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On September 23, 2026, Taylor Swift announced ‘The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore,’ a deluxe re-release of her 2025 album dropping this Friday with four new songs. She framed it as thanks for the record-breaking response to the original — the biggest first week for any album in history. Supporters call it a genuine artistic gift: the tracks were cut with Max Martin and Shellback during the same Sweden sessions, and fans get more without waiting for a new era. Critics call it milking: the 2025 original already caught a ‘cash grab’ backlash over its multiple vinyl variants, and relaunching the same album on the anniversary week — right as Swift is fighting for VMA airtime — looks like a chart-streaming reload of the same asset.