Taylor Swift has hinted she’ll be embroiled in a fictional love triangle with two A-List stars in the video for her new single Patient Zero.Swift, 36, was seen alongside Dakota Johnson, also 36, and Colin Farrell, 50, in the 13 second teaser screened on CBS Mornings Thursday, with the full video set to debut at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Sunday.The clip opens with Swift diving underwater in a black dress.Moments later Swift is seen filmed from behind stood next to a Greek-style statue while staring out the window of a modernist concrete home.Johnson and Farrell then make somber appearances alongside the pop superstar.All three are seen glowering at each other while wearing smart black outfits, before two women are seen shot from behind looking at a grave in a snowy cemetery.It is unclear if the character played by Farrell is the person who dies in the clip, although the dramatic music and storyline suggests that Swift will once again sing about being mistreated by a man. Taylor Swift is seen in the music video for her new single Patient Zero Swift, Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell are seen together in a scene from Swift’s new music videoHappily, the star’s famously turbulent love life has now settled into a period of calm. She married Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, 36, at Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 3.The lavish ceremony was attended by hundreds of A-List stars but was so shrouded in secrecy that photos of Swift and Kelce at the nuptials have yet to emerge. The pop icon took to Instagram this week to reveal The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, featuring four new tracks, would be released on Friday.Sharing a sultry new album cover snap, showing the star clad in a leggy gold dress, Swift 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.’The four new songs include Pink Clouding, Babylon and Cleveland!, a nod to husband Travis Kelce’s Cleveland Heights, Ohio, hometown, as well as recently announced single Patient Zero.The new extended album comes a day after Swift revealed her return to music with the release of Patient Zero. Hollywood actress Johnson showed off her acting chops in a glamorous scene from the video Irish acting favorite Farrell was seen in the teaser too. The storyline has yet to be revealed The clip ends with Swift and Johnson stood in front of a grave in a snowy cemetery Swift dazzled fans yet again on Wednesday as she announced more new music and an expanded edition of most recent album, The Life of a Showgirl On Tuesday, Swift revealed her return to music with the release of a new single titled Patient ZeroSwift had left fans speculating she was about to drop her wedding photos when her website launched a mysterious two-hour countdown on Tuesday.Swift, known for her previous countdowns and Easter Egg messages to fans, has shared past, similar cryptic posts eventually teasing the release of new albums, new photoshoots and limited edition merchandise.Not content with tantalizing fans on her website, Swift also changed both her Twitter and Instagram bio to read: ‘And, baby, that’s sh0w business f0r y0u’ along with a fire heart, with zeros replacing the letter O.As 2pm ET struck, Swift revealed the cover artwork for her new single, the title of which appeared to be in homage to the star being described as ‘patient zero’ for emotional contagion in a 2024 LA Times article.She posted a sultry new snap, captioned: ‘I’ve been impatiently waiting to tell you that my brand new single “Patient Zero” will be out on September 25 (!!!!!!!!!!!!) and it’s available to pre-order now on my website for 24 hours.’ The star left fans speculating she was about to drop her wedding photos when her website launched a mysterious two-hour countdown on Tuesday The photos showed Swift draped in revealing black dresses, while she sported smoky eye make-up and her signature red lip, seemingly launching a new era. Fans were able to preorder three different $3.99 versions of the track, including acoustic and piano singles.The gothic shoot, which appeared to have taken place in a crypt, led fans to speculate that Swift’s single could be from ‘a sister album to the life of a showgirl and it’s the death of a showgirl.’The Daily Mail has contacted Swift’s representative for further comment – and has yet to hear back.Ahead of the announcement, fans had quipped ‘plot twist it’s taylor and trav’s wedding photos behind the countdown’ and ‘the countdown is for the wedding photos!!’Others speculated Swift was set to release a deluxe version of her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, while many said the three zeros were signifying angel numbers, signaling a ‘new beginning’ for the star.Swift’s last album release came in October 2025 with the release of The Life of a Showgirl, while her most recent single, I Knew It, I Knew You, from the Toy Story 5 soundtrack, topped charts in June.