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Taylor Swift Reveals the Meaning Behind the $47 Million Beverly Hills Fortress in the 'Patient Zero' Music Video · Best of: Features

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  Taylor Swift reveals the meaning behind the 47 million Beverly Hills Fortress
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  in the Patient Zero music video Written by Hannah Chambers.
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  This article is being read by an automated voice generated by Everlett.
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  Taylor Swift is known for the extreme attention to detail she brings
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  to her work, so it's no surprise that the swanky, brutalist mansion
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  she filmed her latest music video in was used as a symbol
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  to convey the song's meaning. The
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  Patient Zero video, which stars Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell premiered at
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  the MTV Video Music Awards on september twenty seventh and was shot
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  in a sprawling Beverly Hills, California estate. The newlywed pop star shared
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  a series of behind the scenes photos and revelations in an Instagram
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  post following the award show, providing fans a better understanding of the
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  project's creative direction. With the Patient Zero video I got to explore
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  the cinematic and literary genres I love so much. I wanted to
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  incorporate elements of gothic ghost stories, true crime, psychological thrillers, all in
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  a setting I hadn't really shot in much, Swift wrote. The video
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  features Johnson and Farrell as a struggling couple, with Swift presumably a
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  ghost or otherworldly spirit quietly watching close by as she tells the
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  story of her eerily similar experience. The fictional couple is seen arguing
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  throughout their home a moodily lit concrete fortress. The house was a
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  metaphor for the coldness of a relationship that's faded and atrophied, she
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  added. Swift also thanked Ethan Tobman for his insightful production design and
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  efforts in bringing that feeling to life. People magazine linked the home
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  to a listing previously held by Aaron Kerman of Christie's International Real
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  Estate Sokal and the Aaron Kerman Group, reporting it was most recently
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  sold in june twenty twenty six for forty six point nine five
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  million dollars. A gallery magazine feature from january twenty twenty six identifies
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  the property as the former some
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  of Oakley founder James Janard. According to property records, the dwelling came
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  on The market for sixty four point nine nine five million dollars
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  in july twenty twenty five, with the price reduced by five point
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  five one million dollars the following January. The final sale price was
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  more that eighteen million dollars below the original asking price. Designed and
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  built in twenty fourteen by the ID Group, the eighteen thousand three
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  hundred and forty four square foot dwelling includes five bedrooms and nine
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  bathrooms. It is situated on a 1.99 acre lot with breathtaking 180
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  degree city views. Outfitted with bold stainless steel, steampunk inspired fixtures, and
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  a whopping ninety six concrete columns, the home is uniquely designed with
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  an industrial aesthetic. The Patient Zero video offers a glimpse of some
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  of the mansion's outstanding features, including an infinity edge pool and retractable
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  glass walls. The amenities are just as fascinating. There's a home theater,
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  spa inspired bathrooms, and a walk in humidor, a climate controlled space
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  typically used to store cigars. Another standout feature of the house, the
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  sky high monolithic walls and intense steel gate that protect it from
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  the outside world. On a related note, the singer and her husband,
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  Travis Kelsey, recently attempted to erect an eight foot privacy wall around
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  their five point three five million dollars Ohio home, which the Kansas
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  City Chiefs player snapped up in March, months ahead of their Madison
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  Square Garden wedding. According to TMZ, the plans have failed to come
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  to fruition, as the proposal was not approved by the local building
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  board. It was brought before the Bratonall Architectural Review Board on august
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  eleventh and september eighth, without a resolution. The wall is in apparent
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  conflict with local regulations prohibiting solid fences and walls, as well as
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  fences with less than seventy five percent openness from exceeding the thirty
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  inches in height. It's unclear how the couple will proceed with the
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  plans. In the meantime, they've implemented other significant security measures. Page six
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  reported that the eight bedroom, eleven bathroom property has been equipped with
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  a sophisticated system that issues verbal warnings to potential trespassers. A neighbor
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  approached the house and got a voice warning about not passing on
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  to the property after getting too close to the house, a resident
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  shared with the outlet. Patient Zero video star Johnson also prioritizes privacy
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  and recently told Vogue that she snapped up her new 5.3 million
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  Hollywood Hills home because she was drawn to its secluded location. You
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  can't really see another house from it, she shared, of the tree
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  surrounded property. It feels sacred.