How long is Taylor Swift’s promotional film for The Life of a Showgirl?

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Taylor Swift’s promotional film for The Life of a Showgirl runs for 89 minutes.

Titled Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, the film accompanied the album’s October 2025 launch. It was a limited theatrical event rather than a conventional concert movie, and it combined album commentary, lyric videos, behind-the-scenes footage, and the music video for “The Fate of Ophelia.”

The film was released in theaters from October 3 to 5, 2025, in more than 50 territories. Swift used it to give the album a cinematic presentation, following the large-scale theatrical success of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. Clean versions of the songs were used so the event could remain family-friendly.

The 89-minute runtime is easy to confuse with the length of the album itself. The standard album runs 41 minutes and 40 seconds, while the promotional film is more than twice as long because it includes visual material, commentary, and production footage.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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