Taylor Swift dethrones Olivia Rodrigo, Ariana Grande with new record

Taylor Swift has earned a new milestone with her music video for Patient Zero, only a day after its release on YouTube, surpassing previously held records by Ariana Grande and Olivia Rodrigo.

The 36-year-old pop superstar made the record with 4,512,677 views on YouTube, dethroning Rodrigo's The Cure and Stupid Song, and Grande's Hate That I Made You Love Me.

The 14-time-Grammy winner released the video on YouTube without prior announcement after first debuting it on Apple Music and Spotify on September 27, following its world premiere at the VMAs.

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Swifties flocked to social media to celebrate, with one declaring, "SOTY."

Another noted, "and the mv was already available on spotify... over 10M debut on youtube if it wasn't for that. oh taylord," and "and mind you it was already released and seen before it came out on youtube."

More chimed in, "HER POWER!!" while another added, "outstreamed ariana grande and olivia rodrigo!!" 

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