Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero,” the lead track from the Sept. 25 surprise drop of The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore deluxe edition, opened with dominant first-week streaming momentum that has anchored trader sentiment. The song posted 13.7 million global Spotify streams on release day alone—setting the 2026 mark for the most-streamed track by a female artist in a single day—before accumulating roughly 70.7 million streams and 80,000 sales worldwide in its Sept. 25–Oct. 1 tracking week per Luminate data. This performance powered a No. 1 debut on the Billboard Hot 100 (her 16th), Global 200, and multiple international charts, alongside strong U.S. figures of 34.5 million streams. The Swift-directed video starring Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell premiered at the 2026 MTV VMAs, amplifying visibility during the critical opening period. With the first-week window now closed, market focus centers on final Spotify chart confirmation and any late adjustments to equivalent-unit calculations.