Taylor Swift teases new song 'Patient Zero'
Taylor Swift has announced a new song, “Patient Zero,” her first since her starry wedding this summer. It releases Friday. On Tuesday, she launched a cryptic countdown clock on her website, which ended at 2 p.m. Eastern. Her fans quickly started theorizing. Her website now offers three limited-edition CD variants of the track. The news comes ahead of Swift receiving the inaugural Artist Director Honors at the MTV VMAs on Sunday.
It also comes after Swift appeared in a pretaped sketch at last week's Emmys where she dropped additional Easter eggs.
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