Taylor Swift’s new single “Patient Zero” is just one of four new tracks that will drop on Friday. The singer announced this morning that she will be releasing The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore then, the deluxe edition of her last album.Here’s everything we know about the project.Jump to:When is The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore coming out?Where can I get the album?Has Swift shared the backstory behind the album?What does the cover look like?How many new songs will there be?What is the tracklist?Will there be any music videos for the new songs?Will Swift be performing any of the new songs at the MTV VMAs?Is this the project Swift was teasing in her Emmys Law & Order sketch?When is The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore coming out?The album will come out on Friday, September 25. Swift typically releases her new music at midnight ET.Where can I get the album?You can pre-save it on Spotify and Apple Music or preorder it on Amazon.Has Swift shared the backstory behind the album?Yes. Swift wrote on Instagram that she decided to revisit the project after The Life of a Showgirl performed so well last October. “About a year ago, you guys did a truly unfathomable thing,” she shared. “Something that completely blew my mind… You gave The Life of a Showgirl the biggest first week for an album in history. I took a trip to Sweden to celebrate with Max and Shellback, my two collaborators on this album. Really we just wanted to reflect and take in how grateful we were for the moment we were in, but there was a studio there and we did what we do when we feel anything at all: We wrote more songs. I hope you love them, because they were born out of pure gratitude for your exuberance for and celebration of the album we made.”What does the cover look like?Swift revealed it on September 23:View full post on InstagramHow many new songs will there be?Swift revealed she’s releasing four new tracks: “Patient Zero,” “Cleveland!” (notably where her husband Travis Kelce grew up in Ohio), “Pink Clouding,” and “Babylon.”What is the tracklist?In addition to The Life of a Showgirl’s original 12 tracks, Swift’s four new songs are ordered as follows:“Patient Zero”“Cleveland!”“Pink Clouding”“Babylon”Will there be any music videos for the new songs?Nothing is confirmed yet, but Swift fueled rumors she was shooting a music video last month.Will Swift be performing any of the new songs at the MTV VMAs?At this point, she hasn’t been announced as a performer at this Sunday’s VMAs ceremony yet. She will be accepting the awards show’s first-ever Artist Director Honors award, though, and has 11 nominations.Is this the project Swift was teasing in her Emmys Law & Order sketch?Given the amount of possible Easter eggs in the Law & Order sketch, it’s possible Swift was teasing more than one project during her pretaped Emmys appearance. That said, fans believe “encore” is an anagram from the cryptic message she shared, as its letters appear as the third letters of the first six words she said: “Saccharide Ares from the vineyard north.”View full post on XView full post on YouTube