Chappell Roan? Sabrina Carpenter? Who will be featured on new Taylor Swift album?
Taylor Swift fans are busy today hunting for Easter eggs and any other clues about the Eras Tour singer’s 12th album announced Monday.
Who, for instance, will collaborate on “The Life of a Showgirl”? Missouri native Chappell Roan’s name has popped up in online discussions, with some fans noting that “Showgirls” is Roan’s favorite movie.
“I love drag and burlesque,” she told the student newspaper Daily Californian in 2023. “I loved the movie ‘Showgirls.’ I’m very inspired by that movie, the costumes and makeup.”
Some Swifties point out, too, how the two women had a cozy interaction at the Grammy Awards earlier this year, with Swift whispering in Roan’s ear as they chatted in the audience, and giving her a standing ovation when she won Best New Artist.
One unconfirmed (and highly suspect) Internet rumor floating around suggests Swift and Roan will sing a song with country flair and pop undertones. Fans recall how Roan covered Swift’s “Love Story” last year at College Street Music Hall in Connecticut, reading the lyrics from her cell phone.
No official track list or release date has been revealed. But Swift is expected to share details when she appears Wednesday on the “New Heights” podcast with boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother and podcast co-host, Jason Kelce. It begins at 6 p.m. Central.
A note on Swift’s website, which briefly crashed Monday after it began taking pre-orders, notes that the albums will ship Oct. 13, 2025, but that is not the release date.
A more likely collaboration would be Sabrina Carpenter, who opened for Swift at several Eras Tour stops beginning in August 2023.
Fans believe Swift dropped a hint in Taylor Nation’s Instagram tease of the album, which included 12 photos — 11 of Swift by herself and one with Carpenter.
Did Carpenter tease it, too?
Carpenter made a surprise tour appearance in New Orleans last October when she and Swift sang a mash-up of “Espresso,” “Please Please Please“ and “Is It Over Now?”
At that show, Swift pretended to call Carpenter on a cell phone and asked her to join her, telling her to “get off the roller coaster you’re on and put on some clothes.”
Last week, Carpenter posted a photo of herself on Instagram with a clothesline full of undies with the caption: “Go put on some clothes!” Looking back, some fans take that as a sign of things to come.
Stevie Nicks has been mentioned, too, especially given a cryptic post on social media Monday.
Nicks and former lover and fellow Fleetwood Mac member Lindsey Buckingham have teased fans on Instagram in recent weeks ahead of the release of a remastered version of their 1973 album, “Buckingham Nicks.”
On Monday, Buckingham posted a teaser to their newly remastered version of “Don’t Let Me Down Again,” tagging Nicks who quickly shared the post with the caption, “Wednesday.”
She punctuated the post with orange stars, which some fans took as a reference to the orange motif of Swift’s upcoming album.
But does it mean Nicks might sing on Swift’s album, or the other way around? Fans who commented on Nicks’ post are puzzled.
“TS12 collab?!”
“WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?! IS TAYLOR IN HERE TOO?!?! I CAN’T.”
“I reckon some of those backing vocals sound familiar.”
“Wednesday is going to crash me between this and TS oh my GOD.”
Swift and Nicks have been friends since 2010 when they performed together at the Grammys. Swift has referred to Nicks as a major influence and name-dropped her in the song “Clara Bow.”
The feeling is mutual. Nicks told Rolling Stone last fall that Swift is “really smart” and “has a good man” in Kelce.
“I hope they fall deeper and deeper in love and ride off into the sunset. He does his thing and she does her thing, and then they come back together and get married and have babies if she wants that. I just want all of that for her,” she said.
This story was originally published August 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM.
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