Seated in front of a backdrop reminiscent of a floral watercolor painting — perhaps a reference to artist John Everett Millais’ Hamlet-inspired work “Ophelia,” which fans theorize influenced “The Fate of Ophelia” singer’s pose on her new album cover — Taylor Swift talks about the visual art of upcoming album The Life of a Showgirl in a promo clip released by her Taylor Nation team on Saturday (Sept. 20).

“The photo shoot that we did with Mert and Marcus [Mert Alaş and Marcus Piggott] was so extraordinary and I was so happy with it that I just wanted the fans to have as many images from this sort of world, this album era, as possible,” Swift says in the brief video. “And so I really spent a lot of time figuring out how I could make the best vinyl product and the best packaging and the best CD experience that they could have.”

As Swift explains in the clip: “The CDs all have photo cards in them. The vinyls, they each have a poem inside of them, a unique poem. They’ve got more images than we ever planned to put in there.”

The Life of a Showgirl has so far been made available for pre-order in its standard format on CD and vinyl, and in various special editions — with different covers and extras, like the aforementioned photo cards — in limited (now sold-out) quantities on Swift’s official webstore. Target also released an exclusive edition CD pre-order.

Swift adds of the album art, “We chose this really high-gloss finish which I’ve never done before, and I think it looks so cool. We wanted this album to feel really luxurious and kind of as a nod to the luxury that a showgirl puts on when she’s on stage. Meanwhile, in the quick-change room she’s like [out of breath, breathing heavily] … Maybe that’s just me, I don’t know.”

“It’s all just something I’m really proud of,” says Swift, who on Friday announced her new project is also headed to select movie theaters with The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, a premiere experience that will debut her music video for album opener “The Fate of Ophelia,” behind-the-scenes footage of the shoot, lyric videos and personal reflections on the collection’s 12 tracks. “It took a lot of time to put together, a lot of concentration, a lot of organization, but hopefully it pays off. I hope the fans are happy.”

Also on the Showgirl promotional calendar: an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, set for broadcast on the BBC on her 12th studio album’s release date, Oct. 3.

Watch the latest clip shared by Taylor Nation below.

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For the first time ever, ESPN is exclusively broadcasting a WWE premium live event. Titled Wrestlepalooza, the event will be the first of many wrestling matches coming to the sports network. Earlier this year, ESPN and the World Wrestling Entertainment company announced a new broadcast partnership that brings WrestleMania, SummerSlam and more to the new streaming service in 2026. This weekend, fans can get a taste of what’s to come by tuning in to Wrestlepalooza 2025, which will be streamed directly on ESPN’s Unlimited app.

The first-ever Wrestlepalooza features a jam-packed lineup including a must-see main-event between John Cena and his long-standing rival Brock Lesnar. WWE champion Cody Rhodes is also putting his Undisputed Championship title on line against a furious Drew McIntyre, as well as, World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins and Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch teaming up against CM Punk and AJ Lee in a tag team match.

In the lead-up to the main event, you can catch the Road to Wrestlepalooza special at 3 p.m. on Saturday and a Wrestlepalooza pre-show that begins at 5 p.m. All are available exclusively through the ESPN unlimited plan.

When is Wrestlepalooza 2025?

Date: Saturday, Sept. 20
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis
Streaming/channel: ESPN Unlimited

How to Watch Wrestlepalooza on ESPN

ESPN Unlimited is the official streaming platform for ESPN, and a subscription includes instant access to games and more exclusive content for $29.99 per month. You can save almost 17% off by purchasing an annual subscription for $299.99 per year. There is no free ESPN Unlimited trial, but it does include exclusive on-demand videos and access to content from what was formerly known as ESPN Insider.

In addition to live sports events like Wrestlepalooza, ESPN Unlimited has original shows to stream on-demand, plus game recaps and analysis, a shorter version of NFL Primetime and full replays of historic NFL matchups.

To expand your savings and content offerings, currently, you can bundle ESPN Unlimited with Hulu and Disney+ for a single monthly price of just $29.99 per month for all three services for 12 months of streaming.

What’s the Wrestlepalooza 2025 Fight Card?

Here’s the full lineup of wresting matches fans can expect at tonight’s event:

Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock ‘n’ roller who wrote the raw classic “I Fought the Law” and posed the enduring question “Who can turn the world on with her smile?” as the writer-crooner of the theme song to The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died at 88.

Curtis, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Crickets in 2012, died Friday (Sept. 19), his wife of more than a half-century, Louise Curtis, confirmed to The Associated Press. His daughter, Sarah Curtis, wrote on his Facebook page that he had been suddenly ill.

Curtis wrote or co-wrote hundreds of songs, from Keith Whitley’s country smash “I’m No Stranger to the Rain” to The Everly Brothers’ “Walk Right Back,” a personal favorite Curtis completed while in Army basic training. Bing Crosby, Glen Campbell, Bruce Springsteen and the Grateful Dead were among other artists who covered his work.

Born during the Great Depression to cotton farmers outside of Meadow, Texas, Curtis was a childhood friend of Buddy Holly’s and an active musician in the formative years of rock, whether jamming on guitar with Holly in the mid-1950s or opening for Elvis Presley when Elvis was still a regional act. Curtis’ songwriting touch also soon emerged: Before he turned 20, he had written the hit “Someday” for Webb Pierce and “Rock Around With Ollie Vee” for Holly.

