Taylor Swift recorded The Life of a Showgirl at MXM and Shellback studios in Stockholm.
The Stockholm sessions connected Swift with Swedish hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback, who co-produced the album with her. Both producers had worked with Swift before, but this project emphasized a concentrated collaboration in Sweden rather than the New York-centered production associated with some of her earlier records.
Stockholm is the city answer; Sweden is the country answer. Those facts are related but not interchangeable. The album’s studio information identifies Stockholm locations, while broader descriptions explain that Swift recorded most of the project in Sweden during the European leg of the Eras Tour.
Other recording locations were used for specific contributions. For example, horns and orchestral parts involved additional Swedish studios and musicians, but the principal MXM and Shellback recording sites were in Stockholm.