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Taylor Swift to Premiere Patient Zero at VMAs
Taylor Swift will premiere the Patient Zero music video at the 2026 MTV VMAs on Sunday, while the single and deluxe album edition arrive Friday.
Taylor Swift will premiere the Patient Zero music video during the 2026 MTV VMAs on Sunday, Sept. 27. The ceremony will air live at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT. A 13-second preview of the video was shown exclusively Thursday on CBS Mornings.
Swift announced earlier this week that the Patient Zero single will be released Friday. The song appears on The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, a new deluxe album edition that will also be released Friday, Sept. 25, with four previously unreleased tracks.
The Patient Zero video stars Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson, with Emmanuel Lubezki serving as cinematographer. Swift will receive the VMAs first Artist Director Honors award and is nominated in 11 categories.
If Swift wins the fan-voted Best Album award for The Life of a Showgirl, she could become the first artist to win the category again.
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