Swifties worldwide felt a collective sense of heartbreak on Saturday (April 8), when studies emerged that Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn have cut up after six years of relationship.
“The connection had simply run its course. It’s why [Alwyn] hasn’t been noticed at any exhibits,” a supply reportedly advised ET. Billboard has since reached out to representatives for Swift and Alwyn, however had not obtained a response. The couple has but to publicly reveal the standing of their relationship.
Swift started relationship the actor, who has appeared in a lot of movies together with 2018’s The Favorite and 2022’s Conversations With Mates, in 2016. They’ve stayed non-public about their relationship all through the previous six years, although they’ve talked about one another in interviews.
Alwyn additionally labored with Swift on her albums below the pen identify William Bowery, successful his first Grammy in 2021 as a co-producer of Swift’s album of the 12 months winner, Folklore (together with Swift, Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner).
On Evermore, Alwyn co-wrote “Champagne Issues,” The Nationwide-assisted “Coney Island” and “Evermore.” And on Swift’s most up-to-date launch, Midnights, he contributed to “Candy Nothing.”
We’ve compiled a timeline of Swift and Alwyn’s relationship, which you’ll be able to take a look at beneath. We even have a timeline of all the things the previous couple has stated about one another, which yow will discover right here.
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November 2016 – Swift Attends ‘Billy Lynn’s Lengthy Halftime Stroll’ Premiere
After rumors started swirling that Swift met Alwyn on the 2016 Met Gala, and that the duo attended a Kings of Leon live performance a month after the celebrity’s cut up from Tom Hiddleston, the primary public sighting of Swift and Alwyn in the identical location got here in November 2016.
Swift was joined by her mother and pals Este and Alana Haim on the Billy Lynn’s Lengthy Halftime Stroll premiere, wherein Alwyn performs the titular character.
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Might 2017: First Studies of a Relationship
The Solar revealed a report that the duo had been collectively for just a few months.
“This isn’t a brand new couple alert or a secret relationship – the one individuals this has been a secret to is the media as a result of all of us, Taylor and Joe’s closest pals and their households, have been conscious they’ve been collectively for a number of months and have identified one another for a very long time,” a supply reportedly advised the publication. “After her 1989 tour and all the eye Taylor obtained, she realized she needed to be extra protecting of her private life and she or he and Joe determined early on to maintain their non-public life non-public.”
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Summer season 2017 – First Paparazzi Photographs
The couple was lastly caught in public in June 2017, once they have been seen sitting on a balcony in Nashville. A month lather, they have been snapped leaving Swift’s NYC residence (whereas attempting very arduous to be incognito).
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Might 2018 – Instagram Official (Variety Of)
Each Alwyn and Swift posted pictures of themselves (solo) subsequent to the identical precise cactus, which the actor later admitted was unintentional. “I didn’t even consider that till I used to be in New York and another person talked about it,” he stated, in line with ET. “It wasn’t purposeful in any respect!”
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September 2018 – Joe Talks About Taylor for the First Time
“I’m conscious individuals need to find out about that aspect of issues,” he stated of their relationship. “I believe now we have been efficiently very non-public, and that has now sunk in for individuals.”
“However I actually favor to speak about work,” he added.
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November 2018 – Swift Posts About Alwyn’s Film
One other delicate Instagram nod to their relationship got here when Swift promoted The Favorite, wherein Alwyn performed Samuel Masham. She even tagged Alwyn within the caption.
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February 2019 – Swift and Alwyn Step Out at BAFTAS After Celebration.
The duo walked hand-in-hand, with Alwyn wearing a modern tuxedo and Swift in a pale blue Stella McCartney gown, as they headed out of the social gathering.
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August 2019 – The ‘Lover’ Period
In August 2019, Swift launched her seventh studio album Lover, which she revealed throughout a YouTube Reside is about relationships and her present “lover.” Followers then started noticing clues in regards to the couple in songs like “London Boy,” “Cornelia Road,” “Paper Rings” and the album’s title observe.
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October 2019 – ‘SNL’ After Celebration
After Swift took the stage at Saturday Evening Reside, the couple have been seen holding fingers whereas heading to New York’s Zuma for the present’s after social gathering.
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December 2019 – Alwyn Attends ‘Cats’ Premiere
Alwyn supported Swift on the premiere of Cats, wherein she performed Bombalurina.
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January 2020 – Date Evening on the Golden Globes
Whereas the duo didn’t stroll the pink carpet collectively on the 2020 Golden Globes, the place Swift was nominated for greatest unique tune for her and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats observe “Lovely Ghosts,” the couple sat collectively contained in the venue.
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April 2020 – Benjamin Button Photographs
With COVID-19 spreading quickly, Swift and Alwyn appeared to get pleasure from quarantining collectively, as Alwyn shared a number of pictures of the singer’s cat Benjamin Button.
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July 2020 – William Bowery Enters the Scene
With the discharge of Folklore, followers seen a mysterious William Bowery credited as a author on each “Exile” and “Betty.”
