Taylor Swift has dropped a teaser for her Patient Zero music video, featuring Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell.
The music superstar revealed on Wednesday she will release an extended version of her twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl.
The extended edition will feature her new single Patient Zero as well as include three additional songs with the titles Cleveland!, Pink Clouding, and Babylon.
Swift shared a first look of the upcoming Patient Zero music video on Instagram on Thursday.
Lasting just 13 seconds, the cinematic clip features Swift alongside actors Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell. It includes shots of Swift washing her hands, two bodies diving into water, a black rose, two women at a gravestone, a tearful Swift and a dramatic shot of all three stars together.
The video was directed by Swift, Farrell and Johnson and shot by Oscar-winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, known for Birdman and Gravity.
The Shake It Off singer announced that the video would have its world premiere will during the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), which will be held in Los Angeles on Sunday.
The ceremony will be a busy night for the singer-songwriter, who has been nominated in 11 categories and will also receive the inaugural MTV VMA Artist Director Honors, a new prize that recognises artists who have “advanced the art of visual storytelling”.
The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore will be released on Friday 25 September.
