It’s a love story? Hardly — it’s a ghost story. Taylor Swift brought her “Patient Zero” music video to the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night for its official world premiere, following up the release of the single at the beginning of the weekend with visuals that take the triangle in the song into more dramatic and even spookier realms than might have been anticipated. Dakota Johnson and Colin Ferrell amping up the tension, which ultimately has reverberations that go beyond just a bad breakup.
\n\nFans had only seen a 13-second teaser for the video prior to its premiere on the CBS/MTV/Paramount+ telecast, and they now know which character the headstone was for in the cemetery Swift and Johnson visit.
\n\nThe video is, of course, Swift’s latest directorial effort, and the occasion of her attendance at the VMAs was receiving the inaugural Artist-Director Honor. It was not her only trip to the podium; after the initial speech and video premiere, Swift came back later in the show to accept a video of the year award for “The Fate of Ophelia,” at which point she thanked Dolly Parton for her inspiration.
\n\nThe singer’s initial remarks prior to sharing the video were…
Original source: https://variety.com/