Curtis had left Holly’s group, the Crickets, before Holly became a major star. But he returned after Holly died in a plane crash in 1959 and he was featured the following year on the album In Style with the Crickets, which included “I Fought the Law” (dashed off in a single afternoon, according to Curtis, who would say he had no direct inspiration for the song) and the Jerry Allison collaboration “More Than I Can Say,” a hit for Bobby Vee, and later for Leo Sayer.

Meanwhile, it took until 1966 for “I Fought the Law” and its now-immortal refrain “I fought the law — and the law won” to catch on: The Texas-based Bobby Fuller Four made it a Top 10 song. Over the following decades, it was covered by dozens of artists, from punk (the Clash) to country (Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith) to Springsteen, Tom Petty and other mainstream rock stars.

“It’s my most important copyright,” Curtis told The Tennessean in 2014.

Curtis’ other signature song was as uplifting as “I Fought the Law” was resigned. In 1970, he was writing commercial jingles when he came up with the theme for a new CBS sitcom starring Moore as a single woman hired as a TV producer in Minneapolis. He called the song “Love is All Around,” and used a smooth melody to eventually serve up lyrics as indelible as any in television history:

“Who can turn the world on with her smile?/ Who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?/ Well it’s you girl, and you should know it/ With each glance and every little movement you show it.”

The song’s endurance was sealed by the images it was heard over, especially Moore’s triumphant toss of her hat as Curtis proclaims, “You’re going to make it after all.” In tribute, other artists began recording it, including Sammy Davis Jr., Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Minnesota’s Hüsker Dü. A commercial release featuring Curtis came out in 1980 and was a modest success, peaking at No. 29 on Billboard’s country chart.

Curtis would recall being commissioned by his friend Doug Gilmore, a music industry road manager who had heard the sitcom’s developers were looking for an opening song.

“Naturally I said yes, and later that morning, he dropped off a four-page format — you know ‘Girl from the Midwest, moves to Minneapolis, gets a job in a newsroom, can’t afford her apartment etc.,’ which gave me the flavor of what it was all about,” said Curtis, who soon met with show co-creator (and later Oscar-winning filmmaker) James L. Brooks.

“James L. Brooks came into this huge empty room, no furniture apart from a phone lying on the floor, and at first, I thought he was rather cold and sort of distant, and he said ‘We’re not at the stage of picking a song yet, but I’ll listen anyway,’” Curtis recalled. “So I played the song, just me and my guitar, and next thing, he started phoning people, and the room filled up, and then he sent out for a tape recorder.”

Curtis would eventually write two versions: the first used in Season 1, the second and better known for the remaining six seasons. The original words were more tentative, opening with “How will you make it on your own?” and ending with “You might just make it after all.” By Season 2, the show was a hit and the lyrics were reworked. The producers had wanted Andy Williams to sing the theme song, but he turned it down and Curtis’ easygoing baritone was heard instead.

Curtis made a handful of solo albums, including Sonny Curtis and Spectrum, and hit the country Top 20 with the 1981 single “Good Ol’ Girls.” In later years, he continued to play with Allison and other members of the Crickets. The band released several albums, among them The Crickets and Their Buddies, featuring appearances by Eric Clapton, Graham Nash and Phil Everly. One of Curtis’ more notable songs was “The Real Buddy Holly Story,” a rebuke to the 1978 biopic The Buddy Holly Story, which starred Gary Busey.

Curtis settled in Nashville in the mid-1970s and lived there with his wife, Louise. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1991 and, as part of the Crickets, into Nashville’s Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007. Five years later, he and the Crickets were inducted into the Rock Hall, praised as “the blueprint for rock and roll bands (that) inspired thousands of kids to start up garage bands around the world.”

As WWE gears up for its first-ever premium live event, Wrestlepalooza, taking place Saturday (Sept. 20) in Indianapolis, the wrestling conglomerate is tagging in Grammy-nominated duo The War and Treaty to perform “God Bless America” ahead of the primetime spectacle.

“Nothing beats moments like these in our career,” The War and Treaty’s Michael Trotter Jr. exclusively tells Billboard. “In my head, I’m a character on the WWE roster. Hell, I have been since the early ’80s. WWE has always listened to the people, and this is something that I admire more than anything.“

Trotter Jr.’s elation also lies in him and his wife’s opportunity to quell the tensions pervading the country, as violence continues to escalate and dominate headlines.

“To be a part of Wrestlepalooza is one thing, but to bring a song of unity and prayer during a time of such inferno in our country means more to me than life itself. So as the words to the song we will sing serves as a prayer, this is a plea, our plea, ‘God Bless America,’” he says.

Trotter’s wife, Tanya, echoes her husband’s enthusiasm and is even looking forward to stepping in the ring for some physicality, if needed.

“We’re so happy to be a part of the WWE family. It means so much for them to ask us to be a part of their newest promotion with ESPN,” she says. “Hopefully more to come in the future. Who knows? Maybe, I’ll get in the ring and slap a chick or three.”

This year, WWE’s relationship with music artists expanded tremendously, as the wrestling giant has had Travis Scott, Cardi B and Jelly Roll get involved in their premium live events and programming. With WWE’s new partnership with ESPN, expect more artists to swiftly get a piece of the action, whether it’s performing some of their biggest hits or taking some bumps.

Tune in Saturday (Sept. 20) at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN Unlimited to catch WWE’s Wrestlepalooza.