{"id":857031,"date":"2026-09-22T21:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/857031\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T21:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:20:10","slug":"taylor-swift-announces-new-single-patient-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/857031\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Announces New Single &#8216;Patient Zero&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been impatiently waiting to tell you that my brand new single \u2018Patient Zero\u2019 will be out on September 25 (!!!!!!!!!!!!),\u201d the superstar wrote on her social media accounts<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/taylor-swift\/\" id=\"auto-tag_taylor-swift\" data-tag=\"taylor-swift\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Swift<\/a> is zeroed in on making new music. The superstar just announced a new single \u201cPatient Zero,\u201d which arrives on Sept. 25<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve been impatiently waiting to tell you that my brand new single \u201cPatient Zero\u201d will be out on September 25 (!!!!!!!!!!!!),\u201d the singer wrote on her social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAccording to Swift\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"https:\/\/store.taylorswift.com\/products\/patient-zero-acoustic-version-cd-with-double-sided-cover\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.taylorswift.com\/products\/patient-zero-acoustic-version-cd-with-double-sided-cover\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, the new track is related to her most recent album The Life of a Showgirl but has not officially been described as a bonus track. The singer\u2019s website also updated from a sparkly orange to a dark gray and featured three new CD single versions of \u201cPatient Zero.\u201d Each version features a different cover of the singer wearing black. Similarly, in an Instagram <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdmVHc2R30b\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdmVHc2R30b\/\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> announcing the track, the superstar was also wearing a black high-neck tank top. She also changed her profile picture across social media, which has signified a new era for the singer in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe news comes after Swift spent the last 24 hours ramping up her <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/taylor-swift-emmys-skit-easter-eggs-1235626882\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/taylor-swift-emmys-skit-easter-eggs-1235626882\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Easter eggs<\/a>. On Monday, Sept. 21, a third piece of paper appeared on the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.taylorswift.com\/read-my-letter\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorswift.com\/read-my-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMy Letter\u201d <\/a>page of Swift\u2019s website underneath the letter she wrote in May 2025 and the original Showgirl track list. Some believed it would be an announcement for the re-recording of Taylor Swift, her self-titled debut which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOn Tuesday morning, the singer updated her Instagram bio to read, \u201cAnd, baby, that\u2019s sh0w business f0r y0u.\u201d Similarly, lyrics from Showgirl were updated on Apple Music with words using the letter \u201cO\u201d swapped for zeroes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cPatient Zero\u201d marks the second bit of new music from Swift this year. In June, she released \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You\u201d as part of the Toy Story 5 soundtrack. The new song will arrive on the heels of an exciting achievement for Swift. On Sunday, she will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-artist-director-honors-2026-mtv-vmas-1235629611\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-artist-director-honors-2026-mtv-vmas-1235629611\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">honored<\/a> at the MTV Video Music Awards with the inaugural Artist Director Honors award.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019ve been impatiently waiting to tell you that my brand new single \u2018Patient Zero\u2019 will be out on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,4915],"class_list":["post-857031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-taylor-swift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}