Who Is Joe Alwyn? – Hollywood Life

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• Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn started quietly relationship in 2016
• The pair reportedly ended their relationship within the Spring of 2023
• Joe Alwyn has served because the inspiration to a number of albums of Taylor’s, together with popularity, Lover, Folklore, Evermore and most just lately Midnights

Taylor Swift appeared to have met her match in Joe Alwyn, nevertheless, the connection seems to have come to an finish as of April 2023. After years of relationship within the highlight, the Grammy winner has reportedly cut up after practically seven years collectively in response to Entertainment Tonight. The relationship had “run its course” and it’s a cause why he “hasn’t been spotted at any shows” — referring to her Eras Tour that kicked off in March 2023. The cut up was “not dramatic” the outlet additionally reported.

Before splitting, it appeared that Taylor had lastly discovered peace with Joe. The two had been collectively since they secretly began relationship within the fall of 2016, and made some extent to maintain their relationship out of the general public eye.

While the reported former couple has been shy about most particulars, followers know some intimate bits about Taylor and Joe’s relationships from the (many) songs that she’s written about him. He had additionally even opened up about their romance in an interview or two. Find out extra concerning the exes relationship under!

Taylor Before Joe

As one of many world’s largest superstars, Taylor Swift’s love life has lengthy been within the highlight. Her repertoire was even crammed with lengthy songs through the starting of her profession as a rustic star when she was simply 15 years previous. Since then, she’s crooned about heartbreak throughout genres. But the star actually needed to confront her demons when she began feuding with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West in 2016, and was flooded with public hate.

Amid the feud, she was branded as a “snake” by Kim, which led to 1000’s of Kimye followers coming after her on-the-regular. Around this time, Taylor additionally broke up together with her longtime boyfriend, Calvin Harris, and began relationship Tom Hiddleston simply weeks later. She had shaped a ‘squad’ good friend group, crammed with supermodels and different A-list stars. It didn’t take lengthy for the general public to label her as “overexposed,” and it brought about her to basically go into hiding and “disappear” from the general public eye.

Who Is Joe Alwyn?

Things have been chaotic in Taylor world earlier than Joe Alwyn got here into her world. The dapper actor from England lived a way more low-key life than Taylor, so he was a breath of recent air to the star. Though an actor, Hollywood was even new to Joe. He didn’t begin finding out performing till his late teenagers, and didn’t even make his performing debut till 2016.

Unlike Taylor, Joe was capable of go to school (he studied English literature and drama on the University of Bristol), and reside a comparatively regular life. Around the identical time he began relationship Taylor, he started making a reputation for himself with roles in motion pictures like The Favourite and Mary Queen of Scots. Of course, his relationship with a global pop star helped together with his notoriety, as properly.

How Did Taylor Swift & Joe Alwyn Meet?

Taylor and Joe met on the Met Gala in May 2016. Taylor was the co-chair of the occasion that yr, and he or she was relationship Calvin on the time. Fans didn’t realize it, however Taylor and Calvin’s relationship was on the finish of its rope.

In the 2017 Swift music, “Dress,” Taylor sang about assembly Joe at this very occasion. “Flashback when you met me, your buzz cut and my hair bleached,” she croons on the monitor. Indeed, Taylor did have bleached hair, and Joe a buzz lower, at that yr’s Met Gala.

In 2017, Taylor launched the music “Gorgeous,” the place she admits that she was infatuated with Joe from the beginning. “You should think about the consequence, of your magnetic field being a little too strong, and I got a boyfriend, he’s older than us, he’s in the club doing I don’t know what,” she sings. In the refrain, she provides, “You’re so gorgeous, I can’t say anything to your face.”

Taylor’s Tryst With Tom Hiddleston

However, it wasn’t Joe who Taylor spent the night time dancing with on the Met Gala. Rather, she was caught spending fairly a little bit of high quality time with Tom on the dance flooring. Videos surfaced of the 2 dancing up a storm. By the start of June, information broke that Taylor and Calvin had cut up, and he or she was photographed kissing Tom in Rhode Island simply two weeks later.

In Swift’s music “Getaway Car,” she sings concerning the scenario. “The ties were black, the lies were white, in shades of grey and candlelight, I wanted to leave him, I needed a reason,” she says within the music’s first verse. In the refrain, she additionally makes it clear that she was simply utilizing Tom as her “getaway car,” and notes that he shouldn’t be stunned that she wound up leaving him simply months later.

Getting To Know Joe

Throughout her summer time fling with Tom, Taylor seems to have stayed pals with Joe. “I hate accidents, except when we went from friends to this,” she sings concerning the actor in her 2019 monitor, “Paper Rings.”

However, the music “Cruel Summer” makes it clear that there have been deeper emotions past friendship being harbored. The music’s bridge hints that she was retaining her emotions for Joe a secret all summer time lengthy. “Said I’m fine, but it wasn’t true, I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you, and I snuck in through the garden gate, every night that summer just to seal my fate,” she sings, hinting that she might have even been sneaking off to see Joe with out Tom figuring out.

