{"id":905392,"date":"2026-09-25T20:54:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/905392\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T20:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:54:36","slug":"taylor-swift-releases-encore-to-her-hit-showgirl-album-the-courier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/905392\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift releases encore to her hit Showgirl album | The Courier"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"InIn its first week, Taylor Swift’s Showgirl album set a sales record for the modern music era. Photo: AP PHOTO<\/p>\n

Pop music superstar Taylor Swift has released four new songs that \u200cshe added to her 2025 hit album The Life of a Showgirl including the single Patient Zero about a toxic relationship.<\/p>\n

The expanded album \u200ccalled The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore made its debut on Friday.<\/p>\n

A music video for Patient Zero is set to debut on Sunday during MTV’s Video Music \u200cAwards, where Swift \u200cwill \u2060be honoured with the inaugural artist director trophy. \u200b<\/p>\n

Actors Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson play roles in the video.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"TaylorTaylor Swift sings about husband Travis Kelce in the new track Cleveland! (AP PHOTO)<\/p>\n

“If you’re sick of him, I’ve got you. I was patient zero,” Swift sings in the track.<\/p>\n

Other new songs included Cleveland!, a \u2060reference to the home town of \u200cSwift’s \u200bhusband, Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“My baby likes what he \u200blikes,” she \u200csings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“He already took me to Cleveland.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pair married in \u200bJuly after a three-year romance.<\/p>\n

Showgirl broke several records when it was released in October 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It became the \u200bfirst \u200balbum in history in \u200bwhich each of its 12 songs \u200clanded in the Billboard top 12 simultaneously.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Its first week set a sales record for the modern music era, based on album sales and streams.<\/p>\n

Swift said she wrote the \u200bnew tracks when she went to Sweden to celebrate the \u200bsuccess of Showgirl \u2060with producers Max Martin and Shellback.<\/p>\n

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