Taylor Swift Releases Four Bonus Tracks

Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl is described as her 12th album. The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore was released with four bonus tracks: Patient Zero, Cleveland!, Pink Clouding, and Babylon. Swift said she wrote the bonus tracks last year after the album’s success and that she and collaborators Max Martin and Shellback wanted to revisit that period.

Swift premiered the Patient Zero music video at the 2026 MTV VMAs. The video is described as a thriller. Swift’s directorial debut with Searchlight Pictures is also described as coming soon, while she is reported to be working on the Toy Story 5 soundtrack.

The Encore may be intended to bring Swift’s 12th album back into focus ahead of the first round of voting for the 2027 Grammys. I Knew It, I Knew You has been at the center of Swift’s success over the past six months, achieving major success on country radio and providing indications of Swift’s return to the genre.