop culture visuals.