Moving Swift-ly on! How Jo Alwyn’s romance with Taylor Swift catapulted him from a shy Bristol drama graduate to one of Hollywood’s leading men
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Six years ago, Joe Alwyn was a little-known actor who had only appeared in a handful of independent films.
But thanks to his relationship with Taylor Swift, the Conversations with Friends star, 32, won a new legion of fans – in the form of her ‘Swifties’.
Earlier this week, Entertainment Tonight left fans devastated when they reported that the fiercely private couple – who are believed to have been together since 2017 – have called time on their romance.
The publication reports that the pop star – who is currently touring the US with her Eras show – and the UK actor allegedly had an amicable split that was ‘not dramatic.’
Over the course of their relationship, the 11-time Grammy Award-winning singer, 33, and the Conversations with Friends actor were pictured together a handful of times – usually hiding hoods or sneaking in back entrances to exclusive restaurants and award ceremonies.
Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn have been dating since 2016. Pictured walking around New York together in October 2022
Although the pair have yet to publicly confirm or deny the split, fans have insisted they have worked out the reason behind the alleged break-up by looking at clues from her Eras tour.
What’s more, Taylor gave fans a rare glimpse into their romance in her latest album Midnights last year – gushing that all Joe has ever wanted from her is ‘sweet nothing‘.
As well as making a name for himself in cult movies The Favourite and Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Joe has also co-written songs on Taylor’s last three albums under the pseudonym William Bowery.
Here FEMAIL looks back at how the camera-shy Bristol student went from a little-known actor to one of Hollywood’s hottest leading men as well as Taylor Swift’s musical muse.
Shy child with ‘secret’ love of acting and low-key student
The great-grandson of composer William Alwyn, Joe has admitted in several interviews that he always wanted to pursue acting but was a shy child.
‘I wasn’t one of those kids who get up on the table and dance at a young age,’ he told Vogue in 2016. ‘But I always wanted to be an actor. I just never told anybody—I kept it a secret.’
However, Joe was exposed to the arts at a young age as his father Richard was a documentary maker.
Joe English Literature and Theatre at Bristol University from 2009-2012. Pictured during a university lunch break
He previously told Hero magazine: ‘I’d always grown up with him showing me films and documentaries, and my mum had always taken me to the theatre, so I’ve seen a lot of it and wanted to be involved in it in some capacity.
‘In terms of acting, it was always quite a private thing that I knew I wanted to do but didn’t necessarily speak about for a while. I got more and more into it throughout school but I was never in all the school plays, I studied it but it was kind of a secret thing that I thought I could do and that I wanted to do, but didn’t quite know how.’
In 2009, the then 18-year-old – who had been a member of the National Youth Theatre – left home in North London to study English Literature and Theatre at Bristol University.
In a resurfaced photo from his Bristol years, Joe looks like any other normal student of the time and is seen happily enjoying a lunch break by the city’s famous Clifton Suspension bridge.
During his time at university, Joe took two student productions to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and became even more determined to make it as an actor.
After three rejections from other drama schools, the star was granted a place at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in 2012.
The intense role that changed everything
Joe was still studying when he bagged his first major film role as the lead in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.
He told Vogue in 2016: ‘Four weeks earlier, I’d been in drama school.
Joe’s breakout role was in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk in 2016
As they’ve kept their relationship largely under wraps, it’s unclear exactly when Joe and Taylor started dating. However, the pair both attended the 2016 Met Gala
‘Now I was in Atlanta, where every single scene was shot from my point of view and I was working from the first thing in the morning to the last thing at night. There was no escape. I loved it.’
The 2016 war drama – which also starred Kristen Stewart and Vin Diesel – started opening doors for Joe.
Later that year, the exciting young actor bagged an invite to the exclusive MET Gala in New York, which was also attended by his future girlfriend Taylor Swift.
Catapulted to stardom through Taylor romance
As they kept their relationship largely under wraps, it’s unclear exactly when Joe and Taylor started dating.
But when she attended the MET Gala, the songstress is believed to have still been dating fellow British actor Tom Hiddleston.
In her 2017 hit song Gorgeous, Taylor hinted at being unfaithful to the star – who is 10 years her senior.
The couple have been fiercely private over their relationship. Pictured getting lunch in New York City in 2018
‘I got a boyfriend, he’s older than us,’ she sings. ‘He’s in the club doing, I don’t know what.’
After the pair were first spotted together in 2017, Joe shut down an interviewer who asked about his relationship.