“Paper Rings” additionally options the lyrics, “The wine is cold, like the shoulder that I gave you in the street, cat and mouse for a month or two or three,” which appears to disclose that Taylor felt she needed to ignore and evade Joe whereas secretly being in love with him.

Joe & Taylor Go Public In 2016

It wasn’t till October 2016 that Taylor and Joe have been publicly related. The two each attended a non-public Kings of Leon live performance in New York City, in addition to an after-party on the Bowery Hotel. Taylor was photographed on the occasion with some pals, and it was later uncovered that Joe was additionally in attendance. At the time, although, there was no connection between the pair. It wasn’t till May 2017 that information shops started reporting that Taylor and Joe have been an merchandise. They had been capable of hold their relationship a secret for eight months.

The precise timing of when Taylor and Joe’s relationship started is unclear, however in April 2018, Taylor hinted that their anniversary is Sept. 28. She launched a canopy of Earth, Wind & Fire’s music “September” and adjusted one lyric from “Do you remember, the 21st night of September” to “Do you remember, the 28th night of September?”

It’s clear from Taylor’s music that she credit Joe with getting her by the toughest time of her life after the drama with Kim and Kanye. In her 2017 music “Call It What You Want,” she sings, “All the liars are calling me one, nobody’s heard from me for months, I’m doing better than I ever was” and “Bridges burn, I never learn, at least I did one thing right, I’m laughing with my lover, making forts under covers, trust him like a brother, yeah you know I did one thing right.”

Taylor Sings About Tom On ‘Midnights’

Taylor’s 2022 album Midnights opens with “Lavender Haze,” a tribute to her romance with Joe. In the music, she talks about how he’s supported her throughout her 2017 Reputation drama, siging “I’ve been under scrutiny, you handle it beautifully, all this s*** is new to me.” She touches on a possible engagement within the subsequent strains, saying, “All they keep asking me is if I’m gonna be your bride. The only kind of girl they see is one night or a wife.”

Taylor defined the music’s title forward of the discharge, telling Instagram followers how she first heard the phrase on the present Mad Men. “It’s a common phrase used in the 50s where they would just describe being in love,” Taylor revealed. “If you were in the lavender haze, that meant you were in the all-encompassing love glow, and I thought that was really beautiful.”

The album’s music “Mastermind” can be about Joe. Though she’d beforehand referred to as their friendship “accidental,” Taylor appeared to drop the ruse within the sassy monitor. “What if I told you none of it was accidental,” Taylor sings on “Mastermind.” “And the first night that you saw me, nothing was gonna stop me. I laid the ground work and then just like clockwork the dominoes cascaded in a line. What if I told you I’m a mastermind? And now you’re mine. It was all by design.”

At the top of the music, Taylor sings about confessing to Joe that she was going to cease at nothing to ensure they ended up collectively. While she was anxious about how he’d react, it seems that he was conscious the whole time, and his solely response was a smile.

How They Stay Private

Taylor has been a bit extra open about how she handles the stress of relationship within the highlight in recent times. Talking about her love with Joe forward of Midnights’ launch in Oct. 2022, she stated, “My relationship for six years, we’ve had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it. So [“Lavender Haze”] is type of concerning the act of ignoring that stuff to guard the actual stuff.”

Tom stated an analogous factor again in Apr. 2022 with Elle. Explaining why he retains his playing cards near his chest, he stated, “It’s not really [because I] want to be guarded and private, it’s more a response to something else. We live in a culture that is so increasingly intrusive. The more you give and frankly, even if you don’t give it, something will be taken.”

Are Taylor & Joe Engaged?

Despite hypothesis, Taylor and Joe usually are not engaged. A considerably exhausted Joe touched on the topic after he was requested by WSJ Magazine in Apr. 2022. “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,” the British actor stated. Still, he remained coy, saying, “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 & Joe Alwyns’ Top Moments

Even although Taylor shouldn’t be shy in terms of singing about Joe on her songs, the 2 have made some extent to be photographed collectively as little as potential. They’ve by no means as soon as shared an image collectively on social media, and haven’t walked a crimson carpet collectively but, both. However, regardless of their makes an attempt to remain non-public, the lovebirds have been caught out in public a couple of occasions throughout their relationship.

At the top of 2018, Taylor supported Joe on the premiere of his film The Favourite. She didn’t stroll the crimson carpet, however she bought glammed up and was photographed leaving a post-premiere celebration together with her man. The Favourite was a giant award show-nominee in 2019. Joe attended that yr’s Golden Globes solo for the movie, however Taylor made a shock look as a presenter, and the 2 have been noticed leaving an after-party collectively. She was additionally by his facet at an after-party for the BAFTAs in Feb. 2019.

