{"id":859845,"date":"2026-09-25T05:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T05:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859845\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T05:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T05:56:09","slug":"preview-of-taylor-swifts-patient-zero-video-features-two-big-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/859845\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview of Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ Video Features Two Big Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWith less than one sleep left before Taylor Swift<\/a> unveils her new single, \u201cPatient Zero<\/a>,\u201d Swifties got a 13-second preview<\/a> of the dramatic video<\/a> for the song on Thursday morning (Sept. 24). The brief clip that spawned more questions than answers premiered on CBS Mornings and Swift\u2019s Instagram feed, revealing a pair of Hollywood stars at its center. <\/p>\n

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\n\tThe video preview opens with a mirror image of Swift \u2014\u00a0in a white tank and gray shorts \u2014\u00a0turning on the water faucet in a dimly lit, industrial-looking bathroom before quickly cutting to footage of two women diving into a pool trailed by a swarm of bubbles. A long shot from behind then reveals what appears to be two female figures flanking a male statue, also in a gray-and-white concrete space and then a pair of black roses placed on a snow-covered headstone.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn keeping with the enigmatic sneak peek whose running time in, naturally, Swift\u2019s favorite number, the final image is of two female figures in long black coats \u2014\u00a0again seen only from behind \u2014\u00a0standing in front of the grave in a snowy cemetery, with the one that appears to be Swift comforting the other as they look at a headstone that reads 1989-2022, \u201cGone too Soon,\u201d with the word \u201cdaughter\u201d visible, but the name obscured. There is a final, brief glimpse of a stricken-looking Swift slowly turning her head, with the singer\u2019s 10-carat engagement ring on full display.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt ends with the credits, which lists Swift as its star, of course, along with Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson. While no lyrics are heard in the preview, it is soundtracked by a lilting, Irish folk music-tinged instrumental. The final images include Farrell emerging from a luxury sedan at night and Johnson looking haunted at what appears to be a party and then all three, dressed in all black, in a lounge.<\/p>\n

\n\tSwift may have hinted at Johnson\u2019s involvement in the video during her surprise Emmy\u2019s pop-in<\/a> last week in in a Law & Order: Special Victims Unit sketch, in which her Det. Olivia Benson dropped a cryptic string of clues that sent Swifties into Easter egg hunt overdrive. The final clue, \u201cNorth or South,\u201d may have been a tip-off to Johnson, whose first name can be paired with the directional clues to unveil North and South Dakota.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Farrell and Johnson cameos are not the first time major Hollywood stars have turned up in a Swift music video. They follow on the heels of Domhnall Gleeson, Jodie Turner-Smith and Greta Lee in video for the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Showgirl hit \u201cOpalite,\u201d as well as Josh Charles and Ethan Hawke in 2024\u2019s \u201cFortnite,\u201d Taylor Lautner and Joey King in 2023\u2019s \u201cI Can See You (Taylor\u2019s Version),\u201d Laura Dern in 2022\u2019s \u201cBejeweled\u201d and Dylan O\u2019Brien and Sadie Sink in the 2021 short film \u201cAll Too Well (10 Minute Version),\u201d among others.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to CBS Mornings, the video\u2019s cinematographer was Emmanuel Lubezki, best known for The Revenant and Birdman<\/p>\n

\n\tThe video, directed by Swift, will premiere during the 2026 MTV VMAs on Sunday (Sept. 27), where the singer will be bestowed with the first-ever Artist Director Honors<\/a> at the event where she is also nominated for 13 awards.<\/p>\n

\n\tSwift announced on Wednesday that she is dropping an expanded version of last year\u2019s The Life of a Showgirl album on Friday as well, dubbed The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore<\/a>, which will feature four bonus tracks. Along with \u201cPatient Zero,\u201d the bonus edition will feature the freshly recorded \u201cCleveland!,\u201d \u201cPink Clouding\u201d and \u201cBabylon.\u201d<\/p>\n