The Life of a Chat Show ‘Showgirl’: Why Is Taylor Swift Making the Full Interview Rounds for the First Time in 5-Plus Years?

Between her Eras Tour and awards amusement domination, it’s not similar Taylor Swift has been successful hiding for the past half-decade oregon thing — but her broadcast interviews had go fewer and acold between.

That’s wherefore it was truthful notable erstwhile she made her podcast debut backmost successful August alongside her now-fiancé Travis Kelce and his member Jason connected New Heights, and she’s continued the property circuit during The Life of a Showgirl merchandise week since Friday, doing vigor interviews crossed the U.K. and U.S. and sitting down with Graham Norton, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers for trans-continental late-night chats.

On the caller Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking astir immoderate of the reasons wherefore Swift mightiness beryllium much comfy fielding questions astir this peculiar project, and the 1 reply that she gave Apple Music’s Zane Lowe that exemplified wherefore it was the close call.

Also connected the show, we’ve got illustration quality connected however Mariah Carey scores her 19th apical 10 medium connected the Billboard 200 with the accomplishment of Here for It All, portion the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack slices its mode backmost to the apical of the chart. Meanwhile, connected the Billboard Hot 100, Tate McRae’s “Tit for Tat” storms successful astatine No. 3, portion rising prima Olivia Dean surges 25-12 with “Man I Need,” portion her caller medium debuts successful the apical 10 connected the Billboard 200.

The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop store for each things popular on Billboard‘s play charts. You tin ever number connected a lively treatment astir the latest popular news, amusive illustration stats and stories, caller music, and impermanent interviews with euphony stars and folks from the satellite of pop. Casual popular fans and illustration junkies tin hear Billboard‘s enforcement integer director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s managing director, charts and information operations, Keith Caulfield each week connected the podcast, which tin beryllium streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded successful Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast provider. (Click present to perceive to the erstwhile variation of the show on Billboard.com.)