Taylor Swift’s new ‘Encore’ songs, ranked from worst to best

“You only need to find one person in this entire world who doesn’t find you completely insufferable.” That’s the wisdom Taylor Swift dispenses near the end of “Cleveland!,” from a newly expanded edition of “The Life of a Showgirl,” and if that exclamation point doesn’t tell you she’s found that person then I don’t know what would. Released Thursday night, almost exactly a year after the original album came out, “The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore” tacks four bonus songs onto the blockbuster 2025 LP that set a record for the biggest opening week of all time even as it drew the harshest reviews of her career.
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