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BTS Spring 2026 Comeback: Max Martin 'Fixes' Song in 17 Seconds with Jon Bellion on $1.05B Project

Max Martin and Jon Bellion confirm work on BTS's spring 2026 comeback album, expected to generate over £796m ($1.05bn) as the K-pop septet reunites after military service.

International Business Times UK

Fan-favorite Real Housewives star to return to Broadway in December

New role marks the reality star and singer-songwriter’s second time on Broadway

The Independent UK

Vegas vignettes and killer karaoke staples: Katy Perry’s greatest songs – ranked!

As her Lifetimes tour hits the UK, we pick the high points from one of pop’s most successful vocalists, from angsty ballads to empowerment anthems

The Guardian - UK

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“Wait, wait, wait, wait. What did you say two minutes ago? That second note was better in that. Can we go back? Run it back. What did you say there?”: Taylor Swift explains her "stream of consciousness" songwriting sessions with Max Martin and Shellback

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The Life of a Showgirl is a massive hit – and massively divisive. What should Taylor Swift do next?

Swift’s 12th LP is set to dominate the charts – despite fans lampooning the lyrics and lamenting its quality. Guardian music writers discuss what it means for her career

The Guardian - UK

Is Taylor Swift Quitting Music Soon? Pop Star Slams Fans Who Think Marriage To Travis Kelce Means She'll 'Quit Her Job'

The 34-year-old singer dismissed rumours that marriage and motherhood with NFL star Travis Kelce will not cause her to retire from music.

International Business Times UK

From the BFI London film festival to Taylor Swift: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

The movie extravaganza his the capital as well as screens nationwide, while the all-conquering Swift brings pop maestro Max Martin back for her new record

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Taylor Swift feared her writing would 'dry up' if she was 'truly happy'

Taylor Swift has admitted that until The Life of a Showgirl, she thought she could only write songs about her "torment and pain".

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Taylor Swift references Travis Kelce romance on The Life Of A Showgirl

Swift fans are speculating that one song in particular references Kelce on The Life of a Showgirl

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift sings about Travis Kelce romance on The Life Of A Showgirl

The star has dropped her latest record, The Life Of A Showgirl.

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift sings about Travis Kelce romance and his 'wood' on The Life Of A Showgirl

The star has dropped her latest record, The Life Of A Showgirl, and it is full of Easter Eggs

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift’s Life of a Showgirl hailed as ‘a hit’ as fans dissect raunchy new lyrics

The album, The Life Of A Showgirl, dropped at 5am in the UK

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl review – dull razzle-dazzle from a star who seems frazzled

Far from the Max Martin-assisted pop juggernaut fans expected, this soft-rock paean to domestic bliss is slight on tunes and still seethes with grievance. And the less said about her fiance’s ‘magic wand’, the better

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Swift discusses ‘fun’ task of planning wedding to Travis Kelce

Wedding planning will commence after Taylor Swift promotes The Life Of A Showgirl

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Evening Standard

Taylor Swift to release The Life Of A Showgirl amid frenzy of fan anticipation

The record will reunite Swift with producers Max Martin and Shellback.

Evening Standard

Who are Taylor Swift collaborators Max Martin and Shellback?

The Swedish producers are behind some of her biggest hits.

International Business Times

Hitmaker Max Martin Back With Taylor Swift For 'Showgirl'

For her much-awaited new album "The Life of a Showgirl," Taylor Swift reunited with Swedish producer Max Martin, who revolutionized modern pop with a formula that blends technology, simplicity -- and a feel for the perfect hook.

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Taylor Swift breaks Spotify record

Taylor Swift's new album, The Life Of A Showgirl, has broken a Spotify record before it has even been released.

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Taylor Swift ‘restricted access to new album to only five people’

After announcing the record was on its way on her boyfriend’s podcast, sources say Taylor Swift restricted access to her new album The Life of a Showgirl to only five people.

MusicRadar

"This can't be serious": Billboard reveals the top producers of the 21st century so far – and people aren't happy

Max Martin unsurprisingly snags the top spot, but the absence of greats such as Pharrell Williams – and the inclusion of artists such as Beyoncé and Taylor Swift – has sparked debate

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Backstreet Boys are 'very indebted' to Max Martin

Backstreet Boys gave a special shout-out to Max Martin at their Vegas show.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m the one to beat’: is Taylor Swift’s Showgirl era set to propel pop megastar to even greater heights?

Just-announced album already looks like it will make singer and partner Travis Kelce hysterically famous at a new level – and that may be precisely their plan

International Business Times UK

Did Margaret Qualley Just Reveal A Rift Between Taylor Swift And Husband Jack Antonoff?

Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl drops Jack Antonoff for Max Martin and Shellback, marking a possible return to her high-energy pop roots.

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Taylor Swift explains The Life of a Showgirl's orange theme

Pop star Taylor Swift has explained the orange theme for her upcoming album The Life of a Showgirl - revealing the colour represents how she was feeling while making the record during The Eras Tour which was "exuberant and electric and vibrant".

MusicRadar

“I said to him, ‘I want to be as proud of an album as I am of the Eras Tour.’ And he was like, ‘Do you understand what kind of pressure that is?’”: Taylor Swift on how she threw down the creative gauntlet to Max Martin for new album The Life Of A Showgirl

She says that making the whole record with Martin and Shellback "felt like catching lightning in a bottle”

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