New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The record had already been set. The biggest first week an album had ever produced, by the label's account. The streaming counters had peaked, the presales confirmed, the Billboard tallies filed. And then Taylor Swift went back to the studio.

The Encore, which arrives at midnight ET tonight, Friday September 25, as a four-track addition to her 2025 album. Swift announced the Encore on Thursday through her social media channels, describing the sessions as something she and producers Max Martin and Shellback had not expected to release. "Really we just wanted to reflect and take in how grateful we were for the moment we were in," she said, "but there was a studio there and we did what we do when we feel anything at a...