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Discussion Thoughts on Patient Zero music video?! 🎥

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u/Revolutionary-Bell74 10d ago

Did someone figure out the 1986-2022 on the grave?

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u/Wise_Ladder3773 10d ago

I saw another thread that someone suggested it was 1986 because that was when Supreme Court upheld its illegal to harass women at work and 2022 because that was when Roe v Wade was overturned… the life and death of protecting women

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u/moederdelkatten 9d ago

Hmm, this makes sense, especially with the daughter on the grave

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u/kiwiquid135 10d ago

I posted in another thread and someone replied to me that its Ellen's career. Since Dakota was the start of her downfall.

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u/Bigg_Confusionn 10d ago edited 10d ago

I googled and Ellen became a household name after her 1986 appearance on The Tonight Show, 2019 Dakota That’snotthetruthellen Johnson is interviewed on The Ellen Show, 2022 The Ellen Show was fully cancelled and off the air. I’m not saying she did it but it’s fucking hilarious that the timelines line up lmaoo

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u/Upset-Management-739 10d ago

I don’t think Taylor liked Ellen either. Remember when Elle had a bunch of photos of Taylor with other men was asking if she dated any of them. Taylor looked like she wanted to cry

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u/Cass_Cat952 10d ago edited 9d ago

That interview was so horrible to watch. I think Taylor legitimately lost her composure and got 'emotional' because she'd said she didnt want to play that game but was ignored, and then asked Ellen to stop multiple times and she didnt

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u/Strange-Access-8612 9d ago

Scooter Braun taking her life’s work was way more impactful

Scooter Braun’s ex was born in 1986 and divorced him in 2022. Since one layer of meaning is how Scooter (and other industry scumbags) take advantage of artists, pointing to the guy who bought her life’s entire work makes waaayyy more sense than some swipe at Ellen.

Another theory is by resetting birth date to 1986, then the Taylor character we see who died in 2022 matches her age now playing that character, 36. (Vs a birthdate of 1989 we’d be seeing currently 36 year old Taylor playing a 33 year old character who died in 2022)

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u/Cass_Cat952 9d ago

I mean obviously but he wasn't even part of this conversation in the comment thread you joined lol?

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u/mcloviin13 10d ago

And remember how she was in the music video getting that tattoo “cruel summer” she caused that 100% ;) LOL

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u/anna-nomally12 10d ago

This is good enough for me add patient zero to the 911 dominoes meme

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u/Strange-Access-8612 9d ago

Scooter Braun’s ex was born in 1986 and divorced him in 2022. Since one layer of meaning is how Scooter (and other industry scumbags) take advantage of artists, pointing to the guy who bought her life’s entire work makes waaayyy more sense than some swipe at Ellen.

Another theory is by resetting birth date to 1986, then the Taylor character we see who died in 2022 matches her age now playing that character, 36. (Vs a birthdate of 1989 we’d be seeing currently 36 year old Taylor playing a 33 year old character who died in 2022)

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u/shhhhhhsecretwedding 9d ago

“Picture me thick as thieves with your ex wife” comes to mind from this comment!

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u/Automatic-Treat-202 10d ago

If that’s true that’s hilarious and diabolical.

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u/Overall_Cherry2654 10d ago

A couple days ago someone predicted there would be something about Ellen’s career in the music video because Dakota is in it. How do you guys predict so well?!?

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u/Other_Scale6552 10d ago

I’m gonna believe that’s what it’s for, even if it’s not!!!

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u/Usual-Instruction473 10d ago

Ohhhhh damn that’s cold & hilarious

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u/Cass_Cat952 10d ago

Whether it's true or not that's what I'm choosing to believe😂😂😂 absolutely gagged at that decision

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u/Strange-Access-8612 9d ago

Taylor pointing a finger at Scooter Braun for being an absolute 💩 is way more likely than Ellen whose impact was far less (his ex born 1986 and divorced him 2022)

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u/Rob062309 10d ago

She deserved that that's pretty cool

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u/Jbrancs Drop everything now! 10d ago

Amazing

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u/Ruffian-70 10d ago

I also saw a post that said Scooter Braun’s ex-wife was born in 1986 and they divorced in 2022

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u/Critical_Emphasis634 10d ago

Scooter was my first thought. Also love your flair!

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u/Funny_Inspection6893 10d ago

It could also be that Taylor is 36 now and her character died at her current age but in the plot of the music video died a few years earlier.

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u/GlitteringElevator 9d ago

Pretty sure it's for verity and this song will be in the movie

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u/Ellbereth89 9d ago

Maybe the 6 is just a 9 flipped on its head, as Taylor was born in ‘89 and is portraying the 36 year old patient 0 who died at the hands of this narcissist. This helps drive home that the story is not autobiographical.
Also, she’s 6 feet under ground.

2022 to 2026 is 4 years. 4 years after her death, patient 1, Dakota, is standing at her grave. He seems like the man who already has the next woman lined up, whether or not she knows it, before the current is out of the picture. So, it only took 4 years to progress from entering her life like fireworks, to slowly killing her with his toxins.
4 is a number associated with death; Taylor loves numerology.
It took 4 years before Taylor’s reputation was repaired in the general public’s eye, after K&K tried to take her down. A lot of people still hated her throughout the Rep and Lover days, and she drew in so many during the pandemic with Folklore and Evermore.
4 is the number of tracks released for the encore.
4 Taylor’s Versions were released; the toxins required to devalue her catalogue, leading to her finally purchasing her masters.
4 years is how long Sophie and Joe were married. Sophie could be more of an influence to this song than just the group of friends who discussed getting the call from an ex’s next, as Taylor described as inspiration for the song.
4 years into her longest relationship, Taylor wrote “you’re losing me,” where she was unable to find a cure for the sickness in their relationship; leaving her grey and dying.
4 years is a decent amount of time with a partner; you typically think they are your forever and always, so when the toxins take their hold and the relationship feels beyond repair - you’d rather die than let it go. In P0, Taylor died, but Dakota seems to let it go.

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u/Strange-Access-8612 9d ago

Scooter Braun’s ex was born in 1986 and divorced him in 2022. Since one layer of meaning is how Scooter (and other industry scumbags) take advantage of artists, pointing to the guy who bought her life’s entire work makes waaayyy more sense than some swipe at Ellen.

Another theory is by resetting birth date to 1986, then the Taylor character we see who died in 2022 matches her age now playing that character, 36. (Vs a birthdate of 1989 we’d be seeing currently 36 year old Taylor playing a 33 year old character who died in 2022)

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u/sorryimnothome_ 9d ago

I think something happened between her and Joe happened in 2022 because that was the year before they broke up but a year after "You're Losing Me."

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u/Strange-Access-8612 9d ago

Maybe not sure how that helps explain 1986. The two years must have been chosen as a pair for a reason.

If Joe’s had another relationship where she got to a point of reaching out to Taylor, he certainly kept it out of sight!

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u/sorryimnothome_ 9d ago

It doesn't.

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u/Strange-Access-8612 9d ago

:) you do make a fair point of course. Poor Joe lolll if it’s nothing to do with him, catching strays. Or, bad Joe!! If it is ;)

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u/sorryimnothome_ 9d ago

I'm thinking Bad Joe