Followers instantly started speculating that Bowery was Alwyn, because the couple had spent a whole lot of time within the Bowery neighborhood of New York Metropolis early of their relationship.
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November 2020 – Swift Reveals ‘Peace’ Is About Alwyn
Throughout a dialog with Paul McCartney for Rolling Stone, Swift shared that the Folklore observe is “really extra rooted in my private life. I do know you’ve got finished a very glorious job of this in your private life: carving out a human life inside a public life, and the way scary that may be whenever you do fall in love and also you meet somebody, particularly if you happen to’ve met somebody who has a really grounded, regular way of life. I, oftentimes, in my anxieties, can management how I’m as an individual and the way regular I act and rationalize issues, however I can not management if there are 20 photographers outdoors within the bushes and what they do and in the event that they comply with our automotive and in the event that they interrupt our lives. I can’t management if there’s going to be a pretend bizarre headline about us within the information tomorrow.”
She added that whereas Alwyn “completely” understands her life, the connection has modified her perspective on privateness. “Whether or not that’s deciding the place to reside, who to hang around with, when to not take an image—the thought of privateness feels so unusual to attempt to clarify, however it’s actually simply looking for bits of normalcy. That’s what that tune ‘Peace’ is taking about. Like, would it not be sufficient if I might by no means absolutely obtain the normalcy that we each crave?”
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November 2020 – William Bowery’s Identification Is Revealed
In Folklore: The Lengthy Pond Classes, Swift revealed that the identification of Bowery is none apart from Alwyn, confirming fan hypothesis. “There’s been a whole lot of dialogue about William Bowery and his identification as a result of it’s not an actual particular person,” she stated within the Disney+ particular. “William Bowery is Joe, as we all know.”
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December 2020 – William Bowery Reappears on ‘Evermore’
Bowery is credited on the album’s “Champagne Issues,” “Coney Island” and “Evermore.”
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April 2021 – Alwyn Is Formally a Grammy Winner
Alwyn co-produced six songs on Folklore, which received album of the 12 months on the 63rd annual Grammy Awards – “Exile,” “Betty,” “My Tears Ricochet,” “August,” “This Is Me Attempting” and “Illicit Affairs.” As well as, he co-wrote “Exile” and “Betty” below the pseudonym William Bowery.
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March 2022 – The Couple Attends Pre-Oscars Celebration
“Taylor was introducing Joe to many individuals round her,” a supply advised E! of CAA’s pre-Oscars social gathering on the San Vicente Bungalows. “She regarded smitten and proud to be there with him.”
One other supply stated the 2 “have been very coupley and cute and appeared completely satisfied to be there collectively. Taylor and Joe have been collectively all evening. He was main her round introducing her to individuals, and Taylor additionally introducing individuals to Joe. When Joe was main Taylor round, he held his arm round her again.”
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April 2022 – Alwyn Addressed Engagement Rumors
Rumors had been circulating for years that the duo deliberate to tie the knot, however Alwyn saved the subject non-public as ordinary. “If I had a pound for each time I believe I’ve been advised I’ve been engaged, then I’d have a whole lot of pound cash,” he advised the Wall Road Journal. “I imply, the reality is, if the reply was sure, I wouldn’t say, and if the reply was no, I wouldn’t say.”
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June 2022 – Bahamas Trip
TMZ shared pictures of the couple kissing whereas swimming within the ocean, and stress-free on solar beds throughout their sunny trip.
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February 2023 – “Lavender Haze” Music Video
Earlier than releasing Midnights, Swift revealed to followers that “Lavender Haze” is impressed by her relationship with Alwyn. “I occurred upon the phrase ‘Lavender Haze’ after I was watching Mad Males,” the musical artist defined in a put up on Instagram. “I regarded it up as a result of I assumed it sounded cool, and it seems that it’s a typical phrase used within the ’50s the place they’d describe being in love…For those who have been within the lavender haze, then that meant that you simply have been in that all-encompassing love glow, and I assumed that was actually lovely.”
She continued, “I suppose theoretically, whenever you’re within the lavender haze, you’ll do something to remain there and never let individuals carry you down off of that cloud. I believe lots of people need to cope with this now, not simply ‘public figures’, as a result of we reside within the period of social media. If the world finds out that you simply’re in love with anyone, they’re going to weigh in on it.”
When the music video for the tune was launched in February 2023, Swift snuck in one in all her well-known Easter Eggs on a “Mastermind” vinyl that seems within the clip. On the duvet are Sagittarius and Pisces constellations, that are Swift and Alwyn’s zodiac indicators, respectively.
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April 2023 – Breakup Studies
In response to ET, a supply stated the breakup was amicable and “was not dramatic.”
“The connection had simply run its course. It’s why [Alwyn] hasn’t been noticed at any exhibits,” the supply reportedly famous. Swift and Alwyn have but to publicly affirm or deny the cut up.
