Taylor Swift has set two new records on Spotify with the release of her latest single and extended album. According to the music streaming platform, the 36-year-old singer became the most-streamed female artist in a single day in 2026. Her new single, Patient Zero, which was released on Friday, also claimed the title for the most-streamed song by a female artist in a single day this year. These releases mark her first musical output since she married NFL player Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden in New York in July. In the track Cleveland!—named after Kelce's hometown—Swift directly addresses critics of their relationship. The four newly added songs on Life Of A Showgirl: The Encore also include Pink Clouding and Babylon. Reactions to the extended album have been mixed. The Independent, The Telegraph, and The Guardian each gave the album two stars, with The Guardian describing it as "like watching an ambitious chorus line dancer breathlessly flay herself in the spotlight to prove herself worthy of our love." In contrast, The Times awarded the album four stars, praising the songs as "a reminder that when it comes to taking diaristic details and making them palatable for the pop mainstream, nobody does it better." The new songs were not leftovers from the original 2025 album but were written after the initial release became a hit. Swift is set to debut the music video for Patient Zero—featuring actors Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson—at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. She will also receive the inaugural MTV Artist Director award at the ceremony, an honor recognizing musicians who direct their own videos. These latest achievements continue a milestone-filled year for Swift, who was named the most-streamed artist in Spotify's nearly 20-year history earlier in 2026. In June, she also became the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Swift was also present to watch Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs secure a dramatic overtime win against the Indianapolis Colts last weekend, with videos circulating online showing the pop star celebrating enthusiastically at the end of the thrilling game.