--- ---  # Taylor Swift Just Announced When Her New Music Is Coming  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 23, 2017 5:58 PM UTC  AUSTIN, TEXAS - OCTOBER 22: Taylor Swift performs her only full concert of 2016 during the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on October 22, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/FilmMagic,) AUSTIN, TEXAS - OCTOBER 22: Taylor Swift performs her only full concert of 2016 during the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on October 22, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/FilmMagic,)Gary Miller—FilmMagic,  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 23, 2017 5:58 PM UTC Finally, some clarity for [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/3578249/taylor-swift-interview/) fans: the recently cryptic pop star updated her social media feeds with a major announcement about new music forthcoming. Her first single will be released Thursday night, and her sixth album — titled _Reputation_ — will be out November 10. In a series of three posts on social media, Swift shared the news about the lead single with a simple image of white text on a black background. Her second post appears to be an album cover: a black-and-white image of Swift half overlaid with a newsprint background. The third post announced the album drop date. She also updated her accounts to include the album cover as a headshot. For Swift’s committed fan base, [it’s felt like a long wait](http://time.com/4694697/taylor-swift-new-album-2017/). Between 2006 and 2014, Swift reliably released an album every other year in the fall, leading up to 2014’s _1989_, which included chart-topping hits like “Bad Blood,” “Shake It Off” and “Blank Space.” But since that drop, plus a few widely-documented [celebrity relationships](http://time.com/4663739/tom-hiddleston-on-taylor-swift-interview/) and [feuds](http://time.com/4816737/katy-perry-changes-lyrics-swish-swish-feud-taylor-swift/) with other music industry [stars](http://time.com/4410370/taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-kanye-west/), Swift has stepped back from serving up music under her own name and made minimal live appearances. Instead, she contributed songwriting credits to ex Calvin Harris for 2016’s [“This Is What You Came For”](http://time.com/4559308/calvin-harris-thanks-taylor-swift-rihanna/) with Rihanna and country group [Little Big Town](http://time.com/4553923/taylor-swift-little-big-town-better-man/) for this year’s “Better Man.” She also made a brief return to the charts alongside Zayn for the _Fifty Shades Darker_ song [“I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”](http://time.com/4648633/taylor-swift-zayn-50-shades-video/) in January. Otherwise it’s been slow going for Swifties, who noticed a distinct decline in Swift’s previously-prolific social media habits, too. On Friday, she removed all content from her website and social media accounts. On Monday, however, she began releasing a series of short clips of a snake — all leading up to the song and album announcement. 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