Pop icon Taylor Swift has cast her Hollywood A-list friends in the music video of her upcoming song ‘Patient Zero’.On Thursday, the singer-songwriter took to her Instagram handle, and shared the teaser for the music video of her new track. The video stars Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell alongside Swift. The singer has directed the video, which is set to have its world premiere at the MTV VMAs on Sunday, where Swift is also being honored with the inaugural Artist-Director Award. alongside her ‘Life of a Showgirl: The Encore’ album.She wrote in the caption, “This Sunday. @vmas”Prior to this, Swift had announced ‘The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore’ album, and shared that the album will feature 4 new songs. She took to her Instagram, and shared the news with her followers. She shared the album cover, and also penned a long note in the caption, as she spoke about the journey of her album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ in the past year.She wrote, “About a year ago, you guys did a truly unfathomable thing. Something that completely blew my mind… You gave The Life of a Showgirl the biggest first week for an album in history. I took a trip to Sweden to celebrate with Max and Shellback, my two collaborators on this album. Really we just wanted to reflect and take in how grateful we were for the moment we were in, but there was a studio there and we did what we do when we feel anything at all: We wrote more songs”.“I hope you love them, because they were born out of pure gratitude for your exuberance for and celebration of the album we made. ‘The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore’ including four new songs is out on Friday and available to pre-order and save now”, she added.Her earlier album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ was released on October 3, 2025.