Of course, Joe has gone out of his option to help Taylor fairly a bit, as properly. He was there to observe her efficiency on Saturday Night Live in Oct. 2019, they usually have been photographed heading to the after-party collectively. Joe additionally supported Taylor on the premiere of Cats in 2019, though he didn’t stroll the crimson carpet. In 2020, the 2 have been on the Golden Globes as soon as once more, and this time, they sat subsequent to one another on the identical desk. Photographers caught Taylor trying lovingly at Joe contained in the award ceremony, and there have been even some cute PDA moments! That February, Joe was by Taylor’s facet on the NME Awards, and a fan contained in the occasion caught them kissing on video!

Joe Appears In ‘Miss Americana’

In Taylor’s 2020 documentary Miss Americana, she opened up a bit extra about her relationship with Joe. Footage revealed that Joe was there for the opening night time of Taylor’s Reputation tour, and when she bought off stage, the very first thing she did was discover him so she might run into his arms. In the doc, Taylor discusses her drama with Kim and Kanye, however provides, “I also was falling in love with someone who had a wonderfully normal, balanced life.” She additionally says, “Even though it was [a] really horrible [time], I was happy. But I wasn’t happy in the way I was trained to be happy. It was happiness without anyone else’s input. We were just…happy.”

During the coronavirus in 2020, Taylor and Joe’s relationship crossed over from private to skilled once they began collaborating on songs collectively whereas quarantining. When Taylor stunned followers together with her album, Folklore, in July 2020, there was a mysterious co-writer named William Bowery on two of the tracks. Fans started theorizing that William Bowery was Joe because of one of many pair’s first public hangouts happening on the Bowery Hotel in 2016. Plus, Joe’s grandfather, William Alwyn, was a composer, conductor and music instructor. When Taylor launched reside recordings of Folklore for her Disney+ film, Folkore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, she confirmed that William Bowery is, certainly, Joe. William Bowery returned to co-write three extra tracks on Taylor’s subsequent album, Evermore, which was launched in Dec. 2020.

When Folklore gained the award for Album of the Year on the Grammys in March 2021, Taylor made positive to shout Joe out in her speech. “I wanna thank Joe,” she stated. “The first person I play every single song that I write. I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine.” It was the primary time she publicly talked about him on this method. She shared an analogous sentiment whereas being honored with the Global Icon Award on the BRIT Awards in May.

Taylor Swift & Joe Alwyn Reportedly Split

In a transfer that shocked Swifties to the core, a report emerged on Easter Weekend 2023 that Taylor and Joe had damaged up after practically seven years. The break-up had reportedly occurred a number of weeks earlier than the report and was “not dramatic” per ET. “The relationship had just run its course. It’s why [Alwyn] hasn’t been spotted at any shows,” additionally they stated, referencing her Eras Tour that kicked off in March 2023.

Taylor Swift’s Past Relationships

Before Joe, Taylor was in various high-profile relationships. Her first public romance was with Joe Jonas through the summer time and fall of 2008. Taylor made a shock look on the Jonas Brothers’ tour that summer time to sing her hit “Should’ve Said No,” and he or she and Joe started being noticed out and about collectively after that. Unfortunately, the connection was short-lived, as Taylor revealed that Joe “broke up with her over the phone” that October. She penned songs like “Forever & Always,” “Better Than Revenge,” “Last Kiss” and “Mr. Perfectly Fine” concerning the relationship, and now, the 2 are pals!

Following Joe, Taylor was in a relationship with Taylor Lautner, who she met on the set of the film Valentine’s Day. They have been collectively for the second half of 2009 earlier than splitting that December. Swift wrote her first apology music, “Back to December,” concerning the breakup. Next got here a fling with John Mayer, though followers didn’t even know that relationship existed till months later when Tay launched the heartbreaking music “Dear John” in Oct. 2010.

From the top of 2010 till the start of 2011, Taylor was with Jake Gyllenhaal. It’s no secret that he broke her coronary heart, which followers know from the fan-favorite monitor “All Too Well.” Several of the songs on Taylor’s 2012 album, Red, have been about her relationship with Jake, together with “We Are Never Getting Back Together”, “State of Grace,” and “The Moment I Knew.” After Jake, Taylor was with Conor Kennedy through the summer time of 2012. They have been seen hanging out in Rhode Island collectively fairly a bit, and Taylor even bought to know Conor’s well-known household. She penned the music “Starlight” for his grandmother, Ethel Kennedy, who was Robert F. Kennedy’s widow.

Of course, Taylor additionally dated Harry Styles. Although the 2 had been linked a couple of occasions prior, their relationship strengthened on the finish of 2012. They have been collectively for simply a few months earlier than calling it quits, however Harry impressed most of Taylor’s 2014 album, 1989. In Feb. 2015, Taylor met Calvin Harris by way of their mutual good friend, Ellie Goulding. They began relationship the next month and have been collectively for greater than a yr earlier than splitting in June 2016. Then got here the summer time fling with Tom, which featured a variety of jet-setting and really public shows of affection. None of this issues now, although, that Joe is within the image!

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