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\n\tFans waiting for Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2018s new single, \u201cPatient Zero<\/a>,\u201d were offered a preview of its accompanying video on Thursday, but they\u2019ll have to wait until Sunday night to see the whole thing during the MTV Video Music Awards<\/em>. The 13-second teaser showed Swift, Colin Farrell, and Dakota Johnson in a variety of dramatic scenes beginning with Swift turning on the faucet in a dimly lit bathroom as orchestral strings play a lilting, almost Irish-sounding melody in the background. The whole song comes out Friday ahead of the video release.<\/p>\n \n\tThe water theme continues as Swift and Johnson dive opposite each other into a pool in an underwater shot and later stand behind a man on a pedestal as he looks at his phone. The teaser cuts to a cemetery and a coffin on which somebody lays a black rose. Then come the hero shots of Swift, Farrell, and Johnson (all alive) leading to what looks like the splash for a movie title. Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezski, who won Oscars for The Revenant<\/em>, Birdman<\/em>, and Gravity<\/em>, worked on the video.<\/p>\n \n\tSwift is nominated in 11 categories at this year\u2019s VMAs. She\u2019ll also receive the inaugural Artist Director Honors, which recognizes an artist\u2019s \u201cwork behind the camera has expanded the possibilities of music video and advanced the art of visual storytelling.\u201d The VMAs air on CBS and MTV at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday. The show will also be available to stream on Paramount+.<\/p>\n \n\tSwift announced the arrival of her new track earlier this week, writing on her social media accounts, \u201cI\u2019ve been impatiently waiting to tell you that my brand new single \u2018Patient Zero\u2019 will be out on September 25 (!!!!!!!!!!!!).\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe singer\u2019s website was also refashioned from a glittering orange to a dark gray and featured three new CD single versions of \u201cPatient Zero.\u201d Each reiteration features a different cover of the singer wearing black \u2014 echoing her Instagram\u00a0post<\/a>\u00a0announcing the track, in which she sports a black high-neck top. Swift also updated her profile picture across social media, which has marked a new era for the singer in the past.<\/p>\n \n\tSoon after the announcement of her new track, Swift revealed that the extended version of The Life of a Showgirl<\/em><\/a> would also arrive on Friday with four new songs. In addition to \u201cPatient Zero,\u201d The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore<\/em><\/a> will feature \u201cCleveland!,\u201d \u201cPink Clouding,\u201d and \u201cBabylon.\u201d<\/p>\n