In 2024, the Los Angeles Times called Taylor Swift “patient zero for emotional contagion”, which may have inspired his lyrics for this single A Showgirl’s Life: The Encorereleased September 25, 2026.
But it turns out that “Patient Zero,” which features Dakota Johnson And Colin Farrell in the clip, talks about Taylor befriending a woman over a mutual ex, beginning with: “If you want to party with someone who might know / About the devil on his shoulder under his halo / When the toxins take hold of you, you’d rather die than let him go / But if you’re sick of him, I got you, I was patient zero.”
If an ex with a halo (or lack thereof) sounds familiar, she also addressed this theme in “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)” Tortured poetswho was apparently referring to his ex Matty Healy. Taylor sang at the time: “He had a halo of the highest quality/He just hadn’t met me yet.”
Now that Taylor is happily married, she imparts her wisdom to her ex’s new partner in “Patient Zero.”
“Believe it from someone who lost his matches but won the race/Believe it from someone who said it all to his face,” she says. “Someone who knows she’s more than just a chase/Someone who got her and walked away.”
So who could she sing for? This could have been inspired by her girls’ night out with Sophie Turner shortly after the actress’ 2023 split with Joe Jonaswho Taylor dated in 2008. (He is also believed to have inspired Intrepid“ “Forever and Always” and “Mr. Perfectly Fine.”)
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