Taylor Swift announces new album: ‘The Life of a Showgirl’

Taylor Swift's new era is on the horizon. After teasing fans with a cryptic social media post, the pop star announced her twelfth studio album on her website.

Taylor Swift's new era is on the horizon. Are you ready for it?

After teasing fans with a cryptic social media post, the pop star announced her twelfth studio album on her website early Tuesday. Swift's website showed pre-orders for "The Life of A Showgirl" with no other information available.

Swift’s social media profile pictures also changed to a mint green rectangle with an orange lock emblazoned in the center. It's the same image in place of an album cover on her site.

The pre-orders will ship before Oct. 13, but the website said that is "not a release date," adding that the official date will be announced later.

A countdown to the announcement first appeared on Swift's website three hours before the news landed. Fans, who are used to Swift's penchant for teasing new albums, were encouraged to stay up until 12:12 a.m. ET.