Swifties are in mourning this week after it was revealed Taylor Swift and her longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn had break up up.
The pair had been relationship for six years, with Alwyn inspiring a few of Swift’s most romantic songs to date (in addition to allegedly co-writing a number of).
However, it appears the two will not be exchanging ‘paper rings’ any time quickly after they break up in latest weeks, the affirmation citing they had been not “the right fit for each other”.
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Who is Joe Alwyn?
Born in 1991, Joe Alwyn is a British-born actor from Kent.
Alwyn studied theatre and performing at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama earlier than touchdown his debut position in a characteristic movie, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, in 2016.
It was this movie that scored Alwyn an invitation to the 2016 Met Gala, the place he met his future long-term girlfriend, Taylor Swift (who was co-chair of the occasion that 12 months, coincidentally).
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Why did Joe Alwyn and Taylor Swift break up?
Alwyn and Swift have reportedly damaged up after six years of relationship.
Entertainment Tonight first broke the information over the Easter weekend that the singer, 33, and actor, 32, amicably break up “a few weeks ago”.
A supply instructed the media outlet the former couple’s breakup “was not dramatic” in any respect, and the relationship “had just run its course.”
“It’s why [Alwyn] hasn’t been spotted at any shows,” the supply stated.
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How did Joe Alwyn and Taylor Swift meet?
The pair met at the 2016 Met Gala, and though Swift allegedly went house to “stalk” Alwyn on the web that night time, they didn’t get collectively after the occasion.
Swift met not only one however two future boyfriends at the 2016 Met Gala.
At the time, the singer was nonetheless in a long-term relationship with DJ Calvin Harris however met British actor Tom Hiddleston, who she later described as her ‘getaway automobile’ from her dying relationship with Harris.
Towards the finish of 2016, after Hiddleston and Swift had introduced their breakup, the singer was snapped at a Kings of Leon live performance with some well-known buddies – and Alwyn.
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What TV reveals and films has Joe Alwyn been in?
Joe Alwyn is maybe finest recognized for showing in the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Conversations With Friends, during which he portrayed the character of Nick alongside Alison Oliver, who performed bookworm Frances.
Alwyn has additionally appeared as Robert Dudley, lover and counsellor of Queen Elizabeth, in Mary Queen of Scots, and starred in The Favourite as Baron Masham – the love curiosity to Emma Stone’s Abigail.
He’s additionally appeared in Harriet, the Oscar-nominated biopic of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
Most not too long ago, Alwyn has landed a task in the upcoming film The Brutalist.
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What has Joe Alwyn stated about Taylor Swift?
Swift has grow to be notoriously non-public in recent times surrounding her private relationships and her relationship with Alwyn was no exception.
However, Alwyn did give followers a short glimpse into the pair’s romance with a number of tidbits of knowledge over the years.
“I’m aware people want to know about that side of things,” he stated in the October 2018 concern of British Vogue.
“I think we have been successfully very private and that has now sunk in for people … but I really prefer to talk about work.”
The actor has additionally defended his tight silence over his relationship with Swift.
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“I don’t think anyone you meet on the streets would just spill their guts out to you, therefore why should I?” he instructed MR PORTER’s The Journal in January 2019.
“And then that is defined as being ‘strangely private.’ Fine. But I don’t think it is … I think it’s normal.”
Alwyn additionally addressed the actuality of relationship somebody mega-famous in a candid interview final 12 months.
“It’s not something I think about, unless I’m in situations like this, and someone says, ‘What’s it like?’ and I have to think about what to say about it,” he instructed The Guardian.
“It’s just not for other people and I don’t say that with aggression.”
What has Taylor Swift stated about Joe Alwyn?
Swift can be notoriously non-public, however has given the odd comment about her long-term relationship with Alwyn in each interviews and in coded messages inside her songs.
In the Disney+ unique of Swift’s Long Pond Studio classes after releasing Folklore, Swift confirmed Alwyn had leant his songwriting expertise to the songs Betty and Exile.
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“There’s been a lot of discussion about William Bowery and his identity because it’s not a real person,” she stated, referring to Alwyn’s pseudonym.
“So, William Bowery is Joe, as we know. He plays piano beautifully, and he’s always just playing and making things up and kind of creating things … It was a step that we would have never taken, because why would we have ever written a song together?”
In her 2020 documentary, Miss Americana, Swift described falling for somebody “who had a really wonderful, normal, balanced kind of life.”
“We decided together we wanted our relationship to be private. 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.”
Did Joe Alwyn write any Taylor Swift songs?
Yes, Swift and Alwyn have written songs collectively.
Under the pseudonym ‘William Bowery’, Alwyn co-wrote Exile and Betty from Folklore, in addition to Champagne Problems, Coney Island and Evermore from the album Evermore.
Alwyn was additionally credited as co-producer for six tracks from Folklore.
As for Swift’s newest report, Midnights, William Bowery was credited as co-writer for the monitor Sweet Nothing.
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What Taylor Swift songs are about Joe Alwyn?
Since starting a relationship with Alwyn six years in the past, Swift has written dozens of romantic tracks devoted to the actor.
Here are all the songs which might be both confirmed to be about the actor or closely allude to the pair’s relationship:
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…Ready For It? from Reputation
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Delicate from Reputation
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Gorgeous from Reputation
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King of My Heart from Reputation
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Call It What You Want from Reputation
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New Year’s Day from Reputation
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Lover from Lover
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Cruel Summer from Lover
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I Think He Knows from Lover
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Paper Rings from Lover
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Cornelia Street from Lover
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London Boy from Lover
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Daylight from Lover
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Peace from Folklore
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Invisible String from Folklore
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Long Story Short from Evermore
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Gold Rush from Evermore
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Lavender Haze from Midnights
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Snow on the Beach from Midnights
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Sweet Nothing from Midnights
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Mastermind from Midnights
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All the Girls You Loved Before beforehand unreleased Lover monitor
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