‘Someone’s private life is, by definition, private,’ he told GQ. ‘No one is obliged to share their personal life.’
But in a December 2019 interview with the Sunday Times, the actor admitted that he enjoyed being Taylor’s musical muse.
When quizzed about whether being the subject of some of Taylor’s work bothers him, Joe said: ‘No, not at all. No. It’s flattering.’
Joe appeared in Taylor’s Netflix documentary Miss Americana. The star rushed off stage to hug her other half – after miming ‘I love you’ at home during her performance of Call It What You Want.
What’s more, the actor appeared in Taylor’s 2020 Miss Americana Netflix documentary and was seen cheering her on from the side of one of her tour shows.
After finishing her Reputation show, the star rushed off stage to hug her other half – after miming ‘I love you’ at home during her performance of Call It What You Want.
Elsewhere in the documentary, Taylor explained why she wanted to take a different approach with their relationship – in comparison to her high-profile relationships with Harry Styles, Tom Hiddleston and Joe Jonas.
She said: ‘I was falling in love with someone who had a really wonderfully normal, balanced, grounded life and we decided together that we wanted our relationship to be private.’
However, that doesn’t stand in the way of Taylor making plain reference to the leading man in her life in her music.
In her 2019 album Lover, the star penned the pop single London Boy – acknowledging that the ‘rumours are true’ and that she ‘loves the English’.
Sexy Starring Role in Conversations with Friends
In 2022, Joe starred as Nick in the Sally Rooney BBC adaption of Conversations with Friends. Pictured with co-star Alison Oliver
In 2018, Joe bagged a supporting role in the critically acclaimed period black comedy The Favourite alongside Olivia Colman and Emma Stone.
But his highest profile performance to date was the BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestseller Conversations with Friends.
The hit novel and subsequent TV drama follows mysterious, sexy married couple, Nick and Melissa, and their unusual attraction to two younger women, Frances and Bobbi.
Discussing the intimate scenes, Joe told the Radio Times last year: ‘There’s never [a sex scene] for the sake of gratuity. Hopefully each has a slightly different feeling or meaning to it.’
What’s more, Joe’s co-star Alison Oliver told The Times that Taylor was ‘totally cool’ and understood that the scenes were ‘all part of the story’.
In the 2022 thriller Stars at Noon, Joe stars opposite Margaret Qualley – daughter of Four Weddings and Funeral star Andie MacDowell
Joe, 32, pictured filming a scene with Margaret Qualley when he was still in a relationship with Taylor Swift
Although his sex scenes might appear deeply passionate on camera, Joe previously joked that filming them couldn’t be any less sexy.
In the thriller Stars at Noon, Joe starred opposite Margaret Qualley – playing lovers who get entangled in a mysterious yet dangerous escapade in Nicaragua.
A trailer for the film shows Trish (Qualley), a journalist, meeting Daniel (Alwyn) at a bar before getting inadvertently caught up in his risky line of work.
And while his sex scenes might appear deeply passionate on camera, Joe previously joked that filming them couldn’t be any less sexy.
Speaking to The Guardian, the bashful actor admitted: ‘They’re essentially choreographed. So they’re like fight scenes. They’re quite mechanical.
‘And obviously they’re weird, funny, strange things to do with your friends. […] There’s 10 crew members around, and it’s freezing cold or boiling hot, it just takes all the sexiness out of it.’
Secret songwriter and Taylor’s muse
In November 2020, Taylor confirmed her fan base’s long-held suspicion that William Bowery – a mystery co-writer on two songs on her album Folklore – was in fact Joe.
Chatting with her co-collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner during the filming of her Long Pond Studio Sessions, the star said: ‘So, William Bowery is Joe…as we know.
Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn dated from 2016. Pictured leaving the BAFTAs afterparty on February 10, 2019
Taylor Swift’s latest album Midnights dropped in October 2022. Pictured in the teaser trailer for the album
‘Joe plays piano beautifully and he’s always just playing and making things up and kind of creating things. And [the song] “exile” was crazy because Joe had written that entire piano part.
‘He was singing the Bon Iver part, the “I can see you standing honey, with his arms around your body, laughing but the joke’s not funny at all.” He was just singing it. And I was entranced and asked if we could keep writing that one.’
Despite letting the cat out of the bag, Taylor and Joe have continued to use his pseudonym for his song-writing credits – even on her new album Midnight.
Since 2020, Joe has co-written six songs with Taylor – including Betty, Exile, Champagne Problems and Coney Island.
