Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty for The Recording Academy; New Heights/YouTube Taylor Swift appeared on U.K. radio station BBC Radio 1 on Friday, Oct. 3, as her hotly anticipated 12th studio albumThe Life of a Showgirlwas released Swift, 35 shared how she played her album for Travis Kelce and his reaction The pop superstar first teased she was working on a new album at 12:12 on Aug. 12, asking during an Instagram video clip, "Can I show you something?" Taylor Swift's biggest cheerleader is her fiance! During aninterviewwith BBC Radio 1 on Friday, Oct. 3, the 35-year-old pop superstar opened up about playing her new record,The Life of a Showgirl, forTravis Kelceand his reaction. "I would play it for him as soon as I would come back from Sweden," Swift told Greg James of working with Swedish producers Max Martin and Shellback. "As soon as I got back I would play it. I knew that this was the kind of album that he was going to love the most, he's so supportive of all it, but he's a real vibes guy." Her appearance coincided with the release of her hotly anticipated 12th studio albumThe Life of a Showgirl. The "Shake It Off" singer first announced her new release at 12:12 am on Aug. 12 with Swift teasing, "Can I show you something?" in avideo clip shared on Instagram. TheGrammy winnerrevealed more details about her new record during herAug. 13 appearanceon her boyfriendTravis Kelceand his 37-year-old brotherJason Kelce's podcast,New Heights. Excitedly sharing that the album would be calledThe Life of a Showgirl,Swift shared that her "upbeat" new record would reflect her life during her record-breakingEras Tour. As well as sharing the release date, Swift shared the orange and mint green-themed cover art, which features her lying in water wearing a bejeweled dress. Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "This represents the end of my night," she explained to Travis and Jason. "My show days are the same every single day; I just have a different city. And my day ends with me in a bathtub," although she conceded she didn't generally wear a "bedazzled dress" in the tub! As for the album itself, the musician shared that it is about "the life beyond the show," and "everything that was going on behind the curtain." The "Champagne Problems" hitmaker went on to note that she wrote the album while on the road for her Eras Tour and wouldfrequently return to Swedento work with collaboratorsMax Martinand Shellback during her tour's European stint. New Heights/YouTube "I was so mentally stimulated and so excited to be creating," she said, adding that the whole process was "exhausting," with Travis adding, "Literally living the life of a showgirl." Travis, 35, went on to note that the new record was "upbeat" and a "180-degree turnabout from her last album,The Tortured Poets Department." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) "Life is more upbeat," Swift explained in response, smiling and looking at her now-fiancé, to whom sheannounced her engagement to on Aug.26, sharing the happy news that she and Travis were set to wed onInstagram. "I'm so proud of it, and it just comes from, like, the most infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place I was in in my life, and so that effervescence has come through on this record," Swift enthusiastically added, noting thatThe Life of a Showgirlis the record she's been wanting to make for "a very long time." Read the original article onPeople
