Taylor Swift’s ‘Life of a Showgirl’ News Has Sabrina Carpenter, Caitlin Clark & More Stars ‘Freaking Out’

Some of music’s best showgirls are coming together to celebrate Taylor Swift‘s new album announcement, with Sabrina Carpenter, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj and several more stars sharing their reactions to the news on social media in the past 24 hours.

The “Espresso” singer, who is featured on the title track of Swift’s upcoming The Life of a Showgirl LP was understandably particularly pumped about the news. On her Instagram Story, Carpenter wrote, “i know someone who’s freaking out and it’s me.”

The Queen of Rap simply reshared Swift’s Instagram post about the album and typed a Sagittarius emoji — a nod to the two women’s shared star sign — while Cardi hilariously posted a screenshot of Spongebob Squarepants breathing a sigh of relief on X. The “WAP” artist is also gearing up to release an album, Am I the Drama?, on Sept. 19, and is likely resting easier knowing that she won’t have to compete with the pop superstar for first-week streams.

The stars’ reactions come shortly after Swift formally announced The Life of a Showgirl on Tuesday (Aug. 12), the day after which she shared more details about the full-length on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast. According to the hitmaker, the Max Martin- and Shellback-produced LP is full of “bangers” and dives deep into what happened in her personal life “behind the scenes” of her two-year Eras Tour, which wrapped in December.

Other famous friends who joined in on Swiftie excitement over the album news were Flavor Flav and Caitlin Clark, both of whom have been open about their love of the 14-time Grammy winner in the past. The Public Enemy rapper wrote on X, “That’s the Life of a Showgirl,!! TS12” and filled out New Heights‘ excuse form reading, “Please excuse Flavor Flav from any responsibilities on Wednesday Aug. 12th at 7:00 p.m. ET. Don’t blame me, but Taylor Swift will be appearing on the New Heights podcast.”

The WNBA superstar also definitely tuned into the podcast. After the episode’s premiere on YouTube — which raked in a record 1.3 million live viewers — glitched and blacked out before it was finished, Clark wrote on X, “Swifties so powerful we broke the internet.”

Other famous faces put their own spin on Swift’s eye-popping Life of a Showgirl album cover, which shows the musician in a revealing bedazzled leotard while partially submerged in water. John Stamos, for one, photoshopped a picture of himself in Swift’s place on the cover, writing on Instagram, “big reputation.”

More celebrities showed their support for Swift by liking her post announcing the album on Instagram, including Selena Gomez, Gracie Abrams, Ice Spice, Maren Morris, Maggie Rogers and Jack Antonoff.

Those names are just a few of the countless Swifties who are bursting with excitement over the promise of new Taylor Swift music. Arriving Oct. 3, The Life of a Showgirl will mark her first album since 2024’s The Tortured Poets Department, which spent 17 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

And while TTPD was more focused on poetry-style lyrics, Swift promised on New Heights that Showgirl will mark a return to the hookiness of some of her past hits. “[The album is] a lot more upbeat, and it’s a lot more fun pop excitement,” she said on New Heights. “My main goals were melodies that were so infectious, you’re almost angry at it.”