Taylor Swift Wrote ‘You’re Losing Me’ 1 Year Before Joe Alwyn Split

Jack Antonoff is offering some perception into Taylor Swift’s Midnights breakup ballad “You’re Losing Me.”

“‘You’re Losing Me’ is out today, a very special track from the Midnights sessions that’s finally streaming!” Antonoff, 39, wrote by way of his Instagram Story on Wednesday, November 28, alongside a photograph of Swift, 33, digging into some snacks. “Written and recorded at home on 12/5/21 after Taylor ate these raisins.”

Swift initially dropped the vault monitor — which was coproduced by Antonoff — in May as a digital launch monitor by way of her internet retailer after it appeared on an unique CD version offered to followers at her Eras Tour cease at MetLife Stadium. Upon the track’s launch, eagle-eyed followers instantly started to take a position if Swift was referencing the tip of her relationship with ex Joe Alwyn.

“Do I throw out everything we built or keep it? / I’m getting tired even for a phoenix,” Swift sings within the refrain. “Always rising from the ashes / Mending all her gashes / You might just have dealt the final blow.”

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The second verse seemingly options Swift begging for her companion to see her ache. “I glared at you with storms in my eyes / How can you say that you love someone you can’t tell is dying?” she asks. “I sent you signals and bit my nails down to the quick / My face was gray, but you wouldn’t admit that we were sick.”

It’s the bridge, nevertheless, the place Swift belts out the track’s most devastating lyrics. “I wouldn’t marry me either / A pathological people pleaser / Who only wanted you to see her,” Swift croons. “And I’m fading thinking / Do something, babe, say something / Lose something, babe, risk something / Choose something, babe, I got nothing to believe, unless you’re choosing me.”

Fans had been stunned by Antonoff’s claims concerning the timeline of the track, which might imply Swift penned the monitor two years earlier than calling it quits with Alwyn, 32. (The pair had been collectively for almost six years earlier than going their separate methods in April.)

“So she felt this way for years,” one individual commented by way of X (previously Twitter). Another wrote, “Insane how she still tried to make it with him for a whole year after writing this devastating song.”

At the time of their break up, a supply completely informed Us that the Grammy winner’s A-list movie star standing contributed to the pair’s breakup.

“Joe is very shy and never liked all of the attention that came with dating one of the most popular singers in the world,” the insider defined, noting that the Conversations With Friends star “didn’t like having to be on all the time.”

Since calling it quits with Alwyn, Swift has sparked a romance with Kansas City tight finish Travis Kelce. The twosome had been first linked in September after Kelce, 34, invited the singer to observe him play at Arrowhead Stadium in his sport towards the Chicago Bears.

They have since been noticed across the globe collectively. Earlier this month, an insider informed Us completely that the couple “can’t wait” to rejoice the vacations with one another. According to the supply, the pair will doubtless spend time at Swift’s Tenessee dwelling earlier than Swift heads off on the subsequent leg of her Eras Tour within the new yr. “Travis hasn’t been to Taylor’s Nashville place yet, so he’s really looking forward to it,” the insider added.

Swift is transferring on in additional methods than one. Earlier on Wednesday, she introduced that she could be releasing “You’re Losing Me” on streaming providers in celebration of being named Spotify’s Global Top Artist for 2023.

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“Um ok this is unreal??” she wrote by way of social media alongside new Spotify art work. “I just wanted to say to anyone who listened to my music this year, anywhere in the world, thank you. Getting named Spotify’s Global Top Artist in 2023 is truly the best birthday/holiday gift you could’ve given me.”

She continued, “So I was trying to think of a way to thank you, and a lot of you have been asking me to put “You’re Losing Me (From The Vault)” on streaming… so right here you go! You can lastly pay attention EVERYWHERE now 💋.”