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Taylor Swift Announces Patient Zero for September 25

Taylor Swift announced that Patient Zero will be released on September 25, with three physical versions available for purchase.

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Taylor Swift announced Patient Zero on Instagram on September 22. She wrote that the new single will be released on September 25 and will be available for preorder for 24 hours. The single follows I Knew It I Knew You, which Swift released for Toy Story 5 earlier this year.

Three physical versions of Patient Zero will be available: the standard, acoustic and piano versions. Each of the three CD versions features different photos of Taylor Swift. The sales page for Patient Zero also carries The Life of a Showgirl logo.

Before announcing Patient Zero, Swift launched a countdown on her website that ended at 2 P.M. ET. She promoted the single by changing some of the letter O characters in The Life of a Showgirl lyrics to the number 0. The Life of a Showgirl, Swift's 12th studio album, was released in 2025.

Patient Zero will be released two days before Swift is honored at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards.

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