On April 8, Entertainment Tonight reported that Taylor Swift and her longtime boyfriend British actor Joe Alwyn have break up up after six years of relationship. People later confirmed the information, which got here as a shock to the “Lavender Haze” singers followers.
Swift has but to touch upon her reported breakup, and is at the moment performing in her Eras tour. According to ET’s supply, the reported break up was amicable, and “the connection had simply run its course.”
While her previous relationships have been extremely publicized, the singer did the whole lot she might to maintain her romance with Alwyn out of the highlight. Even so, Swift’s passionate followers have been decided to unravel her and Alwyn’s relationship — particularly when engagement rumors started swirling across the couple.
Engagement (and marriage) hypothesis round Swift and Alwyn has been circling on-line for years, however in an April 2022 interview with WSJ Magazine, the “Conversations With Friends” actor lastly addressed the rumors (form of). “If I had a pound for each time I believe I’ve been instructed I’ve been engaged, then I’d have a whole lot of pound cash,” Alwyn mentioned. “I imply, the reality is, if the reply was sure, I would not say, and if the reply was no, I would not say.”
Swift and Alwyn remained tight-lipped about their relationship after that, however in October 2022, she did reveal that her “Midnights” track “Lavender Haze” was impressed by her relationship with the actor. “Like my relationship for six years, we have needed to dodge bizarre rumors, tabloid stuff, and we simply ignore it,” she mentioned in an Instagram video. “And so this track is form of in regards to the act of ignoring that stuff to guard the actual stuff.”
Aside from referencing Alwyn in her songs, Swift solely made a handful of public appearances with the “Catherine Called Birdy” actor whereas they have been relationship. The begin of the reported exes’ relationship is a little bit fuzzy (she was reportedly nonetheless relationship Calvin Harris when she and Alwyn first met), and the reported finish is not any clearer.
Read forward for extra particulars about Swift and Alwyn’s six-year relationship.