The pair penned the album’s most personal song Sweet Nothing together – which painted a heartwarming picture of their life together.
Opening about the pressure she feels as an artist, the star wrote: ‘And the voices that implore, “You should be doing more”. To you, I can admit that I’m just too soft for all of it.’
Joe’s post-Taylor Era
News of Taylor and Joe’s split broke as the actor filmed his new movie And – opposite his The Favourite co-star Emma Stone.
Taylor Swift’s fans have speculated that her breakdown during a performance of Champagne Problems during one of her tour stops in Glendale, Arizona was related to her now-revealed split with Joe Alwyn
According to The Hollywood Reporter, filming for the movie began in New Orleans in September 2022 – but details of the plot have remained under wraps.
Following this project, Joe is also set to star in a TV adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh novel Bridesmaid Revisited opposite Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
Meanwhile, Taylor reportedly jetted to the UK last week from across the pond to film a new music video in Liverpool – after an emotional performance of Champagne Problems convinced fans that the break-up reports were true.
A source close to the couple Entertainment Tonight: ‘The relationship had just run its course. It’s why [Alwyn] hasn’t been spotted at any shows,’ the insider added.
Meanwhile, Page Six claimed that the pair broke up ‘a few weeks ago.’
DailyMail.com has reached out to Swift’s representatives for comment.
Last year, Taylor seemingly shutdown engagement rumors in the lyrics of the track ‘Lavender Haze’ which opens her 10th studio album Midnights.
It appeared to be a direct hit at a July 2022 report that Taylor had been engaged to her boyfriend for a ‘few months.’
In Lavender Haze she sings: ‘All they keep asking me/ Is if I’m gonna be your bride/ The only kinda girl they see/ Is a one night or a wife.’
She then appeared to hit back at the outdated line of questioning: ‘I’m damned if I do give a damn what people say/ The 1950s s*** they want from me.’
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal last year, Joe also hit back at the persistent engagement rumors, declaring that he would never confirm or deny any marriage speculation.
He quipped, ‘If I had a pound for every time I think I’ve been told I’ve been engaged, then I’d have a lot of pound coins.
‘I mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn’t say, and if the answer was no, I wouldn’t say.’
Taylor Swift’s dating history
Taylor Swift fans are in shock as it’s been reported that the Grammy Award-winning singer has called it quits with Joe Alwyn after six years together.
The hitmaker, 33, has had multiple high profile relationships – and break ups – over the years, including with the likes of Harry Styles and DJ Calvin Harris.
And as it appears she’s back on the market, DailyMail.com is taking a look back on Taylor’s extensive dating history.
July- October 2008: JOE JONAS
Taylor dated Joe in the early days of her singing career back in 2008, but sadly split after only a few months together
Taylor dated Joe in the early days of her singing career back in 2008, but sadly split after only a few months together.
The singer revealed that she was dumped over ‘phone call’ and their relationship was inspiration for the star’s much-loved album Fearless.
The Grammy-winning songstress then went onto slam Joe during an appearance on The Ellen Show, saying: ‘There’s one (song) that’s about that guy, but that guy’s not in my life anymore, unfortunately. That’s ouch.
‘We haven’t talked since, but you know what, some day I’m gonna find someone really really great who’s right for me.’
‘When I look at that person, I’m not even going to remember the boy who broke up with me over the phone in 25 seconds when I was 18.’
But in 2015, Joe revealed he harbored no bad blood with Taylor during an interview with Access Hollywood, admitting that having a song written about you goes with the territory of dating a musician.
The singer revealed that she was dumped over ‘phone call’ and their relationship was inspiration for the star’s much-loved album Fearless
And in 2021, Taylor hinted that she and Jonas were back on civil terms during another appearance on Ellen’s Burning Questions segment.
The star was asked what the most rebellious thing she did as a teenager was, which caused Taylor to laugh.
‘Probably when I like put Joe Jonas on blast on your show,’ she began. ‘That was too much, that was too much.’
Meanwhile in 2021, Taylor put out previously unreleased track Mr. Perfectly Fine which is believed to be about ex Joe.
August – November 2009: TAYLOR LAUTNER
Taylor and Taylor dated back in 2009, having first met while filming the upcoming ensemble romantic comedy Valentine’s Day, where they shared an on-screen kiss.
Taylor and Taylor dated back in 2009, having first met while filming the upcoming ensemble romantic comedy Valentine’s Day, where they shared an on-screen kiss.
