Sabrina Carpenter Responds to Joining Taylor Swift’s Album After Childhood Admiration

Sabrina Carpenter offered her reaction to being a feature on the titular track for Taylor Swift’s upcoming album The Life Of A Showgirl. 

The 26-year-old Espresso songstress – who had idolized the Grammy winner as a child – jumped to her Instagram stories on Wednesday to express her excitement over being including on Taylor’s 12th studio album.

Taylor sent fans into a frenzy this week when she announced that new music was on the way on her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast. 

She later unveiled the very sexy cover art for the album – which is slated to be released later this year on October 3. 

Taylor also gave fans a glimpse at the track list and revealed that Sabrina features on the titular song. 

The former Disney channel star reposted an image of the 12 tracks and penned, ‘THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL OCTOBER 3. i know someone who’s freaking out and it’s me.’ 

She shared another slide that included a photo of the pair performing on stage during Taylor’s Eras Tour. 

Lastly, Sabrina further supported her close pal by uploading another accompanying album image and wrote, ‘must also point out that.’ 

The Bad Blood singer could be seen wearing a flashy showgirl costume that comprised of a diamond-encrusted bralette top and matching headpiece. The outfit also contained fuzzy embellishments for a final touch. 

Before Sabrina developed a friendly bond with Taylor, she was first a big fan of the performer. 

Back in 2009, the Girl Meets World actress uploaded her first YouTube video which showed her covering Taylor’s song Picture To Burn. 

A fan account of the Please Please Please songstress shared a post on X on Wednesday that showed Sabrina’s cover of Taylor’s 2006 track alongside the announcement that she will feature on Taylor’s upcoming album. 

Over the years, the two music artists have been spotted hanging out at star-studded events and grabbing dinner together. 

During an interview with Rolling Stone in 2023, Sabrina gushed about Taylor and said, ‘Watching her is a masterclass in itself.’ 

She added, ‘Obviously, she’s very good with words. So I feel a lot more comfortable that I’m going into a situation with someone that I admire so much and I’m just gonna like study.’ 

That same year, Sabrina opened for Taylor during the singer’s sold-out Eras Tour and previously called the moment ‘a dream come true.’ 

In February 2024, the Espresso hitmaker joined Taylor on stage in Sydney, Australia as they performed together. They reunited on stage once again later that same year in New Orleans. 

Taylor has also shared her public support for Sabrina and encouraged fans to listen to the singer’s Short n’ Sweet album which dropped last year.   

Taylor received the same support from Sabrina after she unveiled the cover for her highly-anticipated new album The Life Of A Showgirl. 

The 14-time Grammy Award-winning singer first dropped the news about her 12th studio album earlier this week while teasing her upcoming appearance on her boyfriend’s New Heights podcast. 

And on Wednesday, just minutes after her New Heights episode premiered, Taylor revealed the official album cover for The Life Of A Showgirl, which is currently available for preorder on her website. 

She confirmed that the album will be released on October 3 – just over a year and a half after the release of her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department.

Taylor also revealed the album’s official 12-song track list, confirming the inclusion of the song, Ruin The Friendship, which fans are convinced is a Blake Lively diss track.

‘And, baby, that’s show business for you. New album The Life of a Showgirl. Out October 3 ❤️‍,’ Swift tweeted to fans on X (formerly Twitter).

Proving to be her sexiest album cover yet, Taylor flashes the flesh in a skimpy green jeweled bodysuit while submerged in water in what appeared to be a bathtub.

The album’s cover art has a collage-like look as cropped, close-up photos of Taylor’s bedazzled body are used as a border. ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ is spelled out in glittery orange lettering.

The busty starlet stares stoically at the camera in the striking image captured by famed photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, who she last worked with on the album artwork for her 2017 album Reputation.

‘I loved what they did with those photos, so I called them up for [this album],’ she shared on the New Heights podcast. ‘I am so happy with the way the photos came out with this one.’

She said she wanted to go ‘all out’ on the imagery for The Life Of A Showgirl because she is ‘so proud’ of the music.

‘This is a full send. I care about this record more than I can even overstate.’

Taylor revealed that the album cover is meant to depict what the ‘end of [her] night’ looks like on tour.

‘My day ends with me in a bathtub – not usually in a bedazzled dress – but we try to keep it decent,’ she joked. ‘I wanted to glamorize all the different aspects of how [the Eras Tour] felt and [the The Life Of A Showgirl cover] is how that felt at the end of the night.’

Taylor said she chose that image because it best represents the album, which centers around the feelings and experiences in her ‘offstage’ life.

As revealed by Swift, the album’s song titles are: The Fate Of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor, Opalite, Father Figure, Eldest Daughter, Ruin The Friendship, Actually Romantic, Wi$h Li$t, Wood, CANCELLED!, Honey and The Life Of A Showgirl.

According to Swift’s website, there are a total of four deluxe album variants that fans can purchase – all of which feature different cover photos of Swift and cost $17.99.

A $29.99 vinyl, a $12.99 CD with a poster and a $19.99 cassette tape featuring the album’s official album cover are also available for purchase.

Other artwork for the album, all shot by Alas and Piggott, was also shared with fans on Wednesday.

The Life Of A Showgirl marks a major musical departure for Taylor as it is her first album in over a decade that will not feature production by her go-to collaborator and co-songwriter, Jack Antonoff.

Instead, she confirmed she co-produced her new album with pop music heavyweights, Max Martin and Shellback.

Shortly before Max’s involvement was confirmed, Taylor’s eagle-eyed fans noticed that every song on the star’s latest Spotify playlist, which included choice cuts from 1989, Reputation and Red, had been produced by Max. 

Max used to be a major collaborator with Taylor, but the two haven’t worked together since recording music for Reputation, and Max was notably absent from the sessions to rerecord songs he had previously worked on with Taylor. 

During her appearance on the New Heights podcast on Wednesday, Taylor revealed that she recorded the new album while on her record-breaking Eras Tour, which ran from March 2023 to December 2024.

The superstar said she made frequent trips to Sweden to work with producer Max Martin during her rare days off from performing around the globe.

‘I would do like three shows in a row. I’d have three days off. I’d fly to Sweden, go back to the tour, and was actually working on this.

‘I was physically exhausted at this point in the tour, but I was so mentally stimulated and so excited to be creating,’ she explained.

Travis, who was seated beside Taylor during the interview with his co-host and brother Jason Kelce, added: ‘She was literally living the life of a showgirl.’

‘That’s why I called [the album] that. Nailed it,’ the singer quipped as she playfully patted her boyfriend on the shoulder.

Taylor read the entire 12-song track list for The Life Of A Showgirl aloud for listeners before revealing the ‘significance’ behind the era’s orange color scheme and the ‘theme’ of the album.