Taylor Swift adds new songs to The Life of Showgirl with bombshell "encore" announcement
New York, New York - Taylor Swift is reviving her showgirl era with a special deluxe edition of her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl – and it's dropping sooner than you think.
Baby, that's show business for you!
After announcing a new single called Patient Zero on Tuesday, the 36-year-old pop star revealed that she has even more tricks up her sleeve.
Per her social media announcement on Wednesday, Taylor will release a deluxe edition of The Life of a Showgirl, aptly titled The Encore, on Friday.
The new version will include four new songs: Patient Zero, Cleveland!, Pink Clouding, and Babylon.
"About a year ago, you guys did a truly unfathomable thing. Something that completely blew my mind… You gave The Life of a Showgirl the biggest first week for an album in history," Taylor wrote.
To celebrate, the Grammy winner reunited with producers Max Martin and Shellback, and as is usually the case with Taylor, they wound up in the recording studio!
"I hope you love them, because they were born out of pure gratitude for your exuberance for and celebration of the album we made," she said of the new tracks.
Taylor dropped her 12th studio album, which features hits like Opalite and The Fate of Ophelia, last October.
The Life of a Showgirl missed the eligibility window for the 2026 Grammy Awards, but it has already earned her top prizes at the iHeartRadio Music Awards as well as several nominations at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.
Taylor is already set to attend MTV's iconic ceremony, but will she surprise fans with a performance of one of her new tracks? Stay tuned!
Cover photo: Collage: Screenshot/Instagram/@taylorswift & IMAGO / ZUMA Press



