A Look Back at Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s Super-Private Romance

On April 8, Entertainment Tonight reported that Taylor Swift and her longtime boyfriend British actor Joe Alwyn have split up after six years of dating. People later confirmed the news, which came as a surprise to the “Lavender Haze” singers fans.

Swift has yet to comment on her reported breakup, and is currently performing in her Eras tour. According to ET’s source, the reported split was amicable, and “the relationship had just run its course.”

While her past relationships were highly publicized, the singer did everything she could to keep her romance with Alwyn out of the spotlight. Even so, Swift’s passionate fans were determined to get to the bottom of her and Alwyn’s relationship – specifically when engagement rumors began swirling around the couple.

Engagement (and marriage) speculation around Swift and Alwyn has been circling online for years, but in an April 2022 interview with WSJ Magazine, the “Conversations With Friends” actor finally addressed the rumors (sort of). “If I had a pound for every time I think I’ve been told I’ve been engaged, then I’d have a lot of pound coins,” Alwyn said. “I mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn’t say, and if the answer was no, I wouldn’t say.”

Swift and Alwyn remained tight-lipped about their relationship after that, but in October 2022, she did reveal that her “Midnights” song “Lavender Haze” was inspired by her relationship with the actor. “Like my relationship for six years, we’ve had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it,” she said in an Instagram video. “And so this song is sort of about the act of ignoring that stuff to protect the real stuff.”

Aside from referencing Alwyn in her songs, Swift only made a handful of public appearances with the “Catherine Called Birdy” actor while they were dating. The start of the reported exes’ relationship is a little fuzzy (she was reportedly still dating Calvin Harris when she and Alwyn first met), and the reported end isn’t any clearer.

Read ahead for more details about Swift and Alwyn’s six-year relationship.

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2016: Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn Get to Know Each Other

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2017: Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn Keep Their Romance Under Wraps

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2018: Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn Put Their Love in the Spotlight

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2019: Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn Take Their Relationship to the Next Level

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2020-2022: Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn Dodge Engagement Rumors

  • January 2020: Alwyn supported Swift at the 2020 Golden Globes, where the singer was nominated for best original song for writing “Beautiful Ghosts” in “Cats.”
  • February 2020: Fans were convinced that Swift and Alwyn were engaged following the release of her song “Lover,” which includes references to something “borrowed” and “blue.”
  • February 2022: Alwyn briefly opened up about his relationship with Swift, saying he’s “obviously happy in a monogamous relationship.”
  • April 2022: Alwyn (kind of) addressed the couple’s engagement rumors in an interview with WSJ Magazine. “If I had a pound for every time I think I’ve been told I’ve been engaged, then I’d have a lot of pound coins,” he said. “I mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn’t say, and if the answer was no, I wouldn’t say.”
  • May 2022: Swift showed support for Alwyn’s Hulu series, “Conversations With Friends,” in an Instagram Story where she shared a review of the show from Time, per People. “Can confirm it’s phenomenal,” she wrote.
  • October 2022: Swift briefly opened up about protecting her relationship with Alwyn in an Instagram post where she discussed her “Midnights” album. “I think a lot of people have to deal with this now, not just like ‘public figures,’ because we live in the era of social media,” she explained of a track titled “Lavender Haze.” “And if the world finds out that you’re in love with somebody, they’re gonna weigh in on it. Like my relationship for six years, we’ve had to dodge weird rumors, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it. And so this song is sort of about the act of ignoring that stuff to protect the real stuff.”
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2023: Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn Reportedly Split

After what appeared to be a quiet start of the year for the couple, ET reported on April 8 that Swift and Alwyn reportedly went their separate ways some time in March. Per the outlet’s source, their relationship had simply run its course and there was no big dramatic breakup. For her part, Swift is currently performing in her career-spanning Eras Tour, while Alwyn is attached to upcoming adaptations of “Brideshead Revisted” and “Hamlet.”

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