Taylor Swift Teases Dramatic First Look At 'Patient Zero' Video Starring A-List Actors

The music video for "Patient Zero" will air at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (September 27) while the song itself releases on Friday as part of Swift's latest release The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, an extended edition of her 2025 album that includes four new songs. While announcing her "encore" this week, Swift explained that it comes from a place of "pure gratitude" as she and collaborators Max Martin and Shellback reflected on response to The Life of a Showgirl nearly one year after its release.

"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," she said. "I hope you love them, because they were born out of pure gratitude for your exuberance for and celebration of the album we made."

The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore drops Friday, September 25.