--- title: Taylor Swift Making Social Network App, The Swift Life description: Taylor Swift released a social network app for her fans called 'The Swift Life,' where fans will have exclusive access to all things Tay. canonical: https://time.com/4978473/taylor-swift-app/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-11T20:22:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:56.326Z og:title: Taylor Swift Is Launching an App So You Can Chat With Her og:description: Welcome the to the Swift Life og:url: https://time.com/4978473/taylor-swift-app/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe847de99c3a781d/6988e189096a945a4869ff53/taylor-swift-app.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert In Houston - Taylor Swift Performance og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Taylor Swift Is Launching an App So You Can Chat With Her twitter:description: Welcome the to the Swift Life twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe847de99c3a781d/6988e189096a945a4869ff53/taylor-swift-app.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Taylor Swift's New App Might Just Give You the Chance to Chat With Her > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for DIRECTV) HOUSTON, TX - FEBRUARY 04: Musician Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2017 DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert at Club Nomadic on February 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for DIRECTV) Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for DIRECTV  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 11, 2017 8:22 PM UTC [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4977034/taylor-swift-show-2017/) might be keeping her own social media posts to a minimum, but that doesn’t mean that the “[Look What You Made Me Do”](http://time.com/4918411/taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do-music-video-references/) singer isn’t fully invested in her fans’ online activity. Today, the pop princess gave a preview of her upcoming personal app, _The Swift Life_, via video. According to the preview, the app is due to arrive in “late 2017” and looks like it’ll be a sort of online community for Swifties that will provide some insider access to Taylor’s world and novelties like “Taymoji”— and might even offer the chance to interact with Swift. As [_The Ringer_](https://www.theringer.com/music/2017/10/11/16458642/taylor-swift-app-swift-life) notes, the app is being made by Glu, the tech minds that brought the highly successful app behemoth _Kim Kardashian: Hollywood_ to life and will likely also have the same nominal fees for access, a business move that seems very on-brand for Swift, who has been vocal about getting her coin in the past. 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