Who is Taylor Swift’s boyfriend Joe Alwyn?
Born in 1991, Alwyn is an English actor, who “plays piano beautifully,” according to his talented girlfriend. Alwyn’s acting credits include the Oscar-nominated film The Favourite, as well as Harriet, Mary Queen of Scots and Boy Erased.
When did Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn start dating?
Swift confirmed in a diary entry, which was released in a Target deluxe version of her album Lover, that she and Alwyn began secretly dating in the fall of 2016. In the entry dated Jan. 3, 2017, the pop star wrote: “I’m essentially based in London, hiding out trying to protect us from the nasty world that just wants to ruin things. We have been together and no one has found out for 3 months now. I want it to stay that way because I don’t want anything about this to change or become too complicated or intruded upon.”
When did Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn meet?
It’s unclear, but fans have speculated that the pair met at the 2016 Met Gala, while Swift was dating Calvin Harris. In the song “Dress” from her 2017 album Reputation, Swift sings: “Flashback to when you met me, your buzzed cut and my hair bleached.” The singer’s hair was bleached for the Met Gala, while Alwyn sported a buzzed haircut! Worth noting Swift briefly dated Tom Hiddleston, whom she danced with at the Met Gala, after breaking up with Harris. The Cats actress and Hiddleston split in September that same year.
What has Taylor Swift’s boyfriend Joe Alwyn said about their relationship?
Alwyn has remained tight-lipped about his relationship with Swift over the years. “I’m aware people want to know about that side of things,” he told British Vogue in 2018. “I think we have been successfully very private and that has now sunk in for people…but I really prefer to talk about work.” Larry Busacca/Getty Images/Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images However, he did admit to The Sunday Times in 2019 that “it’s flattering” his girlfriend writes songs about him. Alwyn also revealed that he tunes out the media attention surrounding him and his Grammy-winning girlfriend. “I just don’t pay attention to what I don’t want to pay attention to,” he confessed. “I turn everything else down on a dial. I don’t have any interest in tabloids. I know what I want to do, and that’s this, and that’s what I am doing.”
What has Taylor Swift said about her boyfriend Joe Alwyn?
Outside of her songs, Swift hasn’t shared very much about her romance with her British beau. Although she did tell Paul McCartney in a 2020 Rolling Stone interview, “I think that in knowing him and being in the relationship I am in now, I have definitely made decisions that have made my life feel more like a real life and less like just a storyline to be commented on in tabloids. Whether that’s deciding where to live, who to hang out with, when to not take a picture—the idea of privacy feels so strange to try to explain, but it’s really just trying to find bits of normalcy.” In her Netflix documentary Miss Americana, Swift spoke about falling in love with Alwyn following the backlash she received after the Kim Kardashian and Kanye West drama. “I felt really alone. I felt really bitter. I felt sort of like a wounded animal lashing out,” she confessed. “I figured I had to reset everything. I had to reconstruct an entire belief system for my own personal sanity. I also was falling in love with someone who had a really wonderfully normal, balanced, grounded life.” “We decided together that we wanted our relationship to be private,” Swift added. “Even though [her public image] was really horrible, I was happy. But I wasn’t happy in the way that I had been trained to be happy. It was happiness without anyone else’s input. It was just we were happy."
What is Joe Alwyn’s favorite Taylor Swift song?
Alwyn’s lips are sealed when it comes to his favorite T-Swift tune. When asked by GQ UK in 2018, he replied, “I’m just not even going to go into that side of the world.”
Joe Alwyn has collaborated on songs with his girlfriend Taylor Swift, including her new album, Midnights
Though he has kept mum about which of his girlfriend’s melodies he likes the best, Alwyn has teamed up with Swift to write some songs, including “Sweet Nothing” on Midnights. When the singer-songwriter announced her eighth studio album folklore in July of 2020, she named William Bowery as one of her collaborators and “musical heroes,” who co-wrote two songs with her. During Disney+’s Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, Swift confirmed that William Bowery is actually Alwyn. “There’s been a lot of discussion about William Bowery and his identity, ‘cause it’s not a real person,” she shared. “William Bowery is Joe, as we know.” The couple wrote “betty” and “exile” together for folklore. “I was like, ‘Hey, this could be really weird and we could hate this [but] because we’re in quarantine and there’s nothing else going on, could we just try to write this song together?’” Swift recalled. “I’ve written so many songs from a female’s perspective of wanting a male apology that we decided to make it from a teenage boy’s perspective apologizing after he loses the love of his life because he’s been foolish.” She hinted that he will be featured on evermore as well when she noted in a tweet that someone with the initials WB helped her create some of the songs. William Bowery—er, Alwyn—also co-wrote “Sweet Nothing” on Midnights.
What songs has Taylor Swift written about Joe Alwyn?
“King Of My Heart,” “Paper Rings,” “Gorgeous,” “London Boy,” “Dress,” “Lover,” “New Year’s Day” and “Cornelia Street” are among various songs that are said to be about Alwyn. From Midnights, “Mastermind,” “Lavender Haze,” “Labyrinth,” “Sweet Nothing” and “Snow on the Beach” are about her longtime love.
Are Joe Alwyn and Taylor Swift engaged or married?
Reports circulated in April 2022 and again in June 2022 that Swift and Alwyn were engaged, but keeping it a secret. “Basically immediate family, and trusted, very old friends [were the only ones told about the engagement],” a source told The Sun in early July 2022. “Everyone has been sworn to secrecy, too.” The source added that Swift only wears her “beautiful ring” in private and that she hasn’t even told her entire professional team about the engagement. “They want their love to stay away from the cameras as much as possible," the source said. “This is just for them. And if and when they do exchange vows, there most definitely won’t be any Vogue, Rolling Stone or Hello! magazines there. It will be simple and elegant—like them.” While Swift hinted that she’s ready to marry Alwyn in “Paper Rings” and “Lover,” the pair weren’t engaged at the time those tracks were released. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly in November 2020, the singer referred to Alwyn as her “boyfriend.” However, Swifties wondered whether Alwyn had popped the question after listening to a sneak peek of Swift’s rerecorded “Love Story,” which was released in early December. Some believed Swift changed the lyrics from “baby, just say ‘yes’” to “baby just said ‘yes.’” Other Swifties thought they might already be married because of what appeared to be a wedding dress in Swift’s “Willow” video—but so far, no rings, paper or otherwise, here. Next, we broke down all of Taylor Swift’s Midnights Easter eggs so you don’t have to. You’re welcome.
