What Time Does Taylor Swift’s New Song “Patient Zero” Drop on Friday?

Taylor Swift has new music incoming! After a lot of speculation about the release of Debut TV (which could still happen, to be fair, I remain clowning), the Grammy-winner announced that her new single, “Patient Zero,” is ready to be released into the world.But when, exactly?Taylor wrote on Instagram, “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. 0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣”September 25 is this coming Friday, but Taylor didn’t give any more specifics about what time “Patient Zero” will drop on Apple Music and Spotify. However, it seems pretty likely that she’ll release the song at midnight ET—aka very late Thursday night / first thing in the morning on Friday.Taylor’s music typically drops at midnight Eastern Time (The Life of a Showgirl was released on October 3, 2025, at 12 a.m. ET, for example), which means those of us living, say, in California, will be getting the song at 9 p.m. Thursday night. So check your time zones and prepare accordingly!Of course, Taylor has been known to love herself a countdown (in fact, she announced “Patient Zero” with one), so if the song isn’t being planned for a midnight ET release on September 25, she’ll probably let fans know by popping a countdown on her website for a different time. Stay tuned!