Taylor Swift Announces Four-Song Showgirl Encore

Taylor Swift announced *The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore*, an expanded edition of her 2025 album featuring four new songs: “Patient Zero,” “Cleveland!,” “Pink Clouding” and “Babylon.” The release is scheduled for Friday, September 25, with “Patient Zero” arriving the same day as Swift’s first new single since her July marriage to Travis Kelce. Swift said the songs were written with producers Max Martin and Shellback during a celebratory trip to Sweden, after the original album achieved what she described as the biggest first week for an album in history. The announcement followed fan speculation fueled by cryptic clues in her social-media bio, website countdown and Emmy Awards cameo. The release comes ahead of Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, where Swift is set to receive the inaugural Artist Director Honors and potentially become the ceremony’s most decorated artist. The announcement also temporarily ends speculation that Swift might release *Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version)* this fall.