Taylor Swift is keeping the showgirl era alive. She just announced“The Encore,”a deluxe edition of“The Life of a Showgirl,”featuring four new songs:“Cleveland!,”“Pink Clouding,”“Babylon”and“Patient Zero.”The whole thing arrives Friday, which means the wait is basically a commute away.
The announcement came less than 24 hours after she teased“Patient Zero,”and the photo is a full moment. Taylor is wearing a gold chainmail fringe dress by Nicolas Jebran with metallic Rene Caovilla heels retailing around $2,050, shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. It’s a total shift from the black and silver“Patient Zero”images, and fans are already dissecting every detail.
In her message, Taylor said the album scored the biggest first week for an album in history and that the new songs were born from“pure gratitude”for the fan support. So this deluxe drop is essentially a thank-you note with a beat. Which of the four new tracks are you playing first on Friday?
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