{"id":902035,"date":"2026-09-23T03:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T03:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/902035\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T03:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T03:14:10","slug":"fans-lose-it-as-taylor-swift-unveils-new-single-patient-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/902035\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans lose it as Taylor Swift unveils new single Patient Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift has sent her fans into a tizzy with the surprise announcement that she will be releasing a brand new single titled Patient Zero later this week.<\/p>\n<p>The pop star shared the news on her social media pages this morning, saying she had been \u201cimpatiently waiting\u201d to reveal the song, which drops in Australia on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Obsessed with music news? Download <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/wpmth9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">our new app<\/a> and never miss a headline<\/p>\n<p>Swift also announced three CD variations of the single, including a piano and acoustic version that are available for pre-order alongside the original song on her website. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/96466a89c288a290f2098ce8e416cc9b\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"This Jennifer Aniston movie is \u2018messed up\u2019\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Each CD was accompanied by new covers, which see Swift sporting variations of a black-coloured outfit, as well as more photos of her on the back cover.<\/p>\n<p>The notorious Easter egg-dropper had teased an announcement with a countdown clock on her website earlier this week, which took from her The Life of a Showgirl aesthetic with a red curtain background and sparkles.<\/p>\n<p>Swift had also replaced the letter O in her Instagram bio with the number zero, referencing the Patient Zero title with her lyric: \u201cAnd, baby, that\u2019s sh0w business f0r y0u.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans were understandably overjoyed about the upcoming release, with one writing on X that they \u201ccouldn\u2019t believe my eyes\u201d and others saying it \u201ccan\u2019t come fast enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re about to tear it so hard mother,\u201d another Swiftie gushed.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not yet known whether Patient Zero will be a stand-alone track or a lead single, but it marks Swift\u2019s first release since I Knew It, I Knew You, which <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/music\/taylor-swift-reveals-surprising-fact-about-toy-story-5-theme-song\/news-story\/d6ef1adfe1b97989499a54b82b5785fc\" target=\"_blank\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"d6ef1adfe1b97989499a54b82b5785fc\" data-tgev-label=\"entertainment\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">featured on the soundtrack<\/a> of the 2026 movie Toy Story 5.<\/p>\n<p>Before that came The Life of a Showgirl, Swift\u2019s 12th studio album that featured many tracks devoted to her now-husband, NFL star Travis Kelce.<\/p>\n<p>The pair <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity-life\/celebrity-photos\/see-first-photos-from-inside-taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-starstudded-msg-wedding\/news-story\/fa444a7e2c6ee21d1470c726b7fa7d6a\" target=\"_blank\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"fa444a7e2c6ee21d1470c726b7fa7d6a\" data-tgev-label=\"entertainment\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">officially tied the knot<\/a> with a lavish wedding ceremony at Madison Square Garden in July, with an array of celebrity guests including Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid, Brad Pitt, Emma Stone and Dakota Johnson, among others.<\/p>\n<p>While she might\u2019ve been \u201cimpatiently waiting\u201d to announce her new single, Swift has largely remained tight-lipped about her wedding, though Kelce did <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity-life\/travis-kelce-breaks-silence-on-crazy-taylor-swift-wedding\/news-story\/9c5a9a507e769e70380ae17fa64e6a33\" target=\"_blank\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"9c5a9a507e769e70380ae17fa64e6a33\" data-tgev-label=\"entertainment\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reveal some details<\/a> in August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the best night of my life,\u201d Kelce said at an NFL press conference. \u201cI appreciate everyone who came out and celebrated and had fun with us. That\u2019s about all I really got from that night. It was a crazy night. It was full of a lot of celebration\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Swift appeared <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity-life\/taylor-swift-makes-surprise-emmy-awards-appearance-in-pretaped-sketch\/video\/aa0b0a08e07180a081a9aa2f0c3d0326\" target=\"_blank\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"aa0b0a08e07180a081a9aa2f0c3d0326\" data-tgev-label=\"entertainment\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">briefly at the Emmy Awards<\/a> last week, joining host Mariska Hargitay for an SUV-style pre-recorded skit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift has sent her fans into a tizzy with the surprise announcement that she will be 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