She described the moment as ‘life-changing’, and he appeared equally smitten, saying he definitely considered her ‘his type’.
When quizzed about their relationship on a U.S. radio show at the time, the Love Story singer played it coy.
She said: ‘I don’t know, he’s an amazing guy and we’re really close… and ah… yep.’
However it was a mere two months before their relationship was over.
‘He liked her more than she liked him. He went everywhere he could to see her, but she didn’t travel much to see him,’ a source told Us Weekly at the time. ‘They decided they were better as friends.’
It has long been rumored that Swift wrote Back To December about her 2009 relationship with Lautner.
November 2009 – February 2010: JOHN MAYER
John Mayer reportedly dated Taylor from December 2009 through February 2010 when he was 31 and she was 19
John Mayer reportedly dated Taylor from December 2009 through February 2010 when he was 31 and she was 19.
They originally met when she collaborated on his song Half of My Heart.
The romance seemingly ended on bad terms based on her scathing song Dear John which many people believe is about him.
The name of the song as well as lyrics recalling her age (19) at the time of the romance appear to lead to the conclusion that is is fact about John and their rocky but brief romance, although the songstress never confirmed it was about him.
The timing of the song also confirms its about John: She released the song in October 2010 on her Speak Now album, eight months after their reported split.
The romance seemingly ended on bad terms based on her scathing song Dear John which many people believe is about him
The tune gave insight on how Taylor and John’s reported romance went wrong, with the singer singing in tune: ‘Dear John, I see it all now that you’re gone/ Don’t you think I was too young to be messed with / The girl in the dress cried the whole way home.’
She also wrote the lyrics: ‘Well maybe it’s me / And my blind optimism to blame / Or maybe it’s you and your sick need / To give love and take it away.
‘Dear John, I see it all now, it was wrong / Don’t you think nineteen’s too young / To be played by your dark, twisted games.’
He added more fuel to the fire two years after the songs release when he told Rolling Stone magazine that he felt ‘really humiliated’ about the song, which ‘made’ him ‘feel terrible.’
October – December 2010: JAKE GYLLENHAAL
Swift and Gyllenhaal made headlines when they dated for just three months in the fall of 2010, when he was 29 and she was 20
Swift and Gyllenhaal made headlines when they dated for just three months in the fall of 2010, when he was 29 and she was 20.
Sources told tabloids at the time that it was ‘serious,’ and they were even spotted together over Thanksgiving weekend.
Nearly two years after they split, Swift released Red, which included track number five, All Too Well, with allusions to the actor.
In the original lyrics, Swift sings about taking a trip upstate with her romantic partner, leaving her scarf at his sister’s house, dancing in the kitchen, and falling in love before it all ended.
She later teased on numerous occasions that the song as she originally wrote it lasted about ten minutes, but verses were cut for time.
Gyllenhaal, though, denied knowing anything about being featured on her album.
‘Do I [have a song]? I don’t know,’ he told Howard Stern in 2015.
Earlier this year, Taylor released a 10-minute long, deeply personal version of All Too Well, which offered added new dramatic details in recounting their romance, singing that she was in ‘hell’ and felt ‘shame’ (pictured, the music video)
The song would have firmly been in Swift’s past had it not been for the drama with her masters. In 2009, after Scooter Braun purchased her masters, Swift accused him of exerting ‘tyrannical control’ over her music, and the two had a bitter feud in the press.
At the urging of fans, Swift began rerecording all of the songs for which he owned the masters, which she has started to release — including several never-before-released tracks on each one.
She released a 10-minute long, deeply personal version of All Too Well, which offered added new dramatic details in recounting their romance, singing that she was in ‘hell’ and felt ‘shame.’
Most damning, though were revelations that Gyllenhaal told Swift the problem was their age difference.
July- October 2012: CONNOR KENNEDY
Taylor and Connor – the son of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the late Mary Kennedy – were first spotted together at the Kennedy family home in Hyannisport in July 2012
Taylor and Connor – the son of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the late Mary Kennedy – were first spotted together at the Kennedy family home in Hyannisport in July 2012.
But the summer romance barely lasted three months. Insiders said Taylor – who was four years older than Conor – freaked the 18-year-old by coming on too strong – and because of her apparent obsession with his famous family.
‘Conor’s just an 18-year-old kid and wasn’t ready for anything super serious,’ a pal told RadarOnline.com.
‘But Taylor is looking for her soulmate and it kind of freaked him out with how strong she came on,’ the insider went on.
