If you thought that the admirers of Taylor Swift were satisfied as a result of his monumental tour Eras and the release of the album The Tortured Poets Departmentin 2024, you are seriously in the field.
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After a break of several months which followed the last concert of the tour, last December, the madness Taylor Swift is back.
Since the Queen of Pop announced the publication of her 12e album, The Life of a ShowgirlTuesday, at midnight 12 battery, all swiftiesof which its many fans in Quebec are in turmoil.
“We did not expect an album so early,” said Fanny Hedin, a swifty Quebecer.
“It is very lively in the groups of Taylor Swift Quebec”, observes Marie-Anne de Champlain, administrator of this Quebec community of admirers who continues to win followers.
Marie-Anne de Champlain (right) and her friend Katiana before a concert by Taylor Swift in Foxboro, in 2023.
Photo provided by Marie-Anne de Champlain
From this album, few details are known, not even the release date. We will surely know more on Wednesday when the interview she gave to her lover, Travis Kelce on Wednesday.
“We can’t wait until tomorrow evening. Possibly we will see the cover, ”hopes Marie-Michelle Crevier.
Impossible to sleep
During the day of Monday, the entourage of Taylor Swift, as it is his habit, tickled the swifties By sowing clues – the famous easter eggs – On the web, giving way an imminent announcement.
Album or documentary? Everyone was on the alert during a counting that led us until midnight 12, Eastern time, when the spot New Heights.
“I was sitting in my bed. I had to get up early for an appointment, but all day long, they kept us in suspense, I was unable to fall asleep without knowing it, “says Noelle Hannibal, a Montreal artist who presents shows homage to her idol.
Soon the sphere?
A new era of Taylor Swift is therefore looming. Can she break her own records of ticket and listening sales online?
“Absolutely. She proves it every time, ”replies Noelle Hannibal.
“With each album or tour, we always tell ourselves that it is the top of her career and that she will not be able to be more hot than that. Finally, there is something that happens that makes it even more hot, ”underlines Marie-Anne de Champlain.
Certain, even if the swifties provide a show focused on his album and shorter than the 3h30 of the tour Erasno one thinks that she can give concerts elsewhere than in stadiums.
The host Mike Gauthier even suggests that Taylor Swift could be one of the next stars to sing to the sphere, in Las Vegas. “I see her making residences of 10 or 15 evenings in stadiums from Los Angeles and New York,” he adds.
Return to pop
As for the musical direction of The Life of a Showgirl, THE swifties bet on a return to the 1989 festive pop.
The publication by Taylor Swift, Tuesday, of a Spotify reading list containing titles created with the producers Max Martin and Shellback, his collaborators of his pop era, supports this very credible hypothesis.
“I think it will be burlesque pop,” predicts Marie-Michelle Crevier.
For her part, Marie-Anne de Champlain believes that her relationship with Travis Kelce will influence the sound of 12e album.
“The last two albums, Midnights et The Tortured Poets Departmentspoke of a break and a relationship that did not work well. Our Taylor was not going very well. Now we feel her fulfilled and solid on her feet. I think we’re going to go to happy pop. ”
