Overview

• Guinness World Records recognized the Aug. 13 New Heights episode for the most concurrent views for a podcast on YouTube, logging 1.3 million live viewers.
• The full episode has amassed roughly 20 million total YouTube views as of Tuesday, reflecting sustained interest beyond the livestream.
• Swift used the appearance to announce her twelfth album, The Life of a Showgirl, due Oct. 3, produced with Max Martin and Shellback and featuring Sabrina Carpenter on the title track.
• The appearance marked Swift’s first podcast interview, and heavy traffic contributed to the livestream cutting out near the end before the full upload went live.
• The record announcement arrived the same day Swift and Travis Kelce revealed their engagement in a joint Instagram post.