Taylor Swift announces 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore' with 4 new songs

Taylor Swift finally announces what she's been teasing for a while: four new songs connected to her album The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore.

In a statement, the Grammy-winning singer said, “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," she added.

"I took a trip to Sweden to celebrate with Max and Shellback, my two collaborators on this album."

Swift continued, "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," she added.

The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore will be out on Friday.