Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl was recorded at studios in Stockholm.
The album’s listed studios include MXM and Shellback Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. Swift worked there with Swedish hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback while she was touring Europe with the Eras Tour during 2024.
The Stockholm connection began during Swift’s May 2024 Eras Tour shows in the city. She spoke with Martin about making an album she could feel as proud of as the tour itself, then returned to Sweden during the European leg to record. Some additional work was completed around Christmas after the tour ended.
The city is significant because it links the album to Martin and Shellback’s long-running Swedish pop-production background. It is also why some listeners mistakenly assume the album was recorded entirely in the United States. Although Swift is American and the album was released by a U.S. label, its principal listed studios were in Sweden.