Taylor Swift moves into 'Showgirl' era with new pop album

Taylor Swift is in a new sparkling era.

On Friday, she dropped her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," a collection of bouncy pop songs about love, marriage, success -- and score-settling.

For the hotly-anticipated album, the 35-year-old artist reunited with Swedish hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback, and their influence is clear in the driving beats and catchy hooks.

While "Showgirl" still features plenty of introspection, the 12 tracks reveal a lighter, happier Swift -- in love with her NFL Super Bowl champion fiance Travis Kelce, happy to have bought back her music catalog and proud of her record-shattering Eras Tour.

"I just want you, have a couple kids, got the whole block looking like you... Got me dreaming about a driveway with a basketball hoop," she sings on the dreamy "Wish List."

In the title track featuring pop princess Sabrina Carpenter, who opened for Swift at some Eras Tour stops, Swift tells the story of a showgirl named Kitty, and how that life became her own.

"And now I know the life of a showgirl, babe / Wouldn't have it any other way," she sings.

And on "The Fate of Ophelia," referring to the tragic character in Shakespeare's "Hamlet," she says: "Late one night, you took me out of my grieving / Saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia."

The album's release comes with a special release party event in movie theaters all weekend -- including the premiere of the "Ophelia" video -- sure to be attended by legions of fans in Swift's signature color this time around: orange.

"Showgirl" is the most pre-saved album ever on the Spotify streaming platform, breaking the record set last year by... Swift's last album, "The Tortured Poets Department."