Dakota Johnson – who is currently promoting her upcoming film, Verity, has spoken up on her working experience with Taylor Swift on Patient Zero.
The 14-time Grammy winner is all set for the grand release of her track, Patient Zero's music video at the upcoming VMA Awards 2026 and Dakota has spilled beans on their collaboration.
During her conversation with Variety at the red carpet of Verity's premiere in London on Thursday, the Fifty Shades of Grey actress admitted, "Working with your friends is like the most fun thing on the planet."
She went on to explain, "because we’ve known each other for so long, we respect each other’s creative minds, and to be able to work alongside her and support and assist and be a person whom she tells what to do is wonderful."
Meanwhile, Dakota expressed her excitement on working with Taylor on Ambar Lee and Leah Briars’ Fangirl Nation podcast, where she appeared on the same day.
"Taylor and I have been friends for a really long time and we’re very close, and we decided to work together and it’s great," The Materialists actress noted.
"Normally I would say ‘Don’t work with your friends,’ but we work really well together. It was so fun. So fun. It was the best. We just had the best time" she added.
About Patient Zero
Taylor Swift's new song, Patient Zero is the opening track from her deluxe album The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, released on September 25, 2026.
Just a day after announcing the lead single, Taylor shared the backstory of The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore in an emotional Instagram post.
Sharing poster of the new Encore album, Taylor wrote, "About a year ago, you guys did a truly unfathomable thing. Something that completely blew my mind… You gave The Life of a Showgirl the biggest first week for an album in history. I took a trip to Sweden to celebrate with Max and Shellback, my two collaborators on this album."
"Really we just wanted to reflect and take in how grateful we were for the moment we were in, but there was a studio there and we did what we do when we feel anything at all: We wrote more songs," she added.
