Taylor Swift is back with the cinematic video for her new track Patient Zero, the lead single from The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore. Directed by Swift herself, the video stars Colin Farrell and her longtime friend Dakota Johnson.
Taylor and Dakota first crossed paths at the SNL 40th Anniversary in February 2015, with their friendship becoming public in 2016 after a birthday FaceTime photo. Johnson said working together was easy, noting they respect each other’s creativity and had the best time on set.
Taylor Swift and Dakota Johnson have shared a close friendship for more than ten years
Taylor Swift and Dakota Johnson have been friends for over a decade, but unlike many of her high-profile friendships, theirs has stayed mostly private and low-key. It reportedly began in February 2015, when both attended the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Celebration. Johnson hosted a special audience Q&A that night while Swift made a surprise cameo.
Fans believe they first met at the SNL event. The first public proof came a year later. On Johnson’s 27th birthday in October 2016, Cara Delevingne posted a now-deleted FaceTime photo with Johnson and Swift, captioned “facetimefamilyphoto.”
Just a week later, the three were spotted together at New York’s Waverly Inn and then at Bowery Ballroom with a larger group that included Serena Williams and Zoe Kravitz. In 2016, when Johnson hosted SNL, she gave Swift a shoutout in her opening monologue. From there, the friendship continued away from the spotlight. They were photographed around New York several times in 2016 and kept in touch through the years.
In 2025, Taylor Swift and Dakota Johnson were seen grabbing dinner with their brothers. Swift made her admiration public in April 2026, when she penned Johnson’s tribute for TIME’s 100 Most Influential People list. Calling Johnson synonymous with “refreshing honesty,” Swift wrote that she could vouch for her realness and described her as one of the most empathetic people she knows.
Their bond became even more visible in July 2026, when Johnson attended Swift’s wedding to Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden. Now, their friendship has turned creative. As mentioned, Johnson stars alongside Colin Farrell in Swift’s self-directed Patient Zero video, which premiered at the VMAs on September 27, 2026. Johnson said working with a close friend was the most fun thing and that they work really well together.
More about Taylor Swift’s Patient Zero and the music video
Patient Zero is one of four new songs on Taylor Swift’s expanded album The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, which was released on September 25, 2026, alongside Cleveland!, Pink Clouding, and Babylon. Swift said she wrote the extra tracks after a trip to Sweden with collaborators Max Martin and Shellback to celebrate the original album’s record-breaking first week.
Swift directed the Patient Zero video herself, with Oscar-winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki handling visuals. The clip first premiered at the MTV VMAs on September 27, 2026, where Swift will also receive the inaugural Artist Director Honors. The collaboration came together through Taylor and Dakota Johnson’s friendship.
Johnson said in her Verity red carpet interview and on the Fangirl Nation podcast that she and Swift have been close for years and simply decided to work together. Colin Farrell has also joined Taylor and Dakota in the cast. The teaser of the music video features Swift and Johnson mirroring each other at a bathroom sink, diving into water, and standing at a snowy gravesite with a black rose, before all three appear together in black in a lounge.
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