The friend also said that Taylor was obsessed with the Kennedy family – and was living out a fairytale with Conor.
‘She was more obsessed with the idea of dating a Kennedy, than the actual Kennedy she was dating,’ the pal added.
December 2012 – January 2013: HARRY STYLES
Fledgling couple Harry and Taylor dated from November 2012, with a source telling The Sun at the time he was ‘head over heels’ for her
Fledgling couple Harry and Taylor dated from November 2012, with a source telling The Sun at the time: ‘Harry is head over heels for Taylor and even admitted he loves her while they were in the Big Apple.’
However they split just three months later in January 2013.
At the time it was reported she had ended their fling after an angry row during their New Year’s vacation.
He is largely believed to be the inspiration for her tracks Style and Out Of The Woods, both off of the album 1989.
In 2015, she admitted she always knew her relationship with Harry was doomed for fail.
In a video posted to celebrate the one year anniversary of her hit album 1989, she revealed that the number one feeling she felt during her three month fling with the One Direction singer was ‘anxiety’.
Before belting out a one-off acoustic version of Out Of The Woods, she elaborated on the relationship that inspired the song.
‘I’m going to play you a song that I wrote about a relationship that I was in that the number one feeling I felt in the whole relationship was anxiety,’ she explained as she sat at her piano.
In 2015, she admitted she always knew her relationship with Harry was doomed for fail because she felt ‘anxious’ the whole time
‘Because it felt very fragile, it felt very tentative. And it always felt like, “Okay, what’s the next road block? What’s the next thing that’s gonna deter this?
‘How long do we have before this turns into just an awful mess and we break up? Is it a month? Is it three days?”
The former One Direction-er previously spoke about Taylor’s songwriting back in 2017.
He kept coy about the songs, but defended Taylor against critics telling Rolling Stone: ‘I mean, I don’t know if [Out Of The Woods and Style] about me or not, but the issue is, she’s so good, they’re bloody everywhere.’
March 2015 – June 2016: CALVIN HARRIS
Taylor is rumored to have started their relationship after meeting the hunk at a BRIT Awards after party in London in February 2015
Taylor is rumored to have started their relationship after meeting the hunk at a BRIT Awards after party in London in February 2015.
However the couple ended up splitting in 2016 after a very public romance, with reports stating the relationship had ended because he was ‘jealous’ of the superstar singer’s success.
Calvin later accused Taylor’s team of leaking that she had secretly written the lyrics for his hit track with Rihanna, This Is What You Came For.
He wrote soon at the time: ‘Hurtful to me at this point that her and her team would go so far out of their way to try and make ME look bad at this stage though. I figure if you’re happy in your new relationship you should focus on that instead of trying to tear your ex bf down for something to do.
‘I know you’re off tour and you need someone new to try and bury like Katy [Perry] ETC but I’m not that guy, sorry. I won’t allow it. Please focus on the positive aspects of YOUR life because you’ve earned a great one. God bless everyone have a beautiful day.’
Calvin later admitted ‘all hell broke loose’ when he split from Taylor.
Calvin later admitted ‘all hell broke loose’ when he split from Taylor; seen in 2015
He told GQ: ‘It’s very difficult when something I consider so personal plays out very publicly. The aftermath of the relationship was way more heavily publicized than the relationship itself.
‘When we were together, we were very careful for it not to be a media circus. She respected my feelings in that sense. I’m not good at being a celebrity.’
He continued: ‘But when it ended, all hell broke loose. Now I see that Twitter thing as a result of me succumbing to pressure. It took me a minute to realize that none of that matters. I’m a positive guy. For both of us it was the wrong situation. It clearly wasn’t right, so it ended, but all of the stuff that happened afterwards.’
June – September 2016: TOM HIDDLESTON
The couple – formerly known as Hiddleswift – became infamous due to their enthusiastic public displays of affection; seen in July 2016
The couple – formerly known as Hiddleswift – became infamous due to their enthusiastic public displays of affection.
They shocked fans around the world after they were spotted locking lips on a beach in June 2016 – marking the beginning of their romance.
But the most infamous moment occurred during their July 4th weekend break in Rhode Island, where Tom was photographed frolicking in the surf with his lover while wearing a vest that was emblazoned with the message ‘I heart TS’.
Tom insisted that their relationship wasn’t a ‘showmance’ when talking to The Hollywood Reporter.
‘The truth is that Taylor Swift and I are together, and we’re very happy,’ he said. ‘That’s the truth. It’s not a publicity stunt.’
The couple even took the huge step of meeting one another’s parents, with Taylor jetting to the UK to spend time with Tom’s mother in Suffolk, while he went to her adopted home town of Nashville.
However it was soon reported she put the brakes on the relationship after having regrets about how public the first few weeks were and getting the impression that Tom liked the limelight.
A source told Us Weekly: ‘Taylor knew the backlash that comes with public displays of affection but Tom didn’t listen to her concerns when she brought them up.
‘I think she feels a little embarrassed that the whole world saw them so serious and now it’s over.’
According to the publication, the pair were also struggling maintain a long-distance relationship, and met up in her Rhode Island home just last month in a bid to work through their problems.
They ended up breaking up in September of that year an insider exclusively told DailyMail.com that the pop star felt ‘uncomfortable’ with the actor’s desire to be ‘so public’ about their romance.
Tom insisted that their relationship wasn’t a ‘showmance’ when talking to The Hollywood Reporter
They ended up breaking up in September of that year an insider exclusively told DailyMail.com that the pop star felt ‘uncomfortable’ with the actor’s desire to be ‘so public’ about their romance
Tom had asked Taylor to the Emmy Awards that month, but she began questioning whether he was with her for ‘the right reasons’ and ultimately decided to call off the romance.
The actor commented in a GQ profile in a 2017: ‘Taylor is an amazing woman. She’s generous and kind and lovely, and we had the best time.’
He also nixed speculation the relationship was a stunt purely designed for publicity, insisting: ‘Of course it was real.’
He claims they were both seeking a normal relationship, adding: ‘So we decided to go out for dinner, we decided to travel… She’s incredible. [But] a relationship in the limelight… A relationship always takes work. And it’s not just the limelight. It’s everything else.’
2016- APRIL 2023: JOE ALWYN
Whirlwind: Taylor began dating the Conversations With Friends star, 31, in late 2016 after they were rumored to have crossed paths at that year’s Met Gala in New York City; Taylor and Joe pictured in 2019
Taylor began dating the Conversations With Friends star, 31, in late 2016 after they were rumored to have crossed paths at that year’s Met Gala in New York City.
The Lover singer reportedly kicked off her romance with Joe just months after her shock split from Loki actor, Tom Hiddleston, in September 2016.
Taylor gave fans insight into their burgeoning romance by alluding to Joe in lyrics on her hit 2017 album Reputation, including the song Gorgeous where she recalls ‘making fun of’ his English accent.
The Grammy Award-winner opened up even more on her 2019 album Lover, where she gushed about her ‘London boy’ on multiple tracks.
The song Cruel Summer is also rumored to be about the overlap between the beginning of her romance with Joe and the end of her fling with Hiddleston.
Joe told The Sunday Times in 2018 that he finds it ‘flattering’ that Taylor uses him as her musical muse.
Just two years later, Taylor welcomed her beau into the songwriting world by allowing him to pen lyrics for her 2020 alum, Folklore.
Using the pseudonym ‘William Bowery,’ Joe co-wrote two songs for the Grammy Award-winning album and three more songs for Folklore’s sister record Evermore.
Although she feels safe opening up in her music, Taylor previously stated that her relationship with the British hunk ‘isn’t up for discussion’ in the press.
She discussed the decision to keep their romance ‘private’ in her 2020 Netflix documentary Miss Americana, which included rare footage of herself and Joe.
Insight: Taylor gave fans insight into their burgeoning romance by alluding to Joe in lyrics on her hit 2017 album Reputation, including the song Gorgeous where she recalls ‘making fun of’ his English accent; Taylor and Joe pictured in 2019
Split? On April 3, 2023, it was claimed by ET that – despite reports they were ‘doing fine’ – Taylor and Joe had decided to call it quits after six years together; Taylor and Joe pictured in 2019
She described ‘falling in love with someone who had a really wonderfully normal, balanced, grounded life’ and they ‘decided together that we wanted our relationship to be private.’
Though the pair have yet to make a red carpet debut, they’ve attended several high-profile events together – including the Golden Globes in 2020.
They were hit with engagement rumors in July 2022 but Taylor seemingly shut them down in the lyrics on her latest album Midnights.
On April 3, 2023, it was claimed by ET that – despite reports they were ‘doing fine’ – Taylor and Joe had decided to call it quits after six years together.
A source told the outlet that the split was ‘not dramatic’ and that the relationship had simply fizzled out.
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