Taylor Swift releases The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore with four new songs

On September 25, 2026, Taylor Swift released The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, a deluxe edition of her twelfth studio album. The new version includes four new songs: Patient Zero, Cleveland!, Pink Clouding, and Babylon. The music video for Patient Zero, featuring Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson, will premiere at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 27. The original album, released in October 2025, broke records, and Swift wrote the new songs with Max Martin and Shellback in Sweden. The album is currently available digitally, with no physical copies announced.