Taylor Swift to debut star-studded music video at Sunday's VMAs: What to know
Music superstar Taylor Swift will be honored with a special award at Sunday night's 2026 MTV Video Music Awards and also debut a star-studded music video.
Swift announced Thursday that the music video for her new single, "Patient Zero," will air in full during Sunday night's awards show in Los Angeles.
The "Love Story" singer also on Thursday released a teaser for the video, revealing that along with Swift, the video also stars Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell.
"Patient Zero" is one of four new songs Swift is releasing on Friday.
Swift shared in a social media post Wednesday in which she said that the new songs were created while she was celebrating the success of her 2025 album "The Life of a Showgirl," which was last year's top-selling album, according to Billboard.
"I took a trip to Sweden to celebrate with Max [Martin] and Shellback, my two collaborators on this album," Swift said Wednesday. "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."
"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.
Just two days after the songs are released, Swift is scheduled to receive the inaugural MTV VMA Artist Director Honors at the MTV Video Music Awards.
The award recognizes "groundbreaking music artists whose work behind the camera has expanded the possibilities of music video and advanced the art of visual storytelling," according to MTV.
Swift is nominated for nine awards at this year's ceremony, including video of the year and artist of the year.
