New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Pop sensation Taylor Swift dropped her 12th studio album, titled The Life of a Showgirl, on Friday. She took to her Instagram handle and dropped a series of pictures from the album and called it a "self portrait." She penned down an emotional note, thanking her mentors and others.

Quoting lyrics from the playlist, Swift wrote, "Tonight all these lives converge here. The mosaics of laughter and cocktails of tears. Where fraternal souls sing identical things. And it's beautiful. It's rapturous. It is frightening."

She added, "I can't tell you how proud I am to share this with you, an album that just feels so right. A forever thank you goes out to my mentors and friends Max and Shellback for helping me paint this self ...