Who are Taylor Swift's new songs about?

Taylor Swift dropped her highly-anticipated "The Tortured Poets Department" connected Friday and astatine 2 a.m. nan prima amazed fans by dropping an further 15 tracks, calling it a "double album." Fans furiously began dissecting nan lyrics of nan songs, trying to discern who they were about. Many estimate astir songs are astir her caller exes, Matt Healy and Joe Alwyn. Who are they?

Who is Joe Alwyn?

Alwyn, a 33-year-old British actor, and Swift began making love successful 2016 and collapsed up past twelvemonth while she was connected her Eras tour. He is known for films for illustration nan Oscar-nominated "The Favourite" and "Mary Queen of Scots." 

Swift, known for penning songs astir her high-profile relationships and giving fans Easter eggs arsenic to who they are about, has admitted to penning songs astir Alwyn before. In 2022, she told Entertainment Tonight that nan opus "Lavender Haze" from her medium "Midnights" is astir wanting to enactment successful nan "lavender haze" emotion you person erstwhile you're successful emotion – moreover erstwhile it's made difficult. 

"Like my narration for six years, we've had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid worldly and we conscionable disregard it. This opus is benignant of astir nan enactment of ignoring that worldly to protect nan existent stuff," she said.

Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn astatine nan 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards held astatine nan Beverly Hilton Hotel connected January 5, 2020. Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

Alwyn has moreover contributed to Swift's albums before, nether nan pseudonym William Bowery, ET reports. He is credited successful nan way "Sweet Nothing" connected "Midnights" arsenic good arsenic respective songs connected "Folklore and "Evermore," her 2 2020 albums. 

Swift confirmed successful her documentary "Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions" that Alwyn was connected those albums. He contributed to nan songs "Exile," "Betty," "Champagne Problems," "Coney Island" and "Evermore" and moreover won a Grammy for his work.

Alwyn lives successful London, truthful fans estimate her way "So Long To London" connected "The Tortured Poets Department" is astir their breakup. 

After her nationalist feud pinch Kim Kardashian and Kanye West successful 2016, Swift "moved to a overseas country," she told Time Magazine during her "Person of nan Year" screen question and reply past year. "I didn't time off a rental location for a year. I was acrophobic to get connected telephone calls." These feelings are reflected successful nan lyrics of nan song. 

Several songs connected nan caller medium are astir a difficult breakup, including "Down Bad," "My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys," "Fresh Out nan Slammer," and "Fortnite," which features Post Malone.

Who is Matty Healy?

Healy is simply a personnel of nan set 1975. He and Swift person supported each other's euphony passim nan years – pinch nan popular prima attending 1 of his concerts successful 2014.

Romance rumors swirled then, and Healy said successful a 2016 question and reply pinch Q Magazine that he had a "flirtation" pinch Swift, which gained him news coverage, but that she "wasn't a large impact" connected his life, ET reports.

Healy erstwhile wore a t-shirt promoting Swift's 1989 medium during a performance and Swift was photographed wearing a 1975 shirt.

When "Midnights" came retired successful 2021, Healy admitted his set recorded a opus pinch Swift for nan medium but it didn't make nan cut.

Taylor Swift and Matty Healy seen leaving 'The Electric Lady' workplace successful Manhattan connected May 16, 2023 successful New York City.  Robert Kamau/GC Images

Then, astir a period aft her breakup pinch Alwyn, Healy attended nan Eras circuit successful May 2023, and nan brace were photographed holding hands. They were spotted together respective times, but called it quits successful June, ET reports.

Fans estimate her opus new, "Fortnight," is astir Healy because of nan respective blatant references to their communal friends.

"Sometimes I wonderment if you're gonna screw this up pinch me, But you told Lucy you'd termination yourself if I ever leave," she sings, seemingly referring to Lucy Dacus, a personnel of nan set Boygenius.

"And I had said that to Jack astir you truthful I felt seen, Everyone we cognize understands why it's meant to be," she sings successful different verse, seemingly referring to her predominant collaborator Jack Antonoff, who helped Swift and Healy reconnect, a root told ET. 

Travis Kelce

After her little narration pinch Healy, Swift began dating Kansas City Chiefs prima Travis Kelce aft he attended an Eras circuit concert. Their narration soon became a monolithic spectacle, pinch fans and media pursuing their each move. 

Swift was first seen astatine a Chiefs crippled successful September 2023 and attended respective different games, often bringing personage friends. There was overmuch fanfare complete her attendance astatine the Super Bowl, which nan squad won. She is moreover attributed with boosting income of Kelce's jersey.

Travis Kelce #87 of nan Kansas City Chiefs hugs Taylor Swift aft defeating nan San Francisco 49ers 25-22 during Super Bowl LVIII astatine Allegiant Stadium connected February 11, 2024 successful Las Vegas, Nevada.  Jamie Squire/Getty Images

Fans estimate her caller opus "Alchemy" is astir Kelce because nan emotion opus includes galore subtle shot references.

"So erstwhile I touch down, telephone nan amateurs and trim 'em from nan team," she sings.

Swift and Kelce often recreation to beryllium together and "touch down" could beryllium a play-on-words for a shot touchdown.

"These blokes lukewarm nan benches, we've been connected a winning streak," she sings successful different line.

"Where's nan trophy? He conscionable comes runnin' complete to me," is simply a statement that fans estimate is astir Swift and Kelce embracing aft his Super Bowl win.

Kim Kardashian

On "The Tortured Poets Department," location is simply a opus called "thanK you aIMee" – stylized truthful nan letters KIM are capitalized. Fans judge this is simply a blatant reference to Kim Kardashian.

Aside from referencing a "bronze spray-tanned statue," which apt refers to spray tan instrumentality Kardashian, Swift appears to singing astir nan fallout aft her feud pinch Kardashian and Kanye West, nan rapper known arsenic Ye. 

Ever since Ye interrupted Swift's acceptance reside astatine nan 2009 VMAs, location has been hostility betwixt nan artists that seems to person ne'er gone away.

When Ye released a opus that referenced Swift successful 2016, Swift claimed she was not OK pinch nan lyrics. But Kardashian released audio from a telephone telephone betwixt Swift and Ye during which Swift appears to springiness nan rapper her blessing to mention her successful nan song.

Recording Artists Taylor Swift, Jay Z and Kanye West and tv characteristic Kim Kardashian be The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards astatine nan STAPLES Center connected February 8, 2015 successful Los Angeles, California. Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS

"All that clip you were throwin' punches, it was each for nothin'," Swift sings successful "thanK you aIMee." 

"I wrote a 1000 songs that you find uncool, I built a legacy, which you can't undo, But erstwhile I count nan scars, there's a infinitesimal of truth, That location wouldn't beryllium this if location hadn't been you," she sings successful different song. 

The 3 appeared to person mended their rift respective times, pinch Ye sending Swift flowers and Kardashian and Swift seen dancing during a Ye capacity astatine an awards show. But nan feud was seen to person damaged Swift's estimation – and fans judge her medium "Reputation" was inspired by nan fallout. In her Time interview, Swift called nan ungraded "a profession death." 

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