Taylor Swift returned to the late-night circuit on Monday for the first time since “Midnights,” appearing on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” to discuss her new album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” The record, her twelfth studio release and a collaboration with “Red,” “1989” and “Reputation” producers Max Martin and Shellback,” has received . . . mixed reviews.

“The spice level on this album is high,” Swift said, as Fallon confirmed, “It’s the spiciest yet.”

Swift described “The Life of a Showgirl” as a record about show business and living a public life. The title track, featuring Sabrina Carpenter, explores what she called “the playful, humorous side of show business.” “As entertainers, one of our main jobs is to be a mirror for people,” she told Fallon. “The way you feel about our

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