Taylor Swift announces Patient Zero
The gist
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" will be out on September 25.
It follows her October 2025 album, and fans are decoding clues.
How it unfolded
- 2025 -05Swift announced she had purchased her master recordings and confirmed the existence of the re-recorded version of her 2006 debut album Taylor Swift and the vault tracks from her Reputation album.
- 2025 -10Swift released her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl.
- 2026 -02Swift released the music video for the Life of a Showgirl track "Opalite," which featured a sign that read, "Patient for the encore."