As one of many foremost obvious topics of Taylor Swift‘s newest album, it’s no shock that followers are on the lookout for clues about Joe Alwyn‘s Tortured Poets Division response. The British actor, who dated the pop tremendous star from 2016 to 2023, has but to remark publicly on his ex-girlfriend’s newest physique of labor. Nonetheless, a brand new report by Individuals is giving us a fairly good concept of how Swift’s former flame is dealing with all the latest press surrounding the rumored songs about him on TTPD.
In keeping with the report, Alwyn “deliberately” stored his six-year relationship with Swift out of the general public eye—so it’s doubtless secure to imagine that the heightened media consideration isn’t one thing the 33-year-old actor is all too happy about. A supply who spoke to the outlet defined that Alwyn all the time needed his romance with Swift to be “his personal private story” regardless of the fixed public curiosity of their relationship. The insider additionally famous that whereas his relationship with Swift “took lots of people abruptly” amongst his private circle, the actor nonetheless “wasn’t exhibiting off in a roundabout way.”
Nonetheless, Swift’s newest album doesn’t take these privateness considerations into consideration. Whereas the pop star doesn’t identify any names, there are a number of songs on The Tortured Poets Division—launched on April 19, 2024—that seem to reference her relationship with Alwyn. On “So Lengthy, London,” Swift sings a couple of relationship on its final legs. “I ended CPR, in any case it’s no use / The spirit was gone, we might by no means come to / And I’m pissed off you let me offer you all that youth totally free,” she sings on the observe. Afterward the album, Swift shares how lonely she felt as her romance fell aside: “One other summer season taking cowl / Rolling thunder, he don’t perceive me / Splintered again in winter / Silent dinner, bitter he was along with her in desires.”
Swift and Alwyn reportedly met on the 2016 Met Gala, the place they had been each attendees. Nonetheless, the couple didn’t affirm their relationship till late 2017, conserving a low profile with few public appearances and restricted social media interactions. Alwyn supported Swift creatively all through their relationship, having contributed to a number of of her albums—together with Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights—beneath the pseudonym William Bowery. He reportedly co-wrote songs like “Exile,” “Betty,” and “Champagne Issues.”
Regardless of their connection, Alwyn and Swift maintained a notoriously personal relationship, selecting to not focus on their romance publicly. “If I had a pound for each time I believe I’ve been advised I’ve been engaged, then I’d have a number of pound cash,” Alwyn advised WSJ. Journal in April 2022. “I imply, the reality is, if the reply was sure, I wouldn’t say, and if the reply was no, I wouldn’t say,” the Conversations with Buddies star added on the time.
The pair finally referred to as it quits in early 2023, with sources telling Individuals that they “finally weren’t the appropriate match for each other” and chalking up their cut up to persona variations. Since their breakup, Swift has been linked to The 1975 frontman, Matt Healy, and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish, Travis Kelce, who she continues up to now now as she performs all over the world for her Eras Tour. Alwyn, for his half, is preparing for the premiere of his newest movie, Sorts of Kindness.
