Taylor Swift premiered the music video for her single "Patient Zero" during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night.
- Released on Friday as part of "The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore" deluxe edition album
- Additional new tracks include "Cleveland!", "Pink Clouding," and "Babylon"
- Video stars Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell, with cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki
- Swift received the inaugural Artist Director Honors and won Video of the Year for "The Fate of Ophelia"
Video Production And Plot
Swift directed the visual accompaniment herself. The storyline features Dakota Johnson as the partner of an abusive, gaslighting husband played by Colin Farrell. The plot reveals that Farrell is slowly poisoning Johnson just as he did to his former companion, played by Swift.
"The ‘Patient Zero’ video is finally out in the world!"
Taylor Swift, Musician / Director
Creative Inspiration
"The story behind me writing the song ‘Patient Zero’ is that I was hanging out with a bunch of friends, and one of my friends told us that she had been reached out to by the new girlfriend of an ex of hers, asking for guidance on if she had had the same experiences with this guy"
Taylor Swift, Musician / Director
"About a year ago, you guys did a truly unfathomable thing. Something that completely blew my mind… You gave ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ the biggest first week for an album in history"
Taylor Swift, Musician / Director
The music video is now available to stream across official platforms, alongside the deluxe edition album and its four new tracks.
