Taylor Swift releases 'Encore' to her hit 'Showgirl' album - Bangkok Post

LOS ⁠ANGELES - Pop music ​superstar Taylor Swift released four new songs ​that she added to ‌her 2025 hit album The Life of a Showgirl including the single Patient Zero about a toxic relationship.

The expanded album called The Life of a Showgirl: ​The Encore debuted ⁠at midnight US Eastern Daylight Time on Friday.

A music video for Patient Zero is set to ‌debut on Sunday during MTV's Video Music Awards, where Swift will be honoured with the inaugural artist director trophy. Actors ⁠Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson play roles in the video.

"If you're sick of him, I've got you. I was patient zero," Swift sings in the track.

Other new songs included Cleveland!, a ​reference to the hometown of Swift's husband, Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce. "My baby likes ​what ‌he likes," she sings. "He already took me to Cleveland." The pair married in July ​after ⁠a three-year romance.

Showgirl broke several records when it was released in October 2025. It ⁠became the first album in history in which each of its 12 songs landed in the Billboard top 12 simultaneously. Its ⁠first week set a sales record for ​the modern music era, based on album sales and streams.

Swift said she wrote the new tracks when she went to ‌Sweden to celebrate ⁠the success of Showgirl with ​producers Max Martin and Shellback.