All 4 New Songs on Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore’ Ranked - Billboard

It started with a cryptic moment in an Emmys Law & Order: SVU spoof. Then there were the zeros that mysteriously appeared in her Instagram bio and song lyrics on Apple Music. After that, a countdown on her website. By then, even the most skeptical of fans couldn’t deny: Taylor Swift was up to something.

What that was turned out to be The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore , a deluxe version of the pop star’s 12th studio album that spent 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and smashed records for biggest opening sales week in the modern age. Led by focus single “Patient Zero,” the extended project — which arrived Friday (Sept. 25), after a week of Easter eggs and reveals — features a total of four songs, all recorded after the original album dropped.