{"id":904,"date":"2026-09-22T18:53:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=904"},"modified":"2026-09-22T18:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:53:24","slug":"taylor-swift-announces-brand-new-song-patient-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=904","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift announces brand-new song, ‘Patient Zero’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taylor Swift attends the Songwriters Hall of Fame 55th annual Induction and Awards Gala at Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 11, 2026, in New York City. (Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Swifties have been patient, and now The Life of a Showgirl<\/em> continues on.<\/p>\n

Taylor Swift has announced the upcoming release of her brand-new single, titled “Patient Zero.” The worldwide music superstar took to Instagram<\/a> on Tuesday to announce the new song will be released Friday.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve been impatiently waiting to tell you that my brand new single ‘Patient Zero’ will be out on September 25 (!!!!!!!!!!!!) and it\u2019s available to pre-order now on my website for 24 hours,” Swift captioned her Instagram announcement post.<\/p>\n

A new photo of Swift also appears in the post. She stares directly toward the camera while leaning up against a blank, gray wall. She wears a black, sleeveless ensemble with a turtleneck. Her signature bangs are swept to the side and her eye makeup is smokey with a muted lip color.<\/p>\n

Three CD versions of the upcoming single are available for purchase on Swift’s website: the original version, an acoustic version and a piano version. The original version’s cover is the same photo that Swift posted to Instagram. She’s also made it her new profile picture.<\/p>\n

The acoustic and piano CD versions of the song have their own covers. Both of them feature brand-new photos of Swift posing while wearing black and gray clothing. In both of these additional covers, she stares off into the distance.<\/p>\n

Swift had been teasing the surprise release for the last 24 hours. Eagle-eyed fans noticed while streaming her music on Spotify that certain lyrics from her most recent album, The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>, featured the number zero taking the place of the letter O.<\/p>\n

Additionally, one of Swift’s Eras Tour dancers, Kameron Saunders, took to Instagram<\/a> on Tuesday to post an Easter egg for the Swifties. He shared a photo of himself from the “Opalite” music video, where he holds up a dancing competition judging paddle featuring the number zero on it.<\/p>\n

Saunders’ caption reads, “And, baby, that’s sh0w business f0r y0u.”<\/p>\n

Swift has changed her Instagram and X bios to be the exact same line, spelled with zeros instead of the letter O.<\/p>\n

It is assumed that “Patient Zero” is a continuation of The Life of a Showgirl<\/em> era. That album, Swift’s 12th, was released on Oct. 3, 2025. The CD listings on Swift’s website for the new track feature The Life of a Showgirl<\/em> logo, as well as the signature glitter associated with the era.<\/p>\n

Notably, the bright orange color associated with The Life of a Showgirl<\/em> has been swapped out for a sparkly black hue for “Patient Zero.” This falls more in line with the imagery from Swift’s previous albums The Tortured Poets Department<\/em> and reputation<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taylor Swift attends the Songwriters Hall of Fame 55th annual Induction and Awards Gala at Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 11, 2026, in New York City. (Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images) Swifties have been patient, and now The Life of a Showgirl continues on. Taylor Swift has announced the upcoming release of her brand-new single, titled “Patient […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}