Published September 24, 2026
Taylor Swift has excited fans beyond measure with two major announcements this week - Patient Zero single release, and The life of a Showgirl: The Encore, but some fans might have heard the new music before its official release.
The 36-year-old pop superstar announced four new songs in the deluxe version of her 12th studio album - Patient Zero, Cleveland!, Pink Clouding, and Babylon.
Soon after the tracklist reveal, videos began popping up on social media labelled as demos for the unreleased songs.
While Swift has not addressed the leaks, the same previously happened with Showgirl before its release and the lyrics turned out to be the same as were later released, so Swifties quickly began to speak out.
While majority of the Swifties boycotted the leaks, those who listened to them wrote, "if this is really it, then old taylor writing like 1989 taylor is back!" and "definitely AI, but this is so tea."
A third chimed in, "if this is real omg," and "It sounds so SPECTACULAR," wrote another.
"Fake its 7 hours and still not taken down by taylor nation," one pointed out, and "this matches the booklet omg I'm gaggging," noted another.