Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce send fans into frenzy with major announcement on his podcast

Taylor Swift has just sent fans into a meltdown after making an announcement on Travis Kelce's podcast.

The 35-year-old singer has been dating the NFL star for almost two years, and the pair aren't afraid when it comes to PDA or supporting one another.

Now, Swifties have been sent into a frenzy after the 'Shake It Off' hitmaker appeared on her beau's podcast to drop a major announcement.

Rumors started swirling on Monday (August 11) morning that Swift had something up her sleeves when her team posted a carousel of 12 images with the caption: "Thinking about when she said, 'See you next era...'"

The Pennsylvania-born star didn't waste any time in keeping fans waiting either, as hours later, Kelce confirmed his girlfriend would appear as a guest on his podcast, New Heights.

Meanwhile, Swift's official website launched a countdown to 00:12 ET (5:12 BST).

Then, when the big moment finally came, Swift announced on the podcast: "So I wanted to show you something..."

Clutching a mint green briefcase with TS emblazoned on it, Swift pulled out a blurred-out record, declaring: "This is my brand new album, 'The Life of a Showgirl.'"

Kelce's brother and co-host Jason simply screamed 'ahhh' while Kelce also celebrated the drop, shouting in excitement: "TS 12!", a reference to her 12th album which they cunningly planned to reveal at 12:12pm on the 12th.

The news comes as the pop star's 11th album The Tortured Poets Department, which was released last year, broke Spotify records for being the most-streamed album in a single day.

The star is among one of the world's bestselling artists, selling around 200 million records globally, as well as holding the record for the most No. 1 albums by a female artist in US history.

Her international Eras tour last year also broke records, becoming the first billion-dollar tour, where Forbes estimated Swift earned $10 million to $13 million a night.

Fans have since raced to social media to share their excitement for her new music.

Lost for words, one fan simply wrote: "ABSOLUTELY GAGGED" while another said: "THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS BACK."

"Taylor owning all her albums and TS12 in ONE YEAR, damn we are in for a feast," a third added.

A fourth joked in a nod to Swift's record-breaking success: "This podcast episode will break every record in the book."

The new album is already available to pre-order on Swift's official website, though it has no official release date.

The site states that the album will be shipped before October 13 but warns: "**THIS IS NOT THE RELEASE DATE, OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED**."

The album artwork on the site is also blurred out with a padlock, though the color scheme appears to be a mint green with sparkly orange.

The vinyl costs $29.99, the cassette costs $19.99, and the CD with an accompanying poster costs $12.99.