{"id":265150,"date":"2026-09-25T20:44:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/is-taylor-swifts-patient-zero-about-joe-jonas-heres-what-we-know\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T20:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:44:54","slug":"is-taylor-swifts-patient-zero-about-joe-jonas-heres-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/is-taylor-swifts-patient-zero-about-joe-jonas-heres-what-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8216;Patient Zero&#8217; About Joe Jonas? Here&#8217;s What We Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift has a new song, and Joe Jonas may want to check his phone.<\/p>\n<p>As we previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/taylor-swifts-travis-kelce-ode-cleveland-divides-fans-cringe-or-catchy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taylor released four new songs this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And as usual, fans are obsessively dissecting the lyrics in search of clues about her personal life.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2166913977-11-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift performs on stage during the &quot;Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour&quot; at Wembley Stadium on August 15, 2024 in London, England. \" class=\"wp-image-563789 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2166913977-11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2166913977-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2166913977-11-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2166913977-11-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2166913977-11-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2166913977-11-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2166913977-11-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2166913977-11-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Swift performs on stage during the \u201cTaylor Swift | The Eras Tour\u201d at Wembley Stadium on August 15, 2024 in London, England. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Kate Green\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One new track, \u201cPatient Zero,\u201d has sent Swifties into full detective mode, with many convinced the song is about her famous ex-boyfriend and his ex-wife, Sophie Turner.<\/p>\n<p>And considering Taylor\u2019s history with Joe \u2014 plus the support she showed Sophie following her 2023 split from the Jonas Brothers singer \u2014 it\u2019s not exactly a wild theory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatient Zero\u201d appears to be written from the perspective of a woman who has already survived a toxic relationship with a particular man and is now offering advice to another woman who has gone through the same experience.<\/p>\n<p>The song references a man with a \u201cdevil on his shoulder under his halo\u201d and describes someone realizing that the relationship has become toxic.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor then offers the woman some very specific reassurance: She knows what it\u2019s like because she was there first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was patient zero,\u201d she sings.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, Taylor\u2019s fans immediately started wondering whether Joe was the man in question.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdmXFB_Mj0Z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Taylor and Joe dated briefly in 2008, when they were teenagers. Their breakup became infamous after Taylor publicly revealed that Joe had ended the relationship over the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Years later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/10\/sophie-turner-divorce-actress-details-incredibly-sad-split-from-joe-jonas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe went on to marry Sophie<\/a>, and that relationship eventually ended in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where things get particularly interesting.<\/p>\n<p>Following the breakup, Taylor and Sophie were spotted together repeatedly in New York City. Taylor also reportedly allowed Sophie and her children to stay in her New York City apartment while Sophie was dealing with her divorce and custody battle with Joe.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, a source told <em>Us Weekly<\/em> that Taylor \u201cinstinctively wanted to reach out\u201d to Sophie and was supporting her however she could.<\/p>\n<p>So, yes, the timeline certainly gives fans plenty to work with.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CuFIsVAL6WY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Of course, Taylor hasn\u2019t <em>said<\/em> that \u201cPatient Zero\u201d is about Joe and Sophie.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, she recently explained that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a73883407\/patient-zero-about-joe-jonas-sophie-turner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the song was inspired by a conversation among friends<\/a> about one of them being contacted by an ex-boyfriend\u2019s new girlfriend for advice.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor said everyone in the group began sharing similar experiences, which gave her the idea to write the song from the perspective of someone who had \u201cbeen through it before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That explanation doesn\u2019t exactly confirm the Joe-and-Sophie theory. <\/p>\n<p>But it also hasn\u2019t stopped the internet from connecting approximately 47 dots.<\/p>\n<p>For now, \u201cPatient Zero\u201d remains officially unexplained. <\/p>\n<p>But unoffically, Taylor\u2019s fans have already put Joe Jonas on trial, and the jury appears to be made up entirely of people with very good memories.<\/p>\n<div class=\"thg-endcard\" hidden=\"\" aria-label=\"Get the Hollywood Gossip app\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"thg-endcard-title\">Get the app \u2014 celeb news first<\/span><span class=\"thg-endcard-sub\">Push alerts the second a story breaks \u00b7 4.8\u2605 \u00b7 Free<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"thg-endcard-get\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/apple-store\/id372387225?pt=367523&amp;ct=web-endcard-cta&amp;mt=8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get the App<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/is-taylor-swifts-patient-zero-about-joe-jonas-heres-what-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Taylor Swift has a new song, and Joe Jonas may want to check his phone. As we previously reported, Taylor released four new songs this week. And as usual, fans are obsessively dissecting the lyrics in search of clues about her personal life. Taylor Swift performs on stage during the \u201cTaylor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":265151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-265150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}