Taylor Swift shows off her dazzling engagement ring on The Graham Norton Show as she kicks off publicity blitz for The Life Of A Showgirl

Taylor Swift was pictured on the set of The Graham Norton Show on Thursday as she kicks off the promo trail for her new album The Life Of A Showgirl.

In promo images released by the BBC, the pop superstar looked stunning in a black halterneck dress as she sat on the British chat show’s famous red sofa.

Her new engagement ring from Travis Kelce was front and centre, as Taylor showed off the sparkler which reportedly cost her NFL star fiancé between $700,000 and $1,000,000.

Taylor finished off her chatshow look with her signature red lipstick and heels.

She was pictured on the crowded couch alongside Cillian Murphy, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Domhnall Gleeson and Lewis Capaldi, and seemed particuarly struck by fellow singer Lewis, laughing as the Scottish star chatted.

Taylor’s episode of The Grapham Norton Show airs on Friday October 3 – the day that her record is released.

It is just one of a series of high profile appearances for the star as she promotes her new album. She will also chat to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show on Monday before Late Night With Seth Meyers on Thursday.

On Thursday BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show host Greg James teased that Taylor would be appearing on his show during her current trip to the UK. 

Taylor created the collection of new music while performing her Eras tour throughout 2024.

‘I would do three shows in a row, [and then] I’d have three days off. I’d fly to Sweden, [then] go back to the tour,’ the singer-songwriter told fiancé Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce while announcing the new album on an August episode of their New Heights podcast.

She recalled: ‘I was physically exhausted at this point in the tour, but I was so mentally stimulated and so excited to be creating.’

About working with music legend Max Martin, she added: ‘It meant the world to me to have this creative experience, where [Max Martin, producer Shellback and I] knew that we had to bring the best ideas we’ve ever said.

The Life of a Showgirl will be released just over a month after Swift, 35, first announced it.

In keeping with her pattern of number sequencing, Swift announced the 12-track album at 12.12AM on August 12 before making an unprecedented podcast appearance on her fiancé Travis Kelce’s New Heights to share the album’s cover art, rhinestones and all.

The Life of a Showgirl marks a departure from her previous projects visually, with the album artwork unveiling a particularly steamier side of Swift, dressed as a sexy Vegas showgirl.

It is also her first album in over a decade that will not feature production by her go-to collaborator and co-songwriter, Jack Antonoff. 

Instead, Swift confirmed she co-produced her new album with pop music heavyweights, Max Martin and Shellback.

Martin used to be a major collaborator with Swift, but the two haven’t worked together since recording music for Reputation, and Martin was notably absent from the sessions to rerecord songs he had previously worked on with Swift.

This new album follows Taylor’s previous release, The Tortured Poets Department, which came out in April 2024.

Even before it’s release, the album has already broken a record – Spotify confirmed on August 31 that it had become the most pre-saved album in the history of its Countdown Page.