Taylor Swift hints at the price of living life on stage with the title track on her new “The Life of a Showgirl” album.

The pop icon’s 12th studio album, out Oct. 3, fittingly includes 12 songs that embrace the theme of navigating a life in the spotlight. For the LP’s outro, Swift teams up with Sabrina Carpenter for “The Life of a Showgirl.”

The song, which is one of the longest on the album at just over four minutes, marks the first collaboration between Swift and Carpenter. The two have been friends for years, with Carpenter’s music career skyrocketing after opening for Swift on the “Eras Tour.”

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