NEED TO KNOW
- Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore will be released in Australia today, Friday, September 25, with the release time varying by state.
- The release time ranges from 12pm to 3pm across Australia
- The Encore features four new Taylor Swift songs: ‘Patient Zero’, ‘Pink Clouding’, ‘Babylon’ and ‘Cleveland!’.
Taylor Swift never ceases to surprise us; this time, she’s announced four new songs to complete her album The Life Of A Showgirl, which she has dubbed The Encore.
Almost one year on from the release of the record-breaking album, Swift revealed a new single, ‘Patient Zero’ before also dropping the news that three more tracks were coming, all on September 25th.
In an Instagram post to fans, the singer revealed that following the release of The Life Of A Showgirl, she travelled to Sweden to celebrate. But, ever the performer and creative she is, her joy over the album’s success needed to be channelled – into four new songs. Then and there, The Encore was born.
“About a year ago, you guys did a truly unfathomable thing. 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,” she recounted.
“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.”

The announcement came one day after Swift surprised fans with news of a new single, ‘Patient Zero’, which many have theorised hints at the end of the showgirl era. The Mausoleum-like backdrop and all-black outfit in Swift’s limited-edition record covers and website certainly point to a death or ending of some kind.
According to the tracklist on Spotify, the three new tracks joining ‘Patient Zero’ on The Encore take a much lighter tone, titled ‘Pink Clouding’, ‘Babylon’ and ‘Cleveland!’
Exactly what it all means will be revealed very soon.
Countdown To Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore
Countdown ends: 2pm AEST on September 25th
Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore Release Time Australia?
Taylor Swift’s new extended album, The Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore, will be released on September 25th and midnight Eastern Time (ET). For Australians, this translates to a September 25th release at exactly 2pm AEST.
To ensure you're first in the group chat to listen to the new tracks, ‘Patient Zero, ‘Pink Clouding’, ‘Babylon’ and ‘Cleveland!’, you can pre-order, pre-save or pre-add the album to your Spotify, Apple Music or Amazon Music.
| Australian state/territory | Release time |
|---|---|
| NSW | 2:00pm AEDT |
| Victoria | 2:00pm AEDT |
| Queensland | 2:00pm AEST |
| South Australia | 2:30pm ACDT |
| Western Australia | 12:00pm AWST |
| Tasmania | 2:00pm AEDT |
| ACT | 2:00pm AEDT |
| Northern Territory | 1:30pm ACST |

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