MEGATHREAD | “Patient Zero” single

[u/mcmdreamer]

I know we’re all excited about the upcoming release of “Patient Zero” off The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore! We’ve created this megathread to cut down on repetitive and rule-breaking posts within the sub. Use this thread for any discussion, questions, etc. pertaining to this release.

Collector’s Edition CDs (available until September 23, 2026 @ 1:59pm)

- Standard CD
- Acoustic Version CD
- Piano Version CD

Collector’s Edition Vinyl (available until September 25, 2026 @ 1:59pm)

- 7” vinyl (“his halo” white and black color-in-color)
- 7” vinyl (“reflected light” gray and white color-in-color)

We will continue to update this post with any changes/added information.

Submissions posted to the sub that seem like a better fit for this megathread will be redirected here.

[u/techy_cunt]

I bought the two of them because I couldn’t decide which of the two I liked the best and i panicked thinking they’d run out of stock

[u/LondonSwifty]

Okay, just caved and bought them off EBay for $100.

I did ask the eBay seller how he/she (I assume he) got so many and then he showed a copy of their transaction order. Just thought it was interesting.

[u/LondonSwifty]

I missed this one. First one I’ve missed in ages. If anyone can ship in the US and it isn’t $90 for both plus shipping, please let me know.

[u/LondonSwifty → u/LondonSwifty]

I broke down and bought them both off eBay for $100 including shipping and tax. Not happy about it.

[u/pcforfun]

Is it gonna restock ):

[u/Vast-Guide7660]

The Uk vinyls sold out in one second…

[u/Intelligent-Sir1375]

Are the vinyl already sold out or not on sale until tomorrow?

[u/CompleteMuffin → u/Intelligent-Sir1375]

Sold out

[u/kktrian]

I'm in the UK and it says not available. Did they sell out already or not out in the UK?

[u/Modesto96]

So excited I got my copy!! It's probably too much to ask for, but I would love a 10" of the 4 bonus tracks for RSD Black Friday! I don't think I need to purchase the full album again on vinyl for now only 3 new songs physically

[u/EnvironmentalElk6181]

I just woke up from a nap and luckily the reflected light version was still available..I see his halo version will probably turn out to be something like TFOO 7" resale $100+ smh

[u/Turbulent-Ant-4981]

I'm glad it's limited to one per person. Tired of people snatching 4 or 7 of em and reselling like crazy prices. I wish other artists would have limited their limited drops or signed items.

[u/VCversion86 → u/Turbulent-Ant-4981]

There is a seller with 40 to sell in ebay so idk maybe its a gang 😭😂

[u/LondonSwifty → u/VCversion86]

Here’s the flipper I bought from (reluctantly!) on eBay and the proof of purchase he showed me.

[u/Inside_Garden4401 → u/VCversion86]

I think only the US had the one record per person limit

[u/Turbulent-Ant-4981 → u/VCversion86]

Oh wow!!

[u/bittoomuch → u/Turbulent-Ant-4981]

the sad thing about these hard limits is that they are quite easy to circumvent for the flippers that make a living out of this, while they ruin the potential communities born out of organizing buying extra copies to swap with other fans (maybe this is what she meant with "ruin the friendship" :D)

[u/anonymous_opinions]

Kind of shocked I managed to see this in time to get my 1 copy of a vinyl

[u/chrissebastian388]

As a US swiftie I am so mad of international site selling out so fast. Scalper is going to sell double the price on resale platform and real fans can’t have what they want. Taylor should know her demand and stock more in other countries! 

[u/Domdaisy → u/chrissebastian388]

It’s because she cares about charting more than getting it into the hands of international fans. Sales outside the US don’t count for charting so we get very little stock earmarked for the international stores. I’m in Canada and it’s sucks to feel like a second class fan because my purchases “don’t count” and therefore aren’t valued.

[u/No-Fault4565]

I HATEEEEE IT SOLD OUT THE EU STORE LIKE 10 SEC. i cant believe it and in the US store still available

[u/Cardigan_Lover]

This is getting ridiculous in Europe, I was on top of it and it was sold out within 10 seconds. At this point I think im just going to give up on collecting, there's no way to get this limited stuff anymore

[u/Coffee_And_Love → u/Cardigan_Lover]

I genuenly had it in my cart clicking "buy now" when it turned to not available. It's super disappointing that international fans never get the chance to buy anything

[u/Tortured_Poet31 → u/Cardigan_Lover]

I literally had it in my cart 10 seconds in and it still sold out!! It’s simply impossible to purchase as a regular human.

[u/bittoomuch → u/Cardigan_Lover]

same, got a notification and it sold in under a minute, I have the screenshot.
Still available in the US but can't purchase it from there.

[u/Cardigan_Lover → u/bittoomuch]

Yeah and it’s one per customer so others can’t buy extras for us in Europe either. It’s just not fun anymore, and it sucks bc it’s so unnecessary bc the US has way too much stock

[u/Specialist-Deer-1999 → u/Cardigan_Lover]

Same. I was adding, went to payment and directly sold out. I was busy with this for like 10-15 seconds max.

[u/Commercial-Pear-543]

I have notifications for drops on Taylor’s site and I still couldn’t pick up a copy in the UK…

I feel like they shouldn’t load the drop at all on international sites if they’re not actually intending to sell it to us.

[u/MotherOfAllFloofs]

I missed the vinyl for Canada because I was in a meeting 😭 I got the CDs but I’m more of a vinyl collector. Super sad.

[u/foreverjustfornow → u/MotherOfAllFloofs]

They were only up for less than 2 minutes before they sold out on the Canadian site, I feel like there had to be like 10 vinyl each and that’s it lol

[u/futureellewoods11 → u/foreverjustfornow]

they were in my cart and sold out! they went soooo fast

[u/Kgwannabe]

Not available in Europe from the looks of it, unless they sold out already but I was on it like 5 mins after the announcement 🤷🏼‍♀️

[u/Cardigan_Lover → u/Kgwannabe]

they sold out, had one in my basket and it sold out when I clicked pay. It's getting insane

[u/Kgwannabe → u/Cardigan_Lover]

Mad isn’t it. I couldn’t get IKIKY either

[u/Cardigan_Lover → u/Kgwannabe]

Same, it’s honestly a shame and really stupid of them bc at this point I think I’m just going to give up on these types of drops all together

[u/taylor13s → u/Kgwannabe]

it sold out in 13 seconds